Cake Crumb Oatmeal Cookies

I decided to try out a new recipe the other day from a cookbook that my mom gave me a long time ago.  The recipe didn't exactly turn out as planned (I've decided to blame the recipe in the cookbook rather than blame myself on the mistake) and I ended up with a plate full of cake crumbs.  I hate wasting food and I don't have that much money right now to spend on ingredients, so I could either A) eat all the crumbs to myself or B) find some other recipe to use them in.  Thanks to my wonderful friend Google, I was able to discover this website and used the recipe called 'Cake Crumb Cookies' from ICES article 1-94 by Carl Nixon-TX. 

So I crushed up the remains of my disaster of a cake and poured all the crumbs into the cookie batter and made my own cake crumb oatmeal cookies.  The cookies turned out surprisingly well, a bit flatter and thinner than I had hoped for but still chewy and delicious.  I used the crumbs from a chocolate cake but this recipe would taste good with any type of cake.  I've posted the recipe above for you to try in case you bake a cake that isn't that great!  Enjoy~