From: This is my own mutation/creation, taken from the traditional chocolate chip recipe… I made these today to take to school in honor of Saint Patrick–thus the little green peanut m&m on the top of the cookies… (Very chic, I know…) Since it’s Lent, I abstained from eating one–but only because my mouth was numb from a trip to the dentist. God saved me!
Time Commitment: If you’re fast, then around thirty minutes
These cookies are tasty. And I trick the kids by hiding all sorts of good-for-you-things inside… Makes about 12-16 cookies. This recipe is easily doubled or tripled or quintupled
- Tools you need:
- I use a Kitchen-Aid mixer–but could be mixed by hand in a bowl, with a wooden spoon
- Two cookie sheets
- an oven 🙂
Ingredients:
- 1 stick of butter–softened
- 1/3 cup each–brown sugar, granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup plus a pinch of unbleached flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2/3 cup chocolate chips
- Optional: 1/3 cup almond meal, 1/2 cup oats, 1 teaspoon or more flax seeds, 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, 1/4 cup shredded coconut, 1 tablespoon wheat germ, 1 teaspoon bran, etc…Â I usually put most of this in. Always the oats and almond meal.
- What to do:
Step One: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. (If you have convection, use it!)
Step Two: Mix butter and sugars until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and mix some more.
Step Three: Add dry ingredients–I don’t think it really matters what order they go in.
Step Four: Onto the cookie sheet.
Step Five: Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes, or until golden on top. (If you have convection, bake for 8-10 minutes–this is my preferred mode of baking chocolate chip cookies. They come out almost too delicious…)
Step Six: Cool on rack.
Step Seven: Eat one, give one away, store one away to eat with your morning cup of green tea.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation for writing this post. I have no material connection to the brands, products, or services that I have mentioned. I found the free download of the cookie song at www.freekidsmusic.com . “Cookie Batch” is recorded by The Tomato Collection, and they have their own website–and must be pretty cool folks to write a song like that. www.tomatocollection.com I also know that eating raw cookie dough could get you sick–so eat it at your own risk… I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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