On Friday afternoons we take a break from traditional academia in homeschool land. Sometimes it’s time to watch a documentary, other times we go skiing or on a bike ride. #2’s favorite is a cooking project.
He loves to make cookies. #4 helps too. He reads the recipe, does the math (when we double a recipe), follows directions, plans ahead (when he gets out all the ingredients before he starts…something I’m guilty of failing to do very often!) and cleans up. All valuable life skills.
My favorite cookie is chocolate chip. I like this recipe so much because when I get up too late before an early morning run to have breakfast, which is always, I can shove 2 of them in my mouth and call it nutritious because of the oatmeal. Right?
Chocolate Chip Cookies (my grandma’s recipe)
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon hot water
1 package chocolate chips
2 cups oatmeal
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs. Dissolve soda in water and add. Add vanilla. Add flour and salt, and then fold in the rest of the ingredients.
Grease cookie sheets and warm them. Roll dough balls, place on cookie sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes (they will still look a little raw) . Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
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