Today the girls asked if we could make some candy cookies together. After a week of flu and cough ridden children, how could I resist a sweet little treat for my little chickens?
I found a recipe from an old Betty Crocker cookbook in my recipe binder for Extraordinary Chocolate Chip Cookies. Since the girls asked for candy cookies, I replaced the chocolate chips in the recipe with leftover Valentine's day Smarties!
Extraordinary Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 bag chocolate chips (or Smarties :) - approx 3 cups
Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips/Smarties.
On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by tablespoons or use a cookie scoop (seriously, how did I bake for so many years without a cookie scoop??). Leave approx 2" between the cookies, they will spread out while baking.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until light brown (centres will be soft). Cool 1 to 2 minutes, remove to cooling rack.
This recipe makes a LOT of cookies. I used a small cookie scoop and it made almost 100 cookies! Now I need to share them so the girls and I don't eat them all!!
Bon Appetit!
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