What was the one thing that my son asked for during his one-month summer outdoor adventure camp? Homemade cookies! Not just ANY cookies, but the ones I bake with love, like a mother does for her child who is backpacking through the wilderness, sleeping under the stars… dreaming of my cookies!
How can a Jewish mother send her son cookies and not anyone else? So there I was, lovingly baking and packaging 65 homemade cookies to be sent overnight to the next campsite. Well, this summer, many of those boys were back again at the same camp, only this time their adventures took them sailing to beautiful islands. And what was the one thing these boys asked from my son? You bet! My cookies!
So here I am, baking and packaging cookies with love, but this time I’m making them a bit more personal with hand-labeled packages, making them the best-dressed cookies ever: cookies of champions!
- 2 sticks margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- ¾ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2½ cups oats
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 4 oz. baking chocolate, chopped small - optional
- ¾ box raisins - optional
- ½ cup chopped nuts - optional
- 1 bag chocolate chips
- Bake at 375 degrees
- Beat Margarine and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and then add dry ingredients. Scoop spoonfuls of delicious dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets and bake for 12 - 15 minutes.
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Chana is a proud wife and mother of eight living in Mill Valley, California. She is inspired by the colors and textures of every day life and loves sharing her creative ideas with her community. Chana writes DIY projects, crafts and recipes celebrating her Jewish faith and shlichus on her blog, Chana's Art Room and is the co-director of Chabad of Mill Valley with her husband, Rabbi Hillel Scop.
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