Cooking with Kids: Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Today the girls and I made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!  The cookie photo on top is by one of the girl's....she did go over board with pushing the chocolate chips in didn't she?  I am a big fan of oatmeal cookies because of it's crispy texture on the outside and the chewiness on the inside.  However, I don't like how much butter goes into it but that's why it tastes so nice! lol.

 Little fingers hard at work!

What will you need:

• 250grams of softened butter, cubed
• 1 cup of brown sugar (I prefer light)
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence
• 1.5 cups of plain flour
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1 tsp of salt
• 3 cups of oats (rolled or quick oats)
• 1 cup of chocolate chips
• Optional:  for more chocolate I just cut up 1/2 cup of a chocolate block in little pieces.

Method:

• Firstly preheat your oven at 170 C degrees
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars until smooth
• Then gradually beat the eggs one at a time and then add in vanilla
• Add all the dry ingredients and combine til well blended
• Mix in the chocolate chips and chocolate pieces until well combined
• On a lined baking sheet tray, drop spoonfuls and decorate with a chocolate chip on top (if you want).
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes
• Cool on rack and enjoy!

On a different note:

 Check out what I got delivered last night!  A new masterchef kitchen!  It's got a fridge, an oven, a microwave and accessories and a kitchen sink to wash all the dirty stuff after cooking a big pretend meal lol.

It's not for me really...it's for the kids that cook with me hehehe