Sunday, April 3, 2011

Miniature cookies

Don't let the first picture fool you- in reality these cookies are about the size of my thumbnail, or a little larger! Bite sized goodness!
2 1/4 Cup all-purpose flour
2 Cup butter (softened)
3/4 Cup granulated sugar
3/4 Cup brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs (large)
1 Tablespoon milk
1 12 oz. package of miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.

In mixing bowl/ mixer, mix together butter, sugar, and brown sugar and milk on medium speed until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Slowly add the remaining mixture, making sure to mix well to avoid clumping. Lastly, add all chocolate chips.

Spoon the mixture into a large (gallon-size) ziplock bag. Cut a small hole out of onecorner of the bag (about the size that a 6-year-old's index finger will just perfectly fit through all the way up . . . don't ask).

Squirt the cookies in small sizes all over the cookie sheet (as you see here to the right), being careful not to put them too close together.


Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375, or until the cookies are just golden brown. I found times vary slightly depending on the type of cookie sheet used. Bake shorter if you want really chewy cookies, longer if you like them crunchy.




Makes about 200 perfect, bite-size chocolate chip cookies!

Strawberry Harvest Omelet


Tried to branch out and we did omelets this morning, with the following ingredients:






strawberries
apple
butternut squash
spinach
tomatoes
parmesan cheese
ham
crumbled cheddar

top with grated cheese, salsa, ketchup, or nothing, and enjoy! All the kids loved it- and so did we. They were gone very quickly- almost didn't get a picture because they were gone so fast!