Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all, that children call
Their favorite time of year
Snowflakes in the air
Carols everywhere
olden times and ancient rhymes
of love and dreams to share
– A Charlie Brown Christmas
Can you feel the magic of the season? I can! I love the holiday season. In Cincinnati, there is so much stuff to do. There is ice skating at Fountain Square, Festival of Lights at the Cincinnati Zoo, and several holiday dinner parties around the city. One thing that my mom use to do for us when we were younger was make holiday candies and sweets for us on Christmas Eve and we would stuff our faces with sugar and hot cocoa and watch the Christmas specials. Now, because we are all grown up, my mom doesn’t love us anymore. So we no longer do those things. But I am trying to talk her into starting up that tradition again this year. If you do anything with your family that is similar, these cookies will be a perfect sweet treat that everyone will enjoy. I think making cookies around the holidays is a defaulted American tradition that Americans have been doing since….whenever. I plan to continue with this tradition my friends and family because it does seem to bring everyone happiness and its just something fun to do. I think these Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are a great start to practice.
From my family, to yours!
Tis the Season
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1–½ cup Brown Sugar
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 whole Egg
- 2 cups Quick Cooking Oats
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Espresso Powder
- 1–½ cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
- 2 cups Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350ºF.
- In a large bowl, beat the brown sugar and butter until creamy. Stir in the vanilla extract and egg until fluffy. Stir in oats, cinnamon, espresso powder, flour, baking soda, and salt until well blended. Lastly, stir in chocolate chips.
- On a well sprayed or greased backing sheet, drop cookie dough 2 inches apart and bake for 9-11 minutes. When finished baking, place on cooling rack.
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