Baking Christmas cookies is a tradition for many families. There's nothing more fun and rewarding than bringing your home made cookies into the living room for all your loved ones to admire and enjoy.
WomansIndex.com has many cookie recipes, but the Santa's Chocolate chip cookies is one of our favourites and is best enjoyed with a glass of milk or hot chocolate!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1/3 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of butter, softened
1/2 cup of peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of quick cooking oats
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1– 6 ounce package of semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Heat oven to 350F. Beat sugars, butter, peanut butter, vanilla and egg in a medium bowl, until creamy and well blended. Mix in flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet.