Choc Chip Oatmeal Cookies - Yum...

Hey there folks,

You may have guessed from the title that today I'm going to share something a little different with you. For us Sunday is family time, where we spend some quality time together doing things that we love to do. This week though my son had his friend from next door round and so it meant a little quality time for me and Isabella while the boys played upstairs. So what do you do when you have some free time in our house? thats right we make cookies!! I'm gradually teaching both my children how to cook so that when they do grow up they have some of the necessary life skills they will need, and so that meant letting Isabella do all of the actual baking and standing back, supervising and helping out when she needed me to. I've got to say I'm always so proud of how well they do and these cookies most definitely tasted yummy. So here's a little step by step run through of the cookies being made by my not so little chef. I can't for the life of me remember where this particular recipe originated from but if I do I will put that in here.

Here's what you're going to need to make them;

125g of  Caster sugar
75g of Brown sugar (although I don't always add this and they taste just as yummy)
125g of Butter
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 Egg
135g of Plain flour
1 tsp of Cinnamon (I personally prefer them without this)
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 Bicarbonate of soda
85g Oats (not the quick cook kind)
250g of Chocolate chips

First gather all your ingredients and don't forget your apron lol

Pre-heat your oven to 190 C/375 F/Gas mark 5

First add your caster sugar to your mixing bowl

Then if you're also using brown sugar go ahead and add that

Next add your butter, (it is easier to mix if it's at room temperature)

Apparently measuring Vanilla extract is a very serious job :p

Add your egg to the bowl 

And mix that sucker like crazy
(you can do this with an electric whisk but Isabella wanted to do it old school )

Okay so now it's time to start adding the dry ingredients
so add your flour

and the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda
and then mix it all again until it's well combined

Then add your oats to your mixture (you can add more or less
depending on your preference)

Next add your chocolate chips
the little smile is because she thinks I didn't see her steal one :)

Look at all that yummy chocolate
now you can see why we love this recipe so much lol 

Mix it all up again
The extra workout means you can eat them guilt free lol

Line a tray with grease proof paper
(we had run out so we used well greased tin foil
you just have to be more careful when removing your cookies)

Next you're going to roll the mixture into little balls and slightly flatten the top
remember the mixture does spread when cooking so keep this in mind
when thinking about size and placement

Now it's time to put them in the oven, they only need around  5-10 minutes
until they're golden brown (we left ours in a little too long 

Bon Appetite

Didn't she do well? not bad for her first attempt, I love watching my children create something on their own (ish), even the little things make me as proud as when they took their first steps or smiled for the first time.
Anyway on that note I think it's time for me to sign off, I will be back soon with some makeup reviews and another Hit, Miss or Maybe is on the cards too, so thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

Alice xoxo