By Jessie Gambrell
Staff Writer
It’s the last few weeks of school, but baking these homemade cookies will send you to a different world, a different dimension even. Cookies so warm, so sweet, so soothing that even your mama will say, “what’s up?” There is a neat story behind these cookies actually; this recipe comes from my mom who would bake them for a friend every time she went in for chemotherapy treatment. Her friend said that the cookies were so wonderful and flavorful that she forgot the metallic taste in her mouth that usually occurred because of the chemo. Now don’t you want to make them?
What you’ll need:
– ¾ cup of softened butter
– 1 cup of brown sugar
– ½ cup of sugar
– 1 teaspoon of baking powder
– ¼ teaspoon of baking soda
– ½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
– ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves
– 2 eggs
– 1 teaspoon of vanilla
– 1 ¾ cup of all-purpose flour
– 2 cups of rolled-in oats
– ½ cup of chocolate chip morsels
– ½ cup of butterscotch morsels
– A mixing bowl and mixer
– Spatula
– Mini ice cream server (or a spoon to scoop dough with)
– Cookie sheets with Pam or parchment on it
Directions:
Set oven to 375 degrees. Mix butter in mixing bowl with mixer to soften. Then add brown sugar, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves with the butter. Once mixed for about 30 seconds, add eggs and vanilla and beat thoroughly (but not too much, you don’t want to make them tough). Slowly add in flour as you mix. Once all the flour has been added, put away the mixer and pour in oats and morsels. Stir thoroughly with spatula until all is mixed together. Line cookie sheet with cooking oil or parchment and drop dollops of dough no bigger than the size of a golf ball onto the sheet, spacing them about an inch apart from each other. Cook in oven for about 10 – 12 minutes and set on a cool counter to rest. Now you can serve them to your friends in need of loving comfort and support during this trying week of finals. Enjoy!