Dessert & Baked Goods › Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Kit

Recipe makes 2½ dozen cookies

Special Equipment

• 1 quart mason jars with lids
• pinking shears
• scraps of cloth & ribbon
• glue gun
• Styrofoam rounds
• wood chips, painted orange
• stick-on beads or sequins

Kit contains ingredients listed below:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup old-fashioned uncooked oats
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• ½ cup flaked coconut

To make Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies, you will need:

• 1½ sticks butter, softened
• 1 egg, slightly  beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla
• non-stick cooking spray

Layer Ingredients in the Jar

1. Combine first 5 ingredients and add to jar for first layer. With spoon or measuring cup, tap down ingredients until even
2. Then layer other ingredients, one at a time, tapping down each layer as you go
3. If ingredients don't fill the jar, add wax paper to the top before adding lid

Decorate the Jar

1. Remove a small wedge of Styrofoam so that the head can sit on the lid
2. With a glue gun, attach a hat (use a sock, knitted cap - be creative!)
3. Attach Styrofoam head to the lid with a glue gun
4. Add stick-on sequins for eyes and mouth
5. Use wood chip for nose
6. Wrap a cloth scarf around the neck of the jar

Bake the Cookies

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2. Mix ingredients until completely blended
3. Shape into walnut-sized balls
4. Place 2" apart on sprayed baking sheets
5. Bake at 350º for 13-15 minutes