How to Make Cookies (Rowan)

Hi, I'm Rowan and today, I am going to show you how to make cookies.  The first thing I do is pick a recipe I like and make sure to read through it.

 Before I handle any food, it is very important that I wash my hands with soap and water.

First, I mix the butter...

...and the sugars together.  I like to add the white sugar one pinch at a time.  Mommy thinks it takes too long, so she dumps it all in at once.

 There is brown sugar too.  It stays all clumped together until I brake it up.

 After mixing the sugar and butter together, I add the eggs.  I had Mommy crack the eggs open to give her something to do.

 Then I add the flour.  It works better if you actually get it in the bowl!

 Make sure all the ingredients are mixed really well.  It's fun to watch the mixer go around and around as the dough tumbles in the bowl.

 The best kind of cookie has chocolate in it and this recipe uses two kinds! Chocolate is also good just to eat.

After adding the chocolate, or at least what was left of it, we bake the cookies.  Mommy helps me with the oven because it's so hot.  After they come out of the oven, I have to wait for them to cool, and it's so hard!

Finally, I get to taste what I made.  They're really good!  I love making cookies!

Here's the recipe if you want to try them too:

Grandma's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (from "Worldwide Ward Cookbook: Secret Recipes" by Deanna Buxton)

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teasppon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 cups oatmeal, blended to a fine powder
4-ounce chocolate candy bar, shaved
12 ounces chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts, chopped (optional)

In a large bowl, cream butter and both sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.  Stir in flour, soda, salt, baking powder, and oatmeal.  Add shaved chocolate, chocolate chips, and nuts.  Roll into balls and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.  Makes 36 cookies.