Snow-a-palooza 2011

Pre Snowball Fight...

Post Snowball Fight...

Gracyn, on the other hand,

much preferred baking cookies indoors.

A little snow took her a long way!

Give her some butter, chocolate chips, and a mixer and she's good to go...

Looks like we may have more powder to look forward to next week...

I see snowman building, another massive snowball fight and whipping up a batch of snow cream in the near future!

If you are in need of a cookie fix, try these famous chewy chocolate chip creations

via one of Belton Besties

Amanda D :)

Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip

Cookies

2 1/4 C. All Purpose Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Salt

1 C. Real Butter, softened

1/4 C. White Sugar

3/4 C. Brown Sugar, firmly packed

1 small box Instant Vanilla Pudding

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 Eggs

1 (12 oz.) pkg. Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 C. Old Fashioned Oats

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, pudding mix and vanilla extract; beat until creamy.  Beat in eggs.

In a small bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, baking soda and salt.  Gradually add in flour mixture to wet ingredients, mixing in between additions. 

Stir in chocolate chips by hand.

Drop heaping tablespoonfuls {or use the medium sized pampered chef cookie scoop like I did} onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies