Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Kit
Ingredients
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 Ingredients
- 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
Additional Ingredients for Baking
- 1½ sticks butter, softened
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla
- non-stick cooking spray
How-to
Layer Ingredients in the Jar
- Combine first 5 ingredients and add to jar for first layer. With spoon or measuring cup, tap down ingredients until even
- Then layer other ingredients, one at a time, tapping down each layer as you go
- If ingredients don't fill the jar, add wax paper to the top before adding lid
Decorate the Jar
- Remove a small wedge of Styrofoam so that the head can sit on the lid
- With a glue gun, attach a hat (use a sock, knitted cap - be creative!)
- Attach Styrofoam head to the lid with a glue gun
- Add stick-on sequins for eyes and mouth
- Use wood chip for nose
- Wrap a cloth scarf around the neck of the jar
Bake the Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Mix jar contents with additional baking ingredients until completely blended
- Shape into walnut-sized balls
- Place 2" apart on sprayed baking sheets
- Bake at 350º for 13-15 minutes