So I love to make care packages for my close friends, especially when they are starting a new stage in life or they just need a little extra loving! One of my best friends, Lauren, just started Law School (YAY!) and I am so proud of her and have been her little cheerleader through this process.
Let me tell you a little about Lauren, besides that she is just fabulous! I met Lauren move in day when I went to St. Mary's University. I was out of the room when she ran into mine and asked my mother to see if she could use our internet jack to see if her computer was working. Then I walked in and met her. Even though she was not my suite mate she was on the other side of me. There she became my "Girl Next Door", hehe.
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| Us at one of my birthdays |
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| Us freshman year and our First Christmas dinner |
Lauren and I have gotten so close over the years and she is one of my closest friends. Even though we are hundreds of miles apart, this girl always knows how to cheer me up and we can talk about anything. We just have to look at one another and start laughing about a memory we have shared.
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| All grown up but not really grown up |
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| Through thick and thin, we are there till the end! |
So with Lauren starting a new stage in her life I thought why not send her a little "care package". She loves cookies, just like me and for her birthday I had made an oatmeal cookie. She is big into running so I figured an oatmeal cookie would be good for going the distance. But you see, I have never liked oatmeal cookies. They are usually hard, thick, and just to much. It is trying to hard in the cookie world. I LOVE soft and gooey cookies. So I played around and found the perfect recipe. Here is all that you are going to need.
Supplies:
- 1 cup of butter, softened
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1/2 cup of white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp of vanilla
- 3 cups of quick oats
- 1 1/2 cups of flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
-1/2 teaspoon of salt
-1 cup of semi sweet chocolate (2 if your not using nuts)
-1 cup of choice of chopped nuts *optional
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. First make sure your butter is soft. How soft? If you can easily push your finger to make a dent your your sticks of butter then your perfect. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Once all creamed together, add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Once that is all mixed together, add the oats and chocolate and mix all together. Add the nuts now too if you so desire them in your cookies.
Now get a spoon and place messy-ball-like-shaped forms of the dough on your cookie sheets. Bake in the middle of the oven and bake for about 12 minutes. After they are done, pull them out and let them cool for 5 minutes.
Then pull of the sheet and try not to eat the entire batch. There is quality control and then there is just plain not sharing. Hubby and I tend to be culprits of the later from time to time.
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| Yummy |
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