Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe + fun activity for the kiddos

We love cookies at this house…. Little round morsels of delicious-ness that is easy to hold and eat, what’s not to love?!  So its probably no coincidence that one of my little guy’s fave books is “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” I wanted to share our favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe along with a fun way to enjoy them with one of our favorite books, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

{make sure to include your little helpers! my little man loves dumping in the ingredients}

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1-2 cups chocolate chips

Mix shortening and butter. Add both sugars and baking soda. Beat together. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour. Place on greased cookie sheet and back for 8 minutes at 375 degrees.

{NOTE: these cookies are yummy without the chocolate chips….i would know…..i don’t like chocolate!}

While the cookies bake, read the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and do some of the activities that the mouse does in the book, for example we:

*swept the kitchen floor {yay for a clean floor!}
*drew a mouse picture with crayons and don’t forget to sign their name!
*hang the mouse picture on the refrigerator {for bonus points, use scotch tape like the book }
*get a cold glass of milk

and then…… enjoy a warm cookie from the oven with that cold glass of milk! yummers! This was a big hit at our house!

and if your kids are anything like mine, you’ll have to repeat some of the activities…..ok, so mainly the eating cookies part! haha

Happy Summer Reading!

Linda
Hi! I'm Linda, the craft addict behind Craftaholics Anonymous®, a craft blog. Crafting is cheaper than therapy, right? When I'm not DIYing something, I can be found taxiing around our 4 crazy kids or working out. Or shoe shopping... because you can never have too many shoes! Happy crafting! ♥
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