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Chocolate chip cookies that your kid can bake!

Published on June 29, 2014 by

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My 10 year old baked these on her own. I didn’t even touch it. What was my role? I provided her with the recipe and instructions on how to start planning on using a recipe. Rest she did it. I then put them in for the baking in the oven. This was our exercise to sharpen some cognitive skills.

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Kids these days are super super smart, be it academics, sports and performance in a staged challenge. But comes a general task of real life, they are lacking the street smartness or the ability to think and plan. So after reading a bit and few discussions with friends and our pediatrician on how to increase the “cognitive skills” of a child, this was the suggestion, to give them the tasks where planning and implementation is required. She loves cooking and baking with me. So I thought that it was a good way to make her feel more in charge and independent in real life.

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We picked the recipe from Children’s Cook Book, Quick and Tasty Recipes for young chefs , a book that I recommend for all the kids at the beginners level. Believe in you child and you will be surprised like I was :). A child of 8 years of age and above can easily follow this recipe. Posting the recipe with actual recipe and the moderations we did, mainly to make them not too sweet.

Yields : 20-22 cookies

Kitchen Equipments Required : bowls, electric egg beater or a whisk, spatula, spoons, baking tray, oven, butter/parchment paper.

Ingredients :

Flour, refined : 1&2/3 cups. We used whole wheat flour. You may use 50/50. Wheat does give a stronger taste to the cookies.

Butter, unsalted and softened : 1/2 cup. You may use salted butter but then increase the sugar and omit the salt in the recipe.

Salt : a pinch.

Sugar : 3/4 cup. We used 1/2 cup.

Brown sugar, light : 1/2 cup. We used 1/3 cup.

Egg : 1. You may use flax egg in ace of egg, which is 1 egg = 1 tbsp flax meal dissolved in 3 tbsp warm water for 5 minutes and mixed well.

Baking powder : 1/2 tsp

Semi sweet chocolate chips : 1 cup

Vanilla extract : 1/4 tsp

Method :

  1. Preheat the oven to 350*F. Line a baking tray with a parchment/butter paper or grease it lightly if using an aluminum tray.

  2. Cream the butter and sugar and brown sugar together in a large bowl with the egg beater, until the mixture turns pale and creamy.

  3. Beat the eggs and vanilla extract into the creamed butter and sugar mixture, until fluffy mixed in.

  4. Soft the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Use a wooden spoon to mix the mixture through the butter sugar and egg mix. Stir in the chocolate chips. Bring the batter dough together gently with hands. It would be a dough.

  5. Place a 1 to 2 tbsp of cookie mixture on the baking tray. Press it down lightly with hands. The cookies should be places at least 1-2 inches apart.

  6. Bake for 15-18 minutes. The base will turn golden. That is the indication that the cookies are done.

Note : For thinner cookies, press them
down more with a spoon lightly and bake for 12-14 minutes.

Enjoy baking with your kids or let the kid do the baking (under supervision) and feel accomplished. That big smile is worth. Don’t forget to make them clean afterwards. I always tell my daughters, a good cook is the one who cleans the mess later.

Sonal

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Comments

  1. Aditi

    June 30, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Aww.. this is lovely! And I totally agree with your last statement- a good cook is the one who cleans the mess later!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 30, 2014 at 12:33 pm

      ;).

      Reply
  2. Jhuls

    June 30, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Your daughter is just like you, Sonal! Bravo to you and to your daughter! ๐Ÿ™‚ These cookies are just my kind of cookies! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 30, 2014 at 12:34 pm

      :)))

      Reply
  3. Elaine @ foodbod

    June 30, 2014 at 6:06 am

    Love it!!! You’re so right, Ben is so clever academically but totally lacking common sense and basic skills, this is a great exercise. Especially the cleaning up part!! X

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 30, 2014 at 12:34 pm

      Yes :)).

      Reply
  4. lapetitepaniere

    June 30, 2014 at 12:43 am

    You can be proud of your little one, the cookies are perfect, Sonal ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  5. Anjana @ At The Corner Of Happy & Harried

    June 30, 2014 at 12:09 am

    High five girl! (That was for your daughter, not you Sonal ;))

    Reply
  6. Ngan R.

    June 29, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    She did an excellent job, Sonal! I think it is wonderful you encourage her to cook/bake on her own.

    Reply
  7. Traditionally Modern Food

    June 29, 2014 at 10:23 pm

    Your kid did a grt job Sonal:)

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 10:56 pm

      Thanks Vidya ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. avnipalekar

    June 29, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    That is such a lovely post! Makes me remember the times when I used to make puris with mom in the kitchen as a kid ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 10:57 pm

      Avni :)).

      Reply
  9. Linsy

    June 29, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    my kids are busy in summer camp, but once done and feel like having something sweet, surely ask them to make this, specially my daughter , she is almost 6, next month is her birthday so will ask her to help make it with her brother. cause she is the one who finish all the cookies. thanks for the easy recipe, will use banana for egg.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 10:57 pm

      Sure.. Keep me posted Linsy :).

      Reply
  10. simplyvegetarian777

    June 29, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  11. Patty Nguyen

    June 29, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    You’re a fabulous mom with fabulous kids, Sonal!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 8:05 pm

      They are super good kids with a super strict mom ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
      • Patty Nguyen

        June 29, 2014 at 10:40 pm

        Strict is the way to go! My mom was super strict, too! She still scares me and I’m almost 32 years old. Hehehe.

        Reply
        • simplyvegetarian777

          June 29, 2014 at 10:56 pm

          I will be like your mom I guess…still scaring my girls when they are 32…and still scaring when I am almost 38 ;).

          Reply
          • Patty Nguyen

            June 29, 2014 at 11:13 pm

            Too funny! Both my brother and I are still scared of our mom. It’s a good thing! ๐Ÿ˜€

  12. Jackie Saulmon Ramirez

    June 29, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    My husband uses bananas, oatmeal and nuts, chocolate chips or raisins to make cookies I can eat.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 8:05 pm

      Awesome ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  13. sushma10

    June 29, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    Like mom, like daughter. Might try this with mine. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 8:08 pm

      Sush, hugs!

      Reply
  14. apuginthekitchen

    June 29, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    Wonderful recipe and I love that it’s so simple the children can follow it without aid. Your 10 yr old did a great job, the cookies look fantastic.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 3:17 pm

      Thanks Suzanne :).

      Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 29, 2014 at 8:08 pm

      Thanks Suzanne.

      Reply

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