Pops De Milk

Maybe the dream described in my previous post had something to do with the party I’m going to tonight. I offered to make cookies for said party and I have just finished making them, 6 hours before the event is to take place. In real life, it seems, I’m on schedule!

I love making chocolate chip cookies because they are so easy to make and require very little preparation time. Mix dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients, mix wet and dry together, bake. They are also very delicious and comforting.

These cookies are no exception. Since this is a recipe I hadn’t tried before I had to sample one to make sure it was edible (haha). The cookie was nice and chewy and the contrast between the sweet white chocolate and unsweetened bitter dark chocolate made it so that it was perfectly sweet. The best part about this cookie is that it comes from a Weight Watchers dessert book and at 2 points per cookie it won’t feel like you’re eating away your points all at once. Yea, eventually I’ll get back on a diet but I have to ease my way in. Starting with cookies.

Recipe for 24 cookies

1/2 cup quick-cooking (not instant) oats

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 oz white chocolate, cut into 1/4 inch pieces, or chips

2 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, cut into 1/4 inch pieces, or chips

Preheat oven to 350F. Process the oats in a blender until finely ground. Mix the oats, flour, salt, and, baking soda in a small bowl. Beat the sugar, butter, egg, and, vanilla in a large bowl until well blended. Add the flour mixture to the egg  mixture and mix until blended. At this point, you have the option to combine 1 tbsp each of the white and bittersweet chocolates in a small bowl to be placed on top of the cookies before baking. I didn’t do this and instead I mixed all the chocolate with the batter. Drop the dough by level tablespoons onto a baking sheet and bake 9-11 minutes.