Baking for the future

I've finally made a start at the assembly line cooking or "baking for the future" that was taught at the women's group I attended several weeks ago. Of course, I didn't come up with main courses or even side dishes. I worked on cookies. There are 2 dozen cookies in each of the large bags and 1 dozen in the smaller bag. All three bags went into the freeze for later use.


We'll get to the recipe in a m inute but first I wanted to say something about Andes Mint Bits and Pieces. We had tried using them in another recipe, substituting a cup of these for a cup of chocolate chips. They were so overpowering that you could hardly taste the rest of the cookie. So this time we substituted only 1/3 of the regular chips with these mint chips.










Of course I didn't put all the cookies in the freezer. Our "Emergency Cookie Storage" jar was totally empty except for some crumbs at the bottom. Since we always like being prepared, I put the first two dozen cookies in this jar.

And the recipe:

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
Cream all these together then set aside.

In a separate bowl, mix the following:
2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal (quick or original)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolat chips
1/2 cup Andes Mint chips
1 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Add the butter/sugar mixture to the dry ingredients and stir thoroughly. Place on ungreased cookie sheet using 1 1/2 inch food scoop. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 11 minutes. Do not overcook. Even if they look a bit uncooked, they will set. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.