DIY mixes in a jar

35 mins social purpose Making thoughtful, edible gifts is a great option for any occasion. These DIY cookie mixes in a jar look festive, beautiful, and are absolutely delicious. Start with original American Chocolate Chip cookies or classic sugar cookie based on preference. Before the activity, share the history of the chocolate chip cookie using Appendix A. You can also use this appendix to create variations on the classic cookie. eversound tip To make this activity more therapeautic, use Eversound to play relaxing music during each step. supplies 1-quart size mason jar per cookie recipe Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients • 1½ cup all-purpose flour • ½ cup packed brown sugar • ½ teaspoon baking soda • ½ cup granulated sugar • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 cup of chocolate chips (or variations!) • ½ teaspoon salt • 1-quart size mason jar • ¼ cup rolled oats

www.eversoundHQ.com // 855-938-7686 Chocolate Chip Cookie Mixes // 1 instructions Making thoughtful, edible gifts is a great option for any occasion. This chocolate chip cookie mix in a jar looks festive, beautiful, and it is absolutely delicious. It’s also easy to prepare. 1. Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl and pour into the bottom of the jar. 2. Spread evenly to form a flat layer with the back of a spoon. 3. Add oats, brown sugar, and granulated sugar, using the spoon to pack it down. Add chocolate chips last. 4. Seal jar tightly and affix the label. 5. Download the Printable Label for Chocolate Chip Mix. Use this template or create your own with the following instructions!

Instructions: • Add 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 large egg, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the cookie mix.

• Stir well.

• Shape into 2-inch balls. Place onto prepared baking sheet.

• Bake at 350 F (180 C) for about 8 minutes.

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www.eversoundHQ.com // 855-938-7686 Chocolate Chip Cookie Mixes // 2 the history of the real american chocolate chip cookie A Back around 1938, Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Brides added some bits chopped up from a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into their cookie dough. Ruth owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, , a popular restaurant featuring home cooking. There are some incorrect reports that chocolate chip cookies were an accident because Ruth expected the chunks would melt to make chocolate cookies. She has stated there was no mistake. She said, "We had been serving a thin butterscotch nut cookie with ice cream. Everybody seemed to love it, but I was trying to give them something different. So I came up with Toll House cookie." The original recipe is called "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies". Now, each package of Nestlé chocolate chips has a variation of this original recipe printed on it. Sue Brides' daughter, Peg shared this original recipe: Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies

1 1 ⁄2 cups (350 mL) shortening Common variations 1 You can: 1 ⁄8 cups (265 mL) sugar 1 • Add M&Ms, white chocolate or 1 ⁄8 cups (265 mL) brown sugar peanut butter chips to replace the 3 eggs chocolate chips. 1 1 ⁄2 teaspoon (7.5 g) salt • Use margarine or shortening as the 1 3 ⁄8 cups (750 mL) of flour fat instead of butter. 1 1 ⁄2 teaspoon (7.5 g) hot water • Chocolate chocolate chip cookie 1 1 ⁄2 teaspoon (7.5 g) baking soda adds cocoa or melted chocolate to 1 make the dough chocolate, too. 1 ⁄2 teaspoon (7.5 g) vanilla • Use macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips chocolate chips. The Tried and True Recipes • Replace the vanilla dough with cookbook specifies: "2 bars (7 oz.) peanut butter flavored dough. Nestlé's yellow label chocolate, semi-sweet, which has been cut • Bake in a baking dish for chocolate in pieces the size of a pea." chip bar cookies or “blondies”.

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