Having a difficult time keeping your children busy during the summer? Why not have a Baking Day.

Purchase rolling pins, chef hats, oven mitts, etc. to make the day special. Many times you can find these items at the Dollar Store.

Spend a day cooking your favorite recipes with your children. It's a great way to enhance their math skills as well as learning to follow a recipe.

If you want to try a new recipe, try the Award Winning Chocolate Chip Cookies that was published by The Houston Chronicle.

I'm told they really are award winning!

Get the recipe

Award winning Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
1 2/3 cups cake flour
1 2/3 cups bread flour
1 ¼ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp coarse salt
2 ½ sticks (1 ¼ cups) unsalted butter
1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 ¼ pounds (almost 24 oz) bittersweet or semisweet choc. chips or choc. Disks
Sea salt, for sprinkling

Directions
The recipe actually calls to sift the flours, etc. I do not do this and the cookie turned out fine. Cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. STIR in the vanilla. Reduce speed and add dry ingredients until just combined. Drop choc. pieces in and stir. Press plastic wrap against dough and refrigerate for 24 hours. Dough may be used in batches and can be refrigerated for up to 72 hours. I PUT MINE IN FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES…AND ONCE I SKIPPED THIS ALL TOGETHER. The cookies were great without the refrigerator step.

Scoop mounds of dough onto baking sheet. SPRINKLE COOKIES LIGHTLY WITH SEA SALT (don’t skip this step, this is what makes this cookie the best) and bake until slightly golden brown… depending how crunchy you like your cookies. I personally like mine a little chewy and not so crunchy. So I cook mine 10 to 12 minutes for medium sized cookies. If you want them crunchy…cook them a little longer.

-The Houston Chronicle

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