I recently had a baby.
He was born on Monday, March 28th. I was home from the hospital by Wednesday, March 30th.
I had baked a batch of cookies by noon on March 31st.
I am definitely a crazy obsessed baker. And not a very good listener.
But one thing I had done to make things a bit easier is to allow myself a few shortcuts. Like not beating myself up for using a box mix. Or frosting from a can.
I just couldn't stand for long periods of time, so if I was going to be doing any baking, I needed it to be quick and easy. (you might be seeing a lot of 'quick and easy' around here for a few weeks.)
Anywho, since I had to go back to the hospital on Friday, April 1st, for my follow up appointment, I wanted to bring a few treats for the wonderful staff at the hospital.
So I made these.
They could not be easier.
Ingredients:
1 bag Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie (Or you can use the plain Oatmeal Cookie)
1 bag Peanut Butter Cookie
Any additional sweets of choice. In the past I have added caramel bits, heath, more peanut butter, gourmet chocolate, cranberries, etc. The sky is the limit! (The link also goes to a 'from scratch' recipe if you are opposed to the semi homemade version)
For these cookies I added:
1 container blue M&M's (For our baby boy!)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips
I put a few dozen cookies into cellophane bags for all the nurses and doctors who were so kind and helpful to me. Thank you all!
But I also saved a few for my family and for guests… cause these cookies are good.
Like, seriously, amazingly, wonderfully good.
Probably my favorite cookies besides sugar cookies. Probably the easiest cookie I have ever made.
Probably going to be made many, many more times in this house.
You gotta try them.
You wont be disappointed.
God Bless you and your baby! The cookies are too cute!!
Congratulations!
Thank you so much for this recipe. I had forgotten how much I like the oatmeal choc chip mix, but combining the two was out of this world. I topped each cookie with 3 M&Ms before baking (I hate when the candy gets buried when the cookies bake). They were seriousy fabulous (and I haven’t made cookies except from scatch in 10 years).
Very true! Makes a change to see somoene spell it out like that. 🙂