Per Daddy's request, we made Monster Cookies for our kitchen activity today. These are a childhood memory for me...we often seemed to have these around. Maybe it's the M&Ms that make them so appealing, or the peanut butter, or maybe the chocolate chips. I just can't decide...
I asked the boys why they thought these cookies were called Monster Cookies. They got wide-eyed and quite for a minute. "Do you think monsters like to eat them?" I asked. They quickly decided no. :) Then I suggested maybe they got their name because the cookies got so monstrous in size, or maybe because they were so monstrous in numbers, but they didn't really care about those explanations.
Of course, the favorite part of the activity was adding the M&Ms. :) I told them each cookie needed four M&Ms and to try to use four different colors...good counting and sorting practice! Ty got a little carried away, though, and often placed 6 M&Ms on one cookie and he really preferred cookies with all the same color M&Ms...I guess that's just a different kind of sorting.
Monster Cookies
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. light Karo syrup
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 stick oleo
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 4 1/2 cups quick oatmeal
- 6 oz. chocolate chips
- M&Ms
Mix ingredients (except for M&Ms) in a large bowl. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a cookie sheet. Top each cookie with 4 M&Ms. Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Enjoy!
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