Chocolate Chip Grace

My favorite definition of Grace is “Joy Giving.” It’s the closest definition yet to the Greek idea. When Scripture says to “grow in all grace,” (2 Peter 3:18) it means to grow in giving joy to others. God’s grace is His giving to us. For those who follow through in belief He gives freedom from sin and an inheritance and…

He gives us good when things seem bad. Romans 8:28 says, “We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Some days are raw butter days. Others are chocolate chip days. God takes them all and mixes them together for something better than either can be alone. I can’t give you freedom from sin, but I’d like to give you some grace – if you follow through.

Below is my own, previously secret, mysterious, addictive, unparalleled, Chocolate Chip cookie recipe.

Cooley’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
High Altitude Directions

1. Heat oven to 375
2. Get out a small plate to put you messy stuff on
3. In a large bowl mix
a. 1 ½ c butter, softened (3 sticks)
b. 1 c sugar (use white sugar first, so then it’s clean for the…)
c. 1 c brown sugar
d. 1 ½ t vanilla (1t if using the awesome Haitian vanilla you bought at the last Haiti fund-raiser. Now put your 1c and 1t measuring spoons on the plate and keep the counter clean)
e. 3 eggs
4. I use our smasher/blaster mixer with the normal whirly blades and mix it until it starts looking a bit airy. Once done remove those normal blades, put them on the plate, stick in the curly mixer blades and add…
a. 3 ¾ c flour
b. 3 t water (which cleans out that dirty 1t spoon you were using. Now dry it off and add)
c. 1 t baking soda
d. 1 ½ t salt
e. 3 c chocolate chips (the bitter sweet 60% cacao Ghirardelli chips are excellent. But, if Dave Ramsey has forced you to go cheap, the Nestles semi-sweet will do in a pinch)
f. 2 ¼ c quick oats
5. Mix until you feel happy. Start spooning. Bake for 11-12 minutes. It makes about 1 ½ batch compared to normal recipes, or 3 cookie sheets worth if you cram them in close using that fancy pampered chef cookie scoop.

Low Altitude Directions:
Move up. I lost that recipe. If you can’t move, I remember you need to use more sugar, more baking soda, less flour, and no water. Try 1 ½ c of the sugars, 1 ½ t soda, and 3 c flour and let us know how it goes.