Chocolate Chip Cookies On A Stem

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 1/3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 24 pieces of hard wood dowel 1/4' diameter cut to 12'.
• 2 in a bowl cream together butter, sugars with a mixer.
• 3 beat in egg and add vanilla.
• 4 mix together flour, soda, baking powder and oats. blend well with butter mix.
• 5 stir in chocolate chips.
• 6 shape into 24 walnut-sized balls.
• 7 assemble 1 at a time on a greased baking sheet.
• 8 set ball at 1 of narrow ends, insert dowel into center of ball.
• 9 then pat dough into 2 1/2 rd; keep dowel in center of rd and covered by dough.
• 10 repeat, placing rds about 2" apart.
• 11 at opposite end of cookie sheet, center dough between dowels. a pan holds 5-6 cookies.
• 12 bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
• 13 slide spatula under each cookie to release from pan.
• 14 leave in place for 5 minutes, then carefully lay cookies with dowels on cookie racks.
• 15 to wrap, enclose each cookie in plastic wrap and tie with ribbon to keep airtight.