This week, I will be making the page for my Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie recipe. Out of all of my recipes, these cookies are my most frequently made and they are a big favourite in my family. So, it felt right to have this recipe be the first page in my new recipe book! I wanted to pick something that is classic and one of my most used recipes.
Chocolate chip cookies are a staple and it can take a long time to find the right recipe. So once I started adding oats, it was a game-changer. I like these more than regular chocolate chip cookies because I find that the rolled oats give the cookies texture, volume, and extra fibre!
To start my process, I made the cookies using my old recipe page:
The process and final result were very different than usual, considering my kitchen is different and I didn’t have all the tools I usually do. One unfortunate thing that happened is that I accidentally added the wrong amount of baking soda and salt. Because I have new supplies that I am not used to, I read the 1/2 tablespoon scoop as 1/2 teaspoon. I also had to get used to my new oven, which is electric, as opposed to the gas oven I’m used to at home. Overall, the cookies turned out great and I learned that I need to double check the measuring spoon I’m using!
For the process of making the page for the recipe book, I started with choosing a background: Yellow gingham. I cut out a piece to fit and glued it on, finishing the top and bottom edges with light pink paper. I then cut out some pieces of lined paper and trimmed them to fit the page.
After creating the base for my page, I copied the ingredients and instructions for the cookies onto my lined paper cards. Next, I used my coloured pencils to draw some chocolate chip oatmeal cookies for decoration.
Before gluing the elements to the page, I made a title card and added some of the paper doilies I bought. I then glued on the ingredients and instrcutions cards along with my pictures, but I thought that the page needed something more. So I drew a few more things to add to the page.
If I could do something different next time, I would write out the recipe before cutting out the lined paper. It ended up looking nice, but I had to purposely write smaller so I could fit everything on the cards.
In the end, I am very pleased with how the page turned out! I think it was a good choice to make this recipe the first in my book and I really enjoyed baking these cookies!
Next time, I will be making the page for “Boesch Chocolate Cake”, a family recipe passed down from my grandmother!
— Sofia 🎀
