Gilligan’s Island Cookies

HH and I are aware that we are probably the winners of the Bad Bloggers Award, since we hardly ever post any more.  (Well, maybe we are runners-up to JP and Dr. JP, who haven't posted in almost a year!)  We do have some blog-worthy meals and sewing items that we made a long time ago but never posted, but the longer we go without posting them the harder it is to go back and do.  Apparently this goes for guest posts, too.  My sister sent me this post back in August (a full 3 months ago!), and I just now decided it was time to throw it at the interwebs.  I guess late is better than never, right?

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Here is a recipe for what are traditionally called chocolate chip cookies. Grandma Jean gave us this recipe.
 

She notes that in her family they called them Gilligan’s Island Cookies because they look like deserted islands jutting out of the ocean. The real recipe uses chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and heath chips, but we didn’t have all of that. But they are still great with only chocolate chips! 

 First you mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt.

Next you mix the wet ingredients: eggs, butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla.

Then you mix the wet ingredients together.

Then you combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients.

Next, mix in the chocolate chips!

Hey, I recognize those aprons!

 Put the dough on the cookie sheet and put them in the oven for 9 to 12 minutes.

We cooked the first batch at 375 degrees but it was too hot. So we reduced the oven temperature to 275 degrees for the next batch. But that was too cool, so we raised the temperature to 325 and it was PERFECT!

Signing off,

From the kitchen, Sarah and Ronan.

Like a pro—Ruairi.