A Small Miracle

While I was holed away in my study the other night, making my way through my workload (yes, I was actually working despite my whining!) and complaining about my therapist, my wonderful husband was being an extraordinary father. He and the girls were in the kitchen, making cookies from a recipe we found in a library book. As I typed, the rattle of pans and the clinking of spoons mixed with their chattering and floated in to soothe me.

I just wanted to tell you in the interest of balance. It's easy to get to a place of venting or complaining, but life is always more rich and complex than that alone. And more happy.

I finished my work and was rewarded with oatmeal-chocolate rich warm cookies and cold milk. I am so incredibly lucky!! and grateful!!

The recipe follows below if you want to try it out at home :)

Sophie’s Cookies

From the book
Believing Sophie
By Hazel Hutchins

Cream together:
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar

Mix in:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

Lastly add:
2 cups rolled oats
1 overflowing cup of M&Ms

Stir until well mixed.

The dough may be crumbly, but if you use your hands it will form easily into balls. For large cookies, the balls should be golf-ball sized or bigger. Smaller cookies are also very good. Set cookie balls on a greased cookie sheet and flatten them gently with your fingers to a nice cookie thickness. Bake at the top of the oven at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until a pale golden brown. They are best when cooked through but not overcooked or hard.

Makes at least 1 dozen large or 3 dozen small cookies. Enjoy!