Chocolate Chip Cookies

I used red and green m&m's for Christmas cookies. I'm not sure why these ones are so flat. Usually they are more fluffy, but they still tasted great. I have several chocolate chip cookie recipes, but this is the one I seem to use the most.

1 Cup sugar

1 Cup brown sugar

1 Cup butter or margarine (I use butter)
2 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 Cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 package (12 oz) chocolate chips

Mix sugars, butter, eggs and vanilla well. Sift flour, salt and baking soda together. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoon onto greased baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes or until they start to crack. They may not look done.

Chocolate Dipped Oreos

Yes that is a picture of a half eaten Oreo. Beautiful, not. Don't be surprised, or disappointed, if this is what you receive from us for Christmas this year. They look horrible, but trust me they taste delightful. I was excited to find Oreo's with red cream inside. My first few batches looked pretty good, but the more I did, the worse they looked. I don't know if my chocolate got to hot or the house was to cold so they went from hot to cold to fast. Who knows but they still taste good. I was actually going to add sucker sticks and make a cute little bouquet, but I got lazy so I just threw them in a tin or a bag. I also bought different colors of chocolate pieces to drizzle on top, but again, to lazy.

Directions

I bought the baking pieces that you can find at any craft or candy store. I also used my double broiler, which was nice because it kept the chocolate melted. If you don't have a double broiler, you can just melt the pieces in the microwave. It just takes longer that way. Just cover with chocolate then let dry on wax paper.