Susan's Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was homeschooled until 9^th grade and by default most of my friends were homeschooled too. While other children our age were sitting neatly in desks and mostly likely learning how to be cool, we were roaming about town, climbing trees, making mud cakes, and swinging on trees to our hearts content. 

Growing up my best friends was Marshall Brame. She put up with my earliest baking experiements, as well as being my constant companion through the most awkward years of growing up. Although we grew apart as childhood friends often do, she continues to be an extraordinary and unique woman. The length of time between conversation is unimportant as I will always consider her one of my oldest friends. 

There is magic in someone else’s mother. While my own mother made delicious food and always cooked incredible meals, some how Marshall’s mom Susan had a certain way of preparing food that I always loved. 

She made peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches seem special, and sometimes she packed juice for us. I remember that she always dressed her salads and I loved it; it seemed so genius to reduce the step of messily trying to mix in your dressing. These are her chocolate chip cookies and they were always my favorite growing up. Although she swears that this is her recipe, no matter how many times I try it I can never get it exactly the way I remember it.

Taste is laden with time and memories, so perhaps the cookies will never taste the same as they did when I was nine. Either way, these simple cookies are incredibly nourishing to the soul, and easy to make. Double this and slip them in your children’s pockets, or leave a plate on your neighbors doorstep. These are cookies to be shared. 

Susan’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter

1 ½ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp vanilla

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp salt

1 ½ cups flour

3 cups oats

1 ½ cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375. 

Cream together butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in soda, salt and flour, stirring strongly, but gently. Add the oats and chocolate chips and mix until just combined. Chill batter before baking. Drop by the tablespoon onto a baking sheet and bake for 8 min. They are done before you know it!