Book

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
​by Laura Numeroff

If you give a mouse a cookie, they’re going to ask for a glass of milk and a straw to go with it. Have some Chocolate Chip Cookies and milk with your mouse. Then go look in the mirror to check out your milk mustaches.

Cook

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Complexity: Easy as baking cookies. Kids can help with mixing and shaping cookies.
Time: 15 minutes mixing plus 10 minutes baking.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup granulated sugar 
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 ¼ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375F.
  2. Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl until well-combined.
  3. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
  4. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.
  6. Serve with a glass of milk. Don’t share with the mice!

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