May Day snacks!

Happy May Day! A wonderful celebration of spring. Traditionally, this day calls for cake, but alas, cookies are what made their way into my oven this morning. After doing the 21 Day Fix Pilates Fix workout, I rewarded myself with a cookie. Counter-intuitive, or well-planned?

 My tiny dude and I made up some May day treats to take to all of our neighbors. Each included a plate of cookies and a "basket" filled with popcorn/nuts and M&M's. Since tiny dude has just mastered walking, there was no ringing of door bells and running for us. Instead he politely held each basket and handed it to each of our neighbors, squealing with delight and clapping when they said "thank you". In the traditional sense, he would have received many kisses for being not-so-sneaky!! We made 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies this morning and thought we would share our very simple recipe:

1 C butter, softened
3/4 C granulated sugar
3/4 C packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/4 C all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
10-12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
(optional, chopped walnuts, pecans, cashews, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips)

Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and mix. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, soda. Once combined, slowly add mixture to wet mix. Stir until completely combined. Add in chocolate chips. Drop in 1 tsp heaps onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly golden. Remove from cookie sheet and set on cooling rack to cool. Devour.

These are so simple and a no-fail winner! I always add in a touch more vanilla and go light on the chocolate chips; just a preference of ours.

 Now I have to go see where these cookies fall into my nutrition plan....