Oat Bombs

Jack has always loved recipes and baking. From before he could write, he has been concocting recipes. My Better Homes cookbook has some of his earliest writing in the back - a memory I'll always treasure. He wrote the recipe above when he was 4. (I spelled the words for him.) As with so many of his other interests, he loves to follow a familiar pattern and reinvent it. This past weekend he came up with a recipe for a cookie he called "Oat Bombs". It was based on a basic oatmeal cookie recipe, with a few special additions. We made them on Sunday. They were delicious! Ted said they were the best oatmeal cookies he had ever tasted. After we had all sampled a few, Jack asked us to rank them on a scale from 0-100. They were clearly a success! He has now decided to embark on making an entire cookbook. I hope to get the first copy!

Jack's Oat Bombs
3/4 c butter or margarine
1 c brown sugar
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 t lemon extract
1 3/4 c flour
1/2 t cream of tartar
1 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1/4 t ground cloves
2 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 c chocolate chips
1/3 c sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 375. Combine all dry ingredients except chocolate chips and sunflower seeds in a bowl, and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter/margarine and sugars together. Continue mixing, and add egg and other liquid ingredients. Slowly add in dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips and sunflower seeds. Drop onto cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

Happy baking!