As my youngest sister heads off to college today, I feel it’s important to pass along the most practical piece of advice I’ve ever heard when it comes to making friends at college.
Share cookies.
Like these ones.
The Way to a College Student's Heart
I’m sending my sister off to school with a batch of the Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies ever because I want people to like her. And while I think she’s got the charm to pull it off on her own, having a little back-up never hurts. This recipe is all over the internet, but I first saw it over at Joy the Baker’s blog, so props to her. For the record, I added some Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips to half of these babies, and mixed in some dried cranberries to about a third, leaving [math nerds insert fraction here] of them the classical peanut butter.
EASIEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES EVER
Ingredients
1 cup all-natural peanut butter
1 cup sugar (you can mix brown & white if you like)
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
Any mix-ins or toppings your heart desires.
Directions
Mix the peanut butter & sugar in a mixer until well-combined. Add the egg & the baking soda, and mix again. Drop into walnut-sized balls (incorporating mix-ins if you like), and flatten slightly with a fork (hold onto the edges of the cookie as you do this so they don’t fall apart). If you’d like to add chocolate chips to the top, now is the time to do it. Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10 minutes until lightly browned. Cool for a couple of minutes on the cooking sheet, and then transfer to a cookie rack. Stack in a container and give them to your sister as she leaves for college, along with a promise of Chipotle when she comes home and a hug and/or a Peter Petrelli pound, depending on your own sisterly style.
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I’m stealing this recipe.