I have three kids–two sons and a daughter. And with having three kids, it means that someone, ultimately, has to be the middle child.

Around here, that’s Casey.

He’s 16 and over 6 feet tall, and has been able to destroy a bag a groceries faster than anyone I’ve ever known, since about birth.

Casey asked me to make chocolate chip cookies for Christmas. I generally don’t like to make chocolate chip cookies as Christmas cookies because, to me, they aren’t that Christmas-y.

And then Casey texted me a recipe from one of his friends.

I wasn’t kidding.

So after a week of him begging, I finally gave in. But I had a plan to make these more Christmas-y.

Since I only had a list of ingredients and no directions, I had to improvise.

Casey’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1/2 c. melted butter
• 1/3 c. white sugar
• 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 1/2 c. flour
• 2 3/4 c. chocolate chips

1. Cream together melted butter and sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Mix well.
2. Add baking soda, salt, and flour. Mix again.
3. Fold in chocolate chips
4. Drop by rounded spoonfuls on a baking sheet.
5. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

Like I said, I had a plan to make these worthy of a Christmas cookie platter.

After I added the egg, but before I added the vanilla, I split the batch in (roughly) half and dyed each bowl with food coloring.

To this I added the rest of my ingredients, split in half.

It kinda looked like I was cooking a muppet.

What great Christmas cookies. I’m so glad I decided to bake chocolate chip cookies.

Although, I’m skeptical at how long they will last. Casey’s already had a few and they came out of the over an hour ago.