Camp Recipes: Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies

URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy
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URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy

Love chocolate chip cookies? Make them every softer and more delectable with a little bit of sour cream. This recipe comes from the 2018 campers at URJ Points Creative Arts Academy, a Reform Jewish summer camp in West Chester, PA.

Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup sour cream
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 ¼ cups flour
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  3. Add sour cream, egg and vanilla; beat until well blended.
  4. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well.
  5. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
  6. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheets.
  7. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
  8. Cool on baking sheets 3 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Cooling rack full of chocolate chip cookies on a wooden counter
URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy
URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy

URJ Points Creative Arts Academy is a Reform Jewish summer camp in West Chester, PA, dedicated to the exploration of the creative arts.

At 6 Points Creative Arts, the program staff, campers, and site work together to create a holistic, meaningful experience for artists in a living laboratory for learning and performing. Our program focuses on the whole child, fostering personal advancement and resilience while creating an aspirational arc of growth and possibilities.

Through major and minor workshops, campers challenge themselves to continue their development as artists, sharpening their natural abilities and acquiring new skills. Electives offer further opportunity to expand imaginations. Specialists from the field serve as compelling role models who weave Jewish values, ethics, and tradition together with the spirit and excitement of a dynamic creative artistic community.

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