Nerd in Another City

“May the joy be with you!”

Day 11: Wookie-ookies and Bantha Milk

Santa is the coolest. He brings presents, has a magic sleigh and has hundreds of adorable elves working for him round the clock. So if Santa is the coolest, then it stands to reason that Santa’s favorite movie is probably Star Wars. Am I right? I mean, Star Wars is the best movie ever, it has to be his favorite.

So instead of boring old milk and cookies for the big guy, this year I made him Wookie-ookies and a tall glass of Bantha milk (straight off Aunt Beru’s kitchen table) to wash it down. Check out the recipes below and give em a try. I’m sure Santa has had his fill of gingerbread men and sugar cookies with plain old milk from a cow.

Wookie-ookies (this recipe comes from the Wookie Cookie Cookbook by Robin Davis)

-2 1/4 c. flour

-1 tsp. baking soda

-1 tsp. salt

-1 tsp. ground cinnamon

-1 c. unsalted butter (room temp)

-1 c. light brown sugar (packed)

-1/2 c. granulated sugar

-2 large eggs

-1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

-1 c. milk chocolate chips

-1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put the flour, baking soda, salt & cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Stir together till well mixed. Set aside. Then put butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in another mixing bowl. Mix together til well mixed and creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Then add flour mixture and stir will well mixed. Stir in both kinds of chocolate chips. Scoop up rounded tablespoons of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake. Take out of oven when the sides turn lightly brown and put on a cooling rack till you serve.

Bantha Milk (I got this recipe from scifi.about.com and it is by Amelia Hill)

-1 c. vanilla soy milk, well chilled

-1/2 tsp. unsweetened blue fruit punch mix

-1 Tbsp. sugar

Combine all ingredients in a jar or container with a tight lid. Shake well until fruit punch mix has dissolved completely. Drink will be frothy.

Serve together and enjoy!