Patriotic Link-Up Party Featured Link

The Patriotic Link-Up Party I'm hosting with suzyhomemaker is going well.  It's so great to see all the different creative ideas and the special ways of honoring soldiers.

suzyhomemaker and I will be featuring our favorites as we move from Memorial Day to July 4th.

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My favorite is from Betsy at Anna Nimmity.  

I just loved the idea using a bleach pen on napkins and towels to create stars!
I am definitely going to be trying this!

Be sure to check out who suzyhomemakerhttp://www.suzyhomemaker.net/2012/06/patriotic-link-up-party-featured-post.html chose as her favorite!   

Also, see who else has been linking up at the Patriotic Link-Up Party!  

We'd love for you to join us as well! 

Patriotic Cookie Sticks

This is a fun way to take cookies to a summer picnic.  Instead of the traditional round drop cookies these are sticks.

I adapted an original recipe to make these a bit more to my liking and to have a patriotic flare! 

Ingredients

1/2C Coconut oil

1/4C sugar

1/2C packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 C flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1C semisweet chocolate chips

Red & Blue Peanut Butter M&M's (you can use any variety) 

Combine the oil, sugars, egg and vanilla.  

Then add the flour, baking soda and salt.  Mix well.  Stir in 3/4C semisweet chocolate chips.   

Grease or line a baking sheet.  

I lined a baking sheet with parchment paper then spread portions of the dough out in rectangles 3" wide.

Add the rest of the chocolate chips pushing them into the cookie dough.  Then take your M & M's and push them into the cookie dough. 

Bake at 375° for 8-9 minutes. 

Let them cool for about 5 minutes, you don't want them to be completely cool when you slice them. 

Once the cookies are slightly cool use a pizza cutter to slice them into strips.  

Allow the slices to completely cool.  I chose to place mine in a mason jar with some chocolate chips in the bottom.  (If I had more M&M's I would have used those.)  I used some patriotic ribbon to decorate the mason jar add the final patriotic touch! 

These cookie sticks didn't last long.  

There was some questioning from my other half as to how I made square cookies though! 

Don't forget to check out the Patriotic Link-up Party!  

Some wonderful bloggers have already shared their ways of honoring soldiers and our Nation!  

I can't wait to see what you have to share! 

Check out who I'm linking up with on the sidebar!