Since the cookies will be taken into a prison, there are some very rigid requirements that must be
followed. EVERY COOKIE is inspected before it is allowed in the facility, and any that are
oversized, broken from shipment, or stuck together must be removed.

 

THE NO-NO’S FOR KAIROS COOKIE PREPARATION:

 

 

PLEASE BAKE ONLY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

THESE ARE WHAT THE PRISON RESIDENTS ASK FOR AND REALLY MISS HAVING
TO EAT.

 

COOL – PACK – FREEZE

COOL! COOL! COOL! … each cookie thoroughly. Chocolate chip cookies take a long time to
cool completely. Freeze cookies flat and pack 6 per QUART SIZED zip-lock bag (with no plastic

Zipper) in a sturdy cardboard box for transporting. Mark the number of bags in box.

 

 

 1 cup shortening (not butter)

 1 cup brown sugar

 1 cup granulated sugar

 2 eggs

 2 tsp. vanilla

 2 ½ cups flour

 ½ tsp. salt

 1 tsp. soda

 1 tsp. baking powder

 2 ½ cups chocolate chips

 

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Sift dry ingredients and
add to creamed mixture. Beat in vanilla. Add chocolate chips. Drop onto cookie sheets by
spoonfuls. Bake at 350 degrees until medium to dark brown (from 13 to 20 minutes).
Cookies should be 2 inches in diameter (size of Pringles lid).

 

THE KEY INGREDIENT: PRAYER

Pray individually or as a family over the ingredients before and during mixing. Pray over the
cookies as you drop them onto the cookie sheets and bake them. Ask God to use your cookies as
a source of His love to shine on the prisoners and staff on the Kairos weekend. Pray that each
cookie brings the inmate, officer or warden who eats it closer to God. We want every person to
become a part of the family of God.