Peace Cookies

(BCTC Peace & Justic Coalition)

PEACE COOKIES - the recipe

• 1/2 c. butter; to smooth old wounds between nations.
• 1 c. brown sugar; like the good earth we need to preserve.
• 1 egg; from which life is given, the same all over the world.
• 1 t. vanilla; some of us are vanilla.
• 1 1/4 c. oats; harvested in August, the month Hiroshima is remembered with sorrow.
• 1/2 c. sesame seeds; for the many seeds of good will that can blossom into world peace.
• 3/4 c. raisins; grapes dried in the sun. After a nuclear war, could be a nuclear winter with no sun for years.
• 1 1/4 c. flour; wheat sheaves tied, as nations united by strings of hope for peace.
• 1/2 t. salt and 1/2 t. soda; season your lives with kindness.
• 1 t. cinnamon; spice up your life by working for peace.
• 3/4 c. chocolate chips; some of us are chocolate. We need all colors.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen.