Cookie Preparation:

1. One month prior to the weekend, contact the Rector and volunteer to bake.
2. Acceptable types of cookies are chocolate chip (the favorite by far), peanut butter, ginger, molasses, sugar, and oatmeal.
3. Cookies should be approximately 2 to 2 ½ inches in diameter and about ½ inch thick.
4. Cookies MUST be PLAIN – no coatings, sugar sprinkles or icing allowed.
5. No raisins, M & M’s or other candies allowed – inside or outside the cookie.
6. Use recipes that you know are sturdy – crispy cookies crumble during handling.

Cookie Packaging: Be sure to let the cookies cool thoroughly before packaging.

1. Bag cookies in sandwich size zip-lock (NOT zipper) bags, six cookies to a bag. Note that the bags MUST be zip-lock and not of the fold-over type.
2. After labeling, freeze all the bags of cookies to preserve them until they can be delivered to or picked up by a team member.
3. Place bags in a sturdy box, such as a copier paper box, suitable for handling by a team member.

Handling:

1. Notify the designated team member when cookies are ready.
2. Arrange to get cookies to a local storage or pick up location.
3. If you need additional information, contact the Rector.

Below are some recipes found on another Emmaus website’s Kairos page. Their site encouraged the following recipes and cooking times to be used for softer, sturdier cookies since crisp cookies can crumble during handling. (And the bags will be handled in being transported to the prisons and then in being given to and then by the inmates themselves as they endeavor to share their cookies).