Emeril Lagasse has some fun recipes that young aspiring chefs will have fun making and and eating. His new cookbook for children, There's A Chef In My Soup, has fun,easy-to-follow recipes for children, that big kids can enjoy, too.

Ingredients

Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.

3. Place the butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and cream the ingredients on high speed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.

4. Add the vanilla and egg and mix on medium speed.

5. Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed just until the batter is stiff. Don't overdo it!

6. Turn off the mixer and, using a large spoon or plastic spatula, fold in the chocolate chips and the walnuts, if desired.

7. Using a tablespoon, scoop about 2 spoonfuls of the dough into a ball and place on a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, keeping the scoops about 2 inches apart. Using your fingers or the back of the spoon, press down on each ball of dough to slightly flatten. You should get about 9 cookies on each sheet.

8. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. (Depending on the size of your oven, you may need to do this in batches.)

9. Using oven mitts or pot holders, remove the cookies from the oven and transfer with a plastic turner to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining sheets if necessary.

Yields about 27 4-inch cookies

Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse, excerpted from There's A Chef In My Soup, Copyright ©2002.

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