Did you know that you can cook at home with North Carolina wheat?

North Carolina farmers grow the type of wheat that is best for baking cookies. If you would like to make homemade chocolate chip cookies using North Carolina grown wheat, we have a recipe and video for you!

Here NC State Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Andrea Sherrill, demonstrates how to make this recipe at home:

Ingredients

3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups (12oz. pkg.) semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Heat oven to 375ºF. Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

Here are a few places where you can buy flour made with NC soft red winter wheat:

Carolina Ground Flour

Glover Milling

Ingles Markets

Lindley Mills

Renwood Mills (Now Homegrown Family Foods)