Monster Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup Butter
1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
3/4 teaspoon Vanilla
3/4 teaspoon Corn Syrup
1 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
2 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
4 1/2 cup Oatmeal
2 cup Flour
1/2 cup each kind of chip (butterscotch, chocolate, white)
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients together. Drop onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Poor Man's Cookies
These are called poor man’s cookies because they contain no eggs, nuts, or milk. They are rich in taste though. They also taste better with a cup of chocolate chips or whatever else you'd like to add.
Ingredients:
2 cups Oatmeal
1 cup packed Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 cup Hot Water
1/2 cup Shortening, melted
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Tablespoons Water
Instructions:
In a mixing bowl, combine oatmeal, brown sugar, sugar, flour, and salt. Combine baking soda and water and stir in oatmeal mixture. Stir well. Add shortening and vanilla. Add 2 Tablespoons water to help them stick together (a few Tablespoons more if needed) when you roll into walnut-sized balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for about 10 minutes or until golden-brown. Makes about 36 cookies.
Ingredients:
2 cups Oatmeal
1 cup packed Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 cup Hot Water
1/2 cup Shortening, melted
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Tablespoons Water
Instructions:
In a mixing bowl, combine oatmeal, brown sugar, sugar, flour, and salt. Combine baking soda and water and stir in oatmeal mixture. Stir well. Add shortening and vanilla. Add 2 Tablespoons water to help them stick together (a few Tablespoons more if needed) when you roll into walnut-sized balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for about 10 minutes or until golden-brown. Makes about 36 cookies.
Quick Apple Crisp
4 medium tart cooking apples, peeled and sliced (4 cups)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup oats (quick or old fashioned)
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened slightly
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, plus extra
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
Ice Cream or Cream, if desired
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of an 8 inch square pan with shortening. Spread apples in the pan. Sprinkle apples vanilla and extra cinnamon. In a medium bowl, cut butter into remaining ingredients (except ice cream) until well mixed; sprinkle over apples.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with ice cream.
I usually double the recipe for the topping and fill a 9x13 pan with apples to make a larger batch.
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup oats (quick or old fashioned)
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened slightly
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, plus extra
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
Ice Cream or Cream, if desired
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of an 8 inch square pan with shortening. Spread apples in the pan. Sprinkle apples vanilla and extra cinnamon. In a medium bowl, cut butter into remaining ingredients (except ice cream) until well mixed; sprinkle over apples.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with ice cream.
I usually double the recipe for the topping and fill a 9x13 pan with apples to make a larger batch.
Neiman-Marcus Oatmeal Cookies
This the best cookie recipe. It is originally a chocolate chip recipe, but I substitute whatever I am feeling like and usually make the batch half of one mix in and half of another.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1 1/4 cups blended oatmeal*
1 egg
5 oz Hershey chocolate bar, grated
6 oz chocolate chips
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
*Measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder.
Cream butter and both sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375. Yield is 2-3 dozen depending on how big you make the cookie.
I don't like chocolate, so I usually use white chocolate chips, coconut and pecans for a macadamia style cookie. The dough also freezes really well. I can fit a double batch in my Bosch bowl so I make all of it into dough balls and freeze half of them on a cookie sheet in the freezer, then put the balls into a freezer bag for quick cookies later on. They cook better if they can thaw a little first, or just don't cook them for quite as long without checking on them (they might need to be smashed down with a fork half-way through).
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1 1/4 cups blended oatmeal*
1 egg
5 oz Hershey chocolate bar, grated
6 oz chocolate chips
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
*Measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder.
Cream butter and both sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375. Yield is 2-3 dozen depending on how big you make the cookie.
I don't like chocolate, so I usually use white chocolate chips, coconut and pecans for a macadamia style cookie. The dough also freezes really well. I can fit a double batch in my Bosch bowl so I make all of it into dough balls and freeze half of them on a cookie sheet in the freezer, then put the balls into a freezer bag for quick cookies later on. They cook better if they can thaw a little first, or just don't cook them for quite as long without checking on them (they might need to be smashed down with a fork half-way through).
Wanted: Oatmeal recipes
I've got to start using all the oatmeal I have stockpiled. Does anyone have a great oatmeal cookie recipe (preferably one without raisins)? Or other recipes that include oatmeal?
Monday, April 27, 2009
Chicken on the BBQ
This is the easiest recipe ever (Jade, even you can make it!!)
You need:
chicken breasts
BBQ sauce (whatever brand you prefer)
Italian dressing
That's it. Oh, and a barbeque. Mix equal parts barbeque sauce and Italian dressing, and let the chicken marinade. We never have the forethought to let ours marinate for long... yesterday we let them marinate for about 20 minutes and then got really hungry and threw them on the bbq. I know it sounds like a random combination, but trust me, it's good. We served them with a baked potato and some rolls. Easy-smeasy ... and really yummy.
You need:
chicken breasts
BBQ sauce (whatever brand you prefer)
Italian dressing
That's it. Oh, and a barbeque. Mix equal parts barbeque sauce and Italian dressing, and let the chicken marinade. We never have the forethought to let ours marinate for long... yesterday we let them marinate for about 20 minutes and then got really hungry and threw them on the bbq. I know it sounds like a random combination, but trust me, it's good. We served them with a baked potato and some rolls. Easy-smeasy ... and really yummy.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Perfect rice in the microwave
I've been wanting to get a rice cooker for ages now. After finding this recipe on a friend's blog, I'm so glad I never got around to it. This really works.
Take 2 white cups rice, 4 cups water and 2 teaspoons vinegar, put them in a microwave safe dish. Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap and microwave for 20 minutes.
That's it. It's amazing. No really. Go try it.
Take 2 white cups rice, 4 cups water and 2 teaspoons vinegar, put them in a microwave safe dish. Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap and microwave for 20 minutes.
That's it. It's amazing. No really. Go try it.
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