In my search for ideas and recipes for Christmas, I came across this link and am now very anxious to try the recipe. I have both the dried cranberries and the cherries on hand so only have to come to a decision. I'm looking forward to investigating the site for other recipes but wanted to draw this one to your attention now.
http://www.food.com/recipe/kittencals-buttery-flaky-shortbread-pan-cookies-147093
Monday, November 7, 2011
Crispy Oatmeal Cookies
This is what I call a near-perfect oatmeal cookie recipe. The perfect cookie should have crisp edges and some chew to the middle. Raisins or dried cranberries just add to the toothsome experience. Can't improve on this recipe. The site is also great for finding other recipes, too.
http://www.joyofbaking.com/CrispyOatmealCookies.html
http://www.joyofbaking.com/CrispyOatmealCookies.html
Chocolate-Coconut Oatmeal Chunkers
Oatmeal cookies, again! Did I ever mention that I liked oatmeal? To me, oatmeal makes a great basis for a wonderful cookie. Any additions to the oatmeal cookie dough can only be a culinary blessing. This is a chunky, tasty cookie.
Chocolate-Coconut Oatmeal Chunkers
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon orange zest
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 1/4 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1 ½ cups shredded coconut
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup unskinned, toasted almonds, very coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and blend. Beat in the vanilla, zests, and baking soda. Add flour and mix until just blended. Stir in oats, coconut, chocolate, and almonds.
Drop 1/4 cup balls of cookie dough onto greased baking sheets, keeping dough about 3 inches apart to allow for spreading. Gently pat down each cookie until about ½ inch thick. Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until golden.
Allow cookies to cool a minute before removing from baking sheets. Makes about 20 large cookies or 3 dozen smaller ones.
Ideas . . .
Reduce the amount of chocolate chips and add raisins or dried cranberries.
Instead of chocolate chips, try butterscotch ones.
For a festive cookie, use those colorful candy coated chocolate candies.
Dried apricots somewhere in the recipe is great.
Chocolate-Coconut Oatmeal Chunkers
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon orange zest
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 1/4 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
1 ½ cups shredded coconut
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup unskinned, toasted almonds, very coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and blend. Beat in the vanilla, zests, and baking soda. Add flour and mix until just blended. Stir in oats, coconut, chocolate, and almonds.
Drop 1/4 cup balls of cookie dough onto greased baking sheets, keeping dough about 3 inches apart to allow for spreading. Gently pat down each cookie until about ½ inch thick. Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until golden.
Allow cookies to cool a minute before removing from baking sheets. Makes about 20 large cookies or 3 dozen smaller ones.
Ideas . . .
Reduce the amount of chocolate chips and add raisins or dried cranberries.
Instead of chocolate chips, try butterscotch ones.
For a festive cookie, use those colorful candy coated chocolate candies.
Dried apricots somewhere in the recipe is great.
You have to wonder . . .
I'm prolife and realize that each person, outside the womb, can make that choice for themselves. Even though I don't agree with abortion, we all do have freedom of choice. I do have to wonder about companies and business that support abortion so adamantly. I have to wonder if they have thought it through. They donate heavily to Planned Parenthood yet their individual businesses rely on . . . people to prosper. Isn't that rather counterproductive to good business?
To eventually complicate their profit line further, many people do their best to avoid purchasing products that support Planned Parenthood. Seems these CEO's haven't done the ultimate math. They donate money to Planned Parenthood with no specifications for the most part on how it will be spent. Planned Parenthood is the biggest of abortion providers which is a good indication of where donations end up. Prolife people stop purchasing the products of the donor businesses. Their profit margin will eventually go down. The aborted babies will never grow up to buy their products. Two negative results will not add up to a positive outcome.
I'm always intrigue about the family-oriented companies that support the abortion mentality. Uh, aren't their customers people? Don't they need people to marry, have children, and support their businesses?
In my simplistic view, children are a major part of economic security. Children are the future and we need new working forces to support the aging ones. When abortion is the law of the land, respect for any life is minimilized. It is a sad country that doesn't find joy in every child God allows to be conceived. He always has a reason and humans should stop trying to control it on human terms. God has probably sent us untold great people with the answer to some of our problems. How many have been sent back to Him, unwanted and unappreciated?
In my own life, I've been insulted to my face because I had more than the worldly allotment of two children. I've actually been told that I couldn't handle two much less four. When I miscarried one of my babies at four months, someone said it was a blessing.
I'm prolife. Yes, everyone has the free will to make a choice. However, when God confirms that the lives He begins at conception are children from day one, there is going to be a lot of shocked, surprised, repentant souls on Judgement Day.
To eventually complicate their profit line further, many people do their best to avoid purchasing products that support Planned Parenthood. Seems these CEO's haven't done the ultimate math. They donate money to Planned Parenthood with no specifications for the most part on how it will be spent. Planned Parenthood is the biggest of abortion providers which is a good indication of where donations end up. Prolife people stop purchasing the products of the donor businesses. Their profit margin will eventually go down. The aborted babies will never grow up to buy their products. Two negative results will not add up to a positive outcome.
I'm always intrigue about the family-oriented companies that support the abortion mentality. Uh, aren't their customers people? Don't they need people to marry, have children, and support their businesses?
In my simplistic view, children are a major part of economic security. Children are the future and we need new working forces to support the aging ones. When abortion is the law of the land, respect for any life is minimilized. It is a sad country that doesn't find joy in every child God allows to be conceived. He always has a reason and humans should stop trying to control it on human terms. God has probably sent us untold great people with the answer to some of our problems. How many have been sent back to Him, unwanted and unappreciated?
In my own life, I've been insulted to my face because I had more than the worldly allotment of two children. I've actually been told that I couldn't handle two much less four. When I miscarried one of my babies at four months, someone said it was a blessing.
I'm prolife. Yes, everyone has the free will to make a choice. However, when God confirms that the lives He begins at conception are children from day one, there is going to be a lot of shocked, surprised, repentant souls on Judgement Day.
Time for a smile . . .
"I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that
bridge when he comes to it.'"
-- Oscar Levant
-- Oscar Levant
"Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight,
with widely scattered light by morning."
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin
Twas the Month Before Christmas . . .
Twas the month before Christmas
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
See the PC Police had taken away
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a ' Holiday'.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-Pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears
You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.
Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!
Please, all Christians join together and wish everyone you meet
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Christ is ‘he Reason' for the Christ-mas Season!
Words to Consider on a Monday Morning . . .
You
cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away
without abandoning the qualities they express.
- Marya Mannes
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