Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love to bake, especially sweet stuff. This is my Aunt Ladawn's recipe; and its become a legend in my family. Every time I make these for people I always have someone ask for the recipe. They are so amazing. I like to put the chocolate chips in the blender so they are super fine... most of the time I don't even bake the whole batch cause I LOVE the dough.



1 Cup Shortening
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup White Sugar
2 Large Eggs
2 TSP. Vanilla
1 TSP Salt
1 TSP in 1 TBS Water
2 Cups Oatmeal
2 Cups Flour
1/2 Bag Of Milk Chocolate Chips
OPTIONAL; 1 Cup Heath Toffee Chips (Ah-Mazing)

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes, I usually under cook them cause I love chewy... but if you are like my step dad, 12 minutes is perfect if you love a crunch!

Enjoy one of my favorite cookies in the world...

Dinner Orange-Cranberry Pork Chops
Mix Rub in small bowl:

1 teas. chili powder

1/2 teas. garlic salt

1/2 teas. cinnomon

1/2 teas. coriander

1/2 teas. cayenne pepper

1/2 teas. cumin

1 teas. salt

1 teas. pepper

Sprinkle pork with rub and massage into meat. Then place in skillet with:

1 Tlbs of butter

2 Tlbs olive oil

Brown on both sides. Place in a glass baking dish.

Mix and cook sauce:

1/2 cup of orange marmalade

1/2 cup honey

2 Tlbs fresh garlic chopped finely

3 Tlbs of lime juice

1 Tlbs chili powder

1 cup dried cranberries

salt and pepper

Bring to a small boil and spoon over pork chops. Bake @ 350 degrees for 45 min.

Roasted Asparagus

2 lbs of aspargus blanch for color make sure you trim ends too.

1/4 teas salt

1/4 teas pepper

1 1/2 Tlbs of fresh chopped garlic

3 Tlbs of olive oil

1/4 cup of pine nuts

2 Tlbs of lemon juice

Cook in small sauce pan until nuts change in color about 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in asparagus and place in baking dish cook at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 min or until asparagus is tender but still a little crispy.I served our meal with stuffing and it was very filling and satisfing. Not to mention brownies to get our chocalate fix. Enjoy!

Tomato Macaroni Soup

Dustin and I love Juniper Take Out's version of this, it tastes almost identical to their recipe. I searched forever online to find something similar, i found it on RECIPE4LIVING.COM but I had to revise a few things and might confuse you a little bit. This is an INDUSTRIAL amount, it makes 2 great big pots. I freeze half of it usually or sometimes that will be our dinner for a while! Its so delicious! I hope you love it as much as we do!

Combine in 1 pot;
1 LB Browned Hamburger Meat (I use extra lean & drain it really good).
1 Small Onion Diced
1/2 Cup Green Onion Diced
1 Large Celery Stalk Chopped
1 Large Carrot, Grated
1 TSP 'Deverles' Salt Seasoning
2 Rounded TBS Brown Sugar
1.5 TBS Worcestershire Sauce
Small Elbow Macaroni, I add different amounts every time I make it. The first time I made this I forgot that pasta triples in size... yes I am a genius. So use what you think, around 1/4 of the medium sized bag of pasta is average of what I use...
2 QUARTS Tomato Juice
1/2 QUART Water

Add salt & pepper to taste, bring to boil and leave on medium heat stirring frequently until pasta & celery cook all the way through. I love this soup re-heated, the flavors always blend better after a day or so!

A great companion to this recipe... SCONES!

Caramels

My sister in law Melissa has this simple recipe, tried it... loved it.

1 cube margarine
1 cube butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup Eagle Brand Milk

Microwave margarine and butter until melted. Add remaining ingredients. Cook in microwave 15 minutes, stirring 4 times (at 12, 9, 6, and 3 minutes remaining). I test the caramels when there is about 2 minutes remaining, run a small spoonfull under cold water and see if it is hard enough, if not cook remaining 2 minutes. Every microwave cooks different, so just keep an eye on them.

Good tip: I use a very large microwavable glass dish, because they do boil, and if your glass dish isn't large enough you will have a big mess. I use the Pampered Chef glass measuring dish, that is 8 cups. That works really well.

Enjoy! Merry Christmas!

rice crispie cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup light karo syrup
boil in large pan until sugar is dissolved
add
1 1/2 cups pnut butter
stir until smooth
add 4 cups rice crispies
stir until coated
drop on wax paper
yummmmmy

Mother Goose Popcorn

This is my very favorite popcorn recipe, my Momma would put red food coloring to make the popcorn a bright pink! Aw, a whole bowl doesn't last long with me :)

3 TBS Water
1 TBS Butter
1 CUP Sugar
3 Quarts Popcorn

Boil to softball stage, about 1 minute. Add coloring and flavoring if desired. Pour over popcorn and toss til coated... Enjoy!

Yummy Cookie Recipe

2 c. flour
1 c. softened butter
1/3 c. heavy cream

Mix all ingredients together with pastry blender. When you can gather it all into a ball, stop mixing and put into the fridge for 1 hour.
On a floured surface, roll dough out to 1/8 inch thick. Cut with 1 1/2 inch cookie cutter. Lightly coat each side of cookie with sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and poke holes with fork into each cookie. Bake at 350 for appr. 8 min. Do not over cook!


Frosting (I did a double batch)
1/4 c. softened butter
3/4 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
food coloring of your choice


Mix together until it has a smooth consistency. Frost, sandwich together and enjoy!

This recipe comes from one of my most Favorite people...Aunt Marla. These cookies are kind of time consuming but ~oh~ so~ worth it! It's the perfect cookie for the Holidays.