Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007
I think oatmeal raisin is the prince of all cookies. (Chocolate chip cookies are obviously the king, and macaroons are the queen.)
This is the oatmeal raisin cookie recipe I made every week in college. It still works, and it's still a great oatmeal cookie. As a great bonus, this is a vegetarian cookie.
Magic Oatmeal Cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cup oatmeal
1 cup raisins
dash salt (optional)
Preheat Oven 350F.
Beat butter and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Combine flour, Baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl and add to mixture. Stir in oats and raisins.
Drop dough by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 min. Makes 60 cookies.
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Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Macaroons are coconut cookies, and they are delicious. In high school, I ate a dozen macaroons every day. Although macaroons are the queen of all cookies, eating a dozen macaroons every day is not recommended.
Eating one delicious macaroon per day, though, will change your life for the better. Enjoy the recipe.
Macaroons
3 egg whites
3 cups shredded coconut
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3/4 cups Sugar
Beat egg whites with lemon juice until stiff. Beat in sugar. Add coconut and mix well. Drop teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.
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Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon baking soda
5 cups oatmeal
24 oz (one bag) chocolate chips
1 teaspoon salt (optional)
Beat butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs. Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and add to mixture. Mix in oatmeal and chocolate chips. Bake by teaspoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet at 400F for 10 minutes.
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Posted Friday, July 27, 2007
Cheese Bread
2 packages (1/4 oz each, 1/2 oz total) active dry yeast
(or 2 cakes of compressed yeast)
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons grated cheddar
2 cups water
3 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons butter
Combine all ingredients except the butter. Put a little flour on a cutting board to prevent sticking, and knead dough. Put in bowl and cover with a damp towel, let rise 1 hour. Put dough in a greased bread pan and glaze with melted butter. Bake at 425 degrees until brown (about 45 minutes).
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