Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

Ingredients:

2 Eggs, Large
2/3 cup Rolled oats
1 cup Peanut butter
1 tsp Baking soda
2/3 cup Brown sugar, Dark
2/3 cup Chocolate chips
2 tsp Vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

In small bowl, mix together the oats and baking soda; set aside.

In a large bowl, beat peanut butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth, about 3 minutes. Mix in dry ingredients with a wooden spoon, then gently fold in chocolate chips.

Roll cookies into 2-inch dough balls, you can flatten the top to make them a little thinner. The dough should be pretty sticky, I used a cookie scoop to drop the cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet.

Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes and remove when they barely turn a golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet then transfer to a wire rack or wax paper to cool completely. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.

Makes 16-20 cookies.

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Spicing up the old!

We have taken a couple of trips before the farming began in full force. I want to share with you what we've been up too.

First we went to New Orleans to just get away. We love the history and Food of New Orleans. I know some just see the evil there but since I have lived and worked among the less fortunate I just those involved in the evil as souls that God loves. Really my heart breaks at some of the things you see walking down the streets of New Orleans.

While there I literally got addicted to one of the candy shops, "Mister Apple"! If you have never visited this wonderful shop you have to do so the next time you are in town. Honey took me three times and each time I bought something, I even bought apples and brought them home with me for later. If I was ever featured on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" I think this is what it would be. So PLEASE just go to Mister Apple and try it! Of the few I tried this was my favorite, I think they call it the "Deluxe Chocolate".

Since returning home we have started farming in full force. I've been hone a lone or until late at night a lot and have not been in the mood to cook anything new. Here are some of the things that I have cooked and just spiced them up a little.

 The other morning I was craving the "Cream Cheese Pancakes" that I have made several times before. This time I spread several with peanut butter and topped them with honey. Mmmm I can't express how good they were I could have easily eaten another batch but I would not allow myself to cook more.

I made my "Salmon with A Yellow Pepper Jelly Glaze" last night but used Pineapple preserves. Oh man it was great! NO leftovers of this.

Since this is Honey's birthday week I also made some "Shortbread Cookies" from a Bob's Red Mill mix that I had on hand. I didn't really feel we would enjoy these by themselves but I had some fresh fruit so I made a big bowl of fruit with a powdered sugar glaze and then topped it with whipped cream to serve along with the cookies. It was great and the cookies are good right by themselves, with a cup of coffee of course!

Don't be afraid to branch out in your cooking, try new things, you'll be amazed at what you come up with.

That's about all for now, I just wanted you to know that I'm still alive and kicking!

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Ok, so I've shared a new find and now I want to get right down and get honest. Have you ever made something NOT gluten-free but wanted it so bad that you thought, "I'll just eat one, maybe it won't hurt me?". Recently I had my daughter and newest grand-baby visiting me due to bad weather. I had planned on transposing my favorite cookie recipe "Oatmeal Scotchies" to gluten-free that day so I continued with my plan. My daughter (Ashia) and I were tasting the butterscotch morsels when she asked, "Mom can you eat these?" My answer was, "I'm sure I can" as I turned the package over and began reading ingredients. About half way through my reading I noticed the word barley and then I said, "well it says it has barley but I"m going to eat a cookie anyway because one cookies won't have many chips in it. Ashia said, "MMMOOOMMMM" and I realized she was right, there would be a lot of chips in each cookie and I would get sick. So in anguish and moving the slowest I have EVER moved I went and put up my gluten free ingredients (I didn't want to waist them) and got out the real deal to make MY favorite cookies for my family. :( Has that ever happened to you? If so share some of your experiences with me.

Here is MY FAVORITE cookies recipe but I didn't transpose it since my butterscotch chips were not gluten free. Be my guest and transpose if for me, just send me a copy!! PLEASE

Oatmeal Scotchies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or grated peel of 1 orange
• 3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
• 1 2/3 cups (11-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels

Directions:

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in oats and morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies or 9 to 10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION:
Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.

Remember if you transpose it send me a copy!! PLEASE!!!!!