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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Today I baked the pumpkin chocolate chip bread and oreo brownies for a sorority alum book club that’ll be at our house tomorrow. The State game isn’t on TV so I baked instead!
I haven’t made these yet, but they sound good so I’ll probably try them out and share pictures of them in the next week or so. I found these recipe on Recipezaar.com. I was planning on omitting the raisins (not a fan) but I thought I’d post it as it was online then edit it after I make it for any changes. The recipe’s supposed to make 108 cookies so I might try to scale down the recipe so it doesn’t make so many.
Ingredients
1 c butter or margarine
2 c sugar
3 eggs
1/2 c peanut butter
3 1/2 c oats
1 c flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 c raisins
Directions
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beat well.
Add eggs and peanut butter, beat well.
Combine oats, flour, soda, salt & cinnamon; add in creamed mixture and beat well.
Stir in raisins.
Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 350F for 10-11 minutes.
Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

So after reading a few nesties talking up this recipe and being in the food to start cooking with pumpkin for fall, I decided to make this bread tonight to take home to Midlothian with me tomorrow. I haven’t tried it yet (well not really true, the dough was yummy!) so I’ll update with how my family liked it. Here’s the recipe for now:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 c vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 c milk
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 c chocolate chips
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix first 4 ingredients together & set aside.
Mix next 7 ingredients together with electric mixer or KA mixer.
Add the dry ingredients until just combined.
Add the chocolate chips.
Pour into well greased/buttered loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes. (It took more like 65 minutes for mine). Let cool on wire rack. Enjoy!

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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was looking for a cookie recipe to take to a Chi O recruitment alum/active event tomorrow night & for tailgating Saturday. I thought I’d go with a “basic” recipe since Jason wasn’t a huge fan of my apple/oatmeal/choc chip cookies. I found this in a coworker’s Oxford Baptist Church recipe book but it was also on the back of the semi-sweet chips I used.

Ingredients
2 c + 4 Tbsp four
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c butter
3/4 c sugar
3/4 c brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp water
2 eggs
12 oz chocolate chips (I used more like 6 oz b/c I’d used the other 6 oz on the cookies last week & I’m not a huge chocolate fan)

Directions
Sift together flour, baking soda & salt; set aside. Combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla & water. Beat until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add four mixture & mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by 1/2 spoonful onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes.

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Chocolate Chip Apple Oatmeal Cookies

I found this recipe on a nestie cooking blog (goodthingscated) and tried it this week for a co-workers going away party. I think they were a hit. They’re kind of different, but I thought the flavors blended well together. And as a plus they were pretty easy to make.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup oats
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 small dash of ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 Tbsp (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted & cooled until warm
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg plus 1 yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 large apple, peeled & diced, about 1 cup
Directions
adjust oven racks to upper & lower middle positions & heat oven to 325. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (I didn’t do this and think that might’ve been good b/c they stuck a little)
Whisk dry ingredients together & set aside
With electric mixer or by hand, mix butter & sugars until thoroughly combined.
Beat in egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined
Add dry ingredients & beat at low speed just until combined. Stir in chips & apple
Original directions say to do the following. I just scooped tablespoon sized chunks of dough onto the pans. “Roll scant 1/2 cup dough into ball. Holding dough ball in fingertips of both hands, pull into 2 equal halves. Rotate halves 90 degrees and with jagged surfaces facing up, place formed dough onto cookie sheet, leaving ample room between each ball. Top dough ball with extra chocolate chips.”
Bake, reversing position of cookie sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are light golden brown & outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft & puffy, about 12-15 minutes.
Cool cookies on sheets until able to lift without breaking & place on wire rack to cool.

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Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes

I found this recipe online (I can’t recall where) and finally found somewhere to make them for. This week I took them to our Chi O Alum Dinner Club then shared the leftovers with co-workers. I admit they were really good! Thought I’d share the recipe with the blogging world.
Margarita Cupcakes
Ingredients
1 package (18.25 oz. white cake mix (no pudding in the mix)
1 can (10 oz.) frozen Margarita mix, thawed (undiluted) (I used strawberry) 
3 egg whites
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon grated lime zest 
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Line standard muffin pan with baking cups.
In large bowl, combine cake mix, Margarita mix, egg whites and vegetable oil using electric mixer.
Stir in lime zest; mix completely.
Fill prepared pans 2/3 full.
Bake 22-24 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack 5-8 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from pan; cool completely. Frost cooled cupcakes with icing and garnish, if desired, with a strawberry and/or lime twist. Yield: Makes 24 cupcakes.
 
Key Lime Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons key lime juice
1 teaspoon key lime zest or lemon zest
4-5 cups confectioners’ sugar
Directions
In large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, juice and zest with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add 4 cups confectioners’ sugar, one cup at a time; continue beating until light and fluffy.
If icing is too thin add additional confectioners’ sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Makes about 3 cups icing.