~I love to play~

Written by Sue, Tuesday, February 19, 2019       cold, rain, temps. 40

I  played on my computer this morning, trying to catch up on visiting friends here in blogland, to all those I visited today it was such a joy to see what you have been up to. I always leave so encouraged, and motivated! I also learn so much of where you live and of your  beautiful lives!

 About 12 o'clock I put a whole organic chicken in my crockpot., that just happened to be on sale. So simple, a crockpot makes a chicken so tender. It was busy cooking while I was baking, we worked so well together. ~smile~

 Last week one of our granddaughters called to say hi, and in the course of our conversation she just happened to mention how much  they enjoyed the cookies and jam we had sent them at Christmas, and that they had just finished the last jar of jam.`~wink~ so I promised to send them more as soon as possible, along with a batch of cookies.

 I love to bake, especially on rainy, cold days, today was just such a day..

I made three different kinds of cookies, Sinful Oatmeal,

Look at all those goodies mixed together, no wonder they are called sinful!

Christmas was the first time I had made these and they have become my family's favorite,  here are the ingredients. I try and use organic or all natural as much as possible.

1 cup butter; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup white sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 1tsp.baking soda; 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon; 2 1/2 cups quick cooking oatmeal; 1 cup raisins; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 1/2 cups chopped pecans; 1/2 cup sliced almonds.
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time, vanilla, mix well; add flour, baking soda, mix, add oatmeal, raisins, nuts mix well, the batter will be thick, drop heaping tsps. spoon full on parchment lined pan, bake at 350 10 to 12 minutes. Enjoy!

I made my old standby Chocolate Chip,  these used to be number 1, I have a secret ingredient in all my recipes,...LOVE!

Per her request, granddaughters favorite, Pecan Melt Aways, very simple ingredients, so delicious, not real sweet, I made extra that I will dip in chocolate tomorrow. Cookies are like people, they come in all shapes and sizes, unique, one of a kind!

I enjoyed playing today, but playtime is now over and I have got to do some serious housework this week, My dining room is begging to be cleaned and decorated for spring, yes I do start early as it takes me so long. It's and age thing,  something I haven't wanted to admit for a long while~smile~

Blessings,

Sue