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Recipe for the day ~ Spicy Oatmeal Cookies

Spicy Oatmeal Cookies

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening

1 cup paced light brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 tspn vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tspn baking soda

1 tspn ground cinnamon

1/2 tspn ground cloves

1/2 tspn salt

3 cups rolled oats

1 cup raisins

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

In a large bowl, cream together butter, butter flavored shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla until smooth

Combine the flour,baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt

Stir into the sugar mixture

Stir in the oats and raisins

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet

Bake for about 11 minutes or until light and golden

Do not overbake

Let them cool for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheets to cool completely

Store in an airtight container

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot

Recipe for the day ~ Big Soft Ginger Cookies

Big Soft Ginger Cookies

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Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tspns ground ginger

1 tspn baking soda

3/4 tspn ground cinnamon

1/2 tspn ground cloves

1/4 tspn salt

3/4 cup margarine, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 TBspn water

1/4 cup molasses

2 TBspns white sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt

Set aside

In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy

Beat in the egg

Stir in the water and molasses

Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture

Shape dough into walnut size balls 

Roll them in the remaining 2 TBspns of sugar

Place cookies 2 inches apart onto a ungreased cookie sheet

Flatten slightly

Bake for about 9 minutes 

Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely

Store in an airtight container

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ” ― Washington Irving

Recipe for the day ~ White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies

White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 TBspn brandy

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tspn baking soda

3/4 cups white chocolate chips

1 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375

Grease cookie sheets

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar

Beat in the egg and brandy

Combine the flour and baking soda

Stir into the sugar mixture

Mix in the white chocolate chips and cranberries

Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets

Bake for about 9 minutes

Allow cookies to cool 1 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to wire racks to cool 

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” 
― Calvin Coolidge