Vanishing Cookies...And Other Stuff Too!

(Fine Art Photo by bomobob)

        I hardly ever share recipes on my blog, but the oatmeal cookies my hubby made yesterday were...well, still are. I didn't eat 'em all....YET! ^_^... soooo good that I felt like I just had to share! And I'll do that in a minute. But first I wanna show you a few other things...A pair of the cutest baby shoes ever!...

 (Peep Toe Baby Shoes by WildheartSEA)

       *sigh*....Why couldn't I have had at least one wobble-headed, big foot cute little girl?! ^_^

        Moving on!.....This is the cutest owl pin ever!...

 (Vintage Owl Brooch from whatnotsandsuch)

       Can't you almost hear him in a tree at night saying: "Hoooooo!"?!

      Speaking of trees...

 (Blue Moon Photo by JulieMagersSoulen)

      I saw this foggy photo of the blue moon next to this tree and it looked a lot like the woods after the leaves fall from the trees. Hubby says it looks spooky to him, but I just love the photography aspects of it, with the fog, the bare tree and an almost glowing Fall moon.

      And I loved this print too...

(Flutter-Hummingbird Art Print by paintedbliss)

       If you've followed my blog for a while, no explanation is necessary...I miss my entertaining little hummingbirds....*sigh*....But they'll be back next Spring! :-) They've all flown the coup, so to speak...

 (Photographic Greeting Cards by roominiscent)

        These cute little cards are gonna fly the coup soon too! :-)

     Okay, one more thing to share before I leave you the recipe for the cookies. I just wanted to show you my latest lapel pins. They are flying out of my shop sooooo fast!...

      This one is in the shop now, HERE. And I have about 7 or 8 others I need to photograph and list today. But I have other, more pressing, things on my mind today...like my 'talk' (presentation) I'm giving at my place of worship tonight. I've got to get my raspy throat in order to give it! O_O

      Here are the two pins I finished last...

     The multicolored one is already in the shop too,  HERE, but the white one is part of the custom order I'm working on. Hopefully it'll vanish from the shop soon too! :-))     

     And speaking of vanishing,....see how I made that word fit so nicely?! Huh?....Huh?! ^_^ Here's the recipe for my hubby's cookies....Ahem! By the way, it's not his actual recipe. He got it from the 'Quaker Oats' oatmeal box. ^_^   

          

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 

1/2 cup (1 stick) plus 6 tbsp. butter, softened

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 & 1/2  cups all-purpose flour {For high altitude increase flour to 1 & 3/4 cups}

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)

1 cup raisins

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy.

2. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.

3. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.

4. Add oats and raisins; mix well.

5. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.

6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

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For Bar Cookies: Bake 30 to 35 minutes in ungreased 13x9-inch metal baking pan.

           So there you go! And they are so good! The vanishing part is because they will vanish quickly after they're made!!! YUM!!! ^_^ . Okay, I'm off to crochet!! Have a good day, Everybody!! {I'm leaving a few of the lyrics of my poem below off...It sounded too sad. :-)}

My Baby Girl

To the little girl
that I never had,
when I think of you
it makes me sad.

All the years
that I missed;
Your little forehead
I could have kissed.

Watching your eyes
when I breast fed;
Reading you stories
when you went to bed.

How the words
would've run like water
off my tongue,
just to call you "daughter"!

Tucking you in,
with your "Teddy Bear";
Changing your diapers,
combing your hair.

Sharing secrets,
when you could talk;
Watching you pull yourself
up to walk.

The first time you
would eat solid food;
Your first baby pictures,
in the nude.

How I now wish
I had not been afraid,
and let all of my
opportunities fade.

I might well have been
a good mother;
And who knows-
You might have had a brother!

I could have walked you to school
on your first day;
You could have learned to cook.
I would have taught you the way.

You could have played with dad
(Too rough for me!)
I could have watched you sing
with dad-off key.

Oh-The many things
I could have taught her,
my little baby girl,
my child-my daughter.

And I'll hold her close
one day.(I just know it!)
But until then,
I'm just a baby girl poet.