Simple Everything Cookies

Here's what you need:
3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups oatmeal
2 sticks of butter

1 Peanut butter Cookie Mix Betty Crocker
1 Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix Betty Crocker
1 medium size bag of M&M's your choice: dark chocolate, milk chocolate

Mix together dry ingredients.
Add eggs and softened butter, stir

Then add M&M's and stir!



PUT IN REFRIGERATOR FOR 1 hour.
preheat oven to 375º

Drop a couple of inches apart on a cookie sheet...
and bake for 10-12 minutes.. DISCLAIMER (I personally don't enjoy these cookies unless they are underbaked: about 8-9 minutes taken out and let to cool for a few seconds)



EAT!
note the cute snoopy bandaid =).

Next on the Docket: Easy Everything Cookies

My next project will be Everything Cookies (not like everything bagel).. think peanut butter, chocolate, oatmeal and m&m's.
Tasty!!!!

Peach Cobbler, because it's Peach Month

YUMMM doesn't this look good?

Read on friends, Read on!!!!!


Bowl 1
combine peaches (8 sliced fresh, or about 40 frozen peices, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp lemon juice, and 2 tsp cornstarch.
Toss with hands until coated.


Pour this into a 2 qt baking dish, and bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.


Bowl 2
combine 1 Cup flour, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt.
Then cut in butter (6 Tablespoons, diced and chilled).
Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, blend it in until the texture of the mixture is coarse grit like...
Then stir in small amount of boiling water (total 1/4 cup) until mixture is barely combined into a 'doughy' texture.


Next Step
Take Peaches from oven and drop spoonfuls of dough mixture over top of the peaches in small dollops (preferably a small distance apart).



Final Step
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture (made from 3 tablespoons White Sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon) over top of entire cobbler.

Place back in oven and bake until golden brown, about 30-35 minutes.

Here's the finished product! Delicious!


and Now for a beauty shot!

Caramel Apple Delight

I just made that up..
but here's what you need:

3 or 4 small apples sliced
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup water
dash of cinnamon

cool whip
caramel sauce

Here's what you do

1. slice the apples


2. melt butter and add apples, sautee the apples for about 3 minutes


3. add a dash of cinnamon, the sugar, the water and 1 TB of caramel sauce, then set to low and simmer for 15 minutes until the apples are soft.



4. Add warm apples to bowl, add dolop of whipped cream, then drizzle caramel sauce to top.

then you get this:




YUM!

as of today

I haven't been baking anything entirely exciting.
I'm going to make a cheesecake this week for a going away party for someone at work.
and last night I made this:
It was a chocolate cake with Shaw Buttercream Icing.

I'll get back in the game soon, I've just been busy!

in between my baking

check it out!
recipe manager


=P

betty needs an intern what?

at my sister's request I am perusing the dairy free recipe databases for a delicious dairy free dessert, which I will hopefully show you pictures of this weekend.
any other special requests?

I am trying to think of some healthy baking excursions.

do you want to see pics of cakes I have made? just for fun? http://picasaweb.google.com/cassandra.shaw/Cakes