Ever had one of those mornings when you think the universe is working against you? I see you nodding your heads… Friday was my morning to feel this way.
It should have been a good day since it is the last payday, before Christmas. This means paying the bills, shipping out Christmas presents, grocery shopping and then finding the toys for the Christmas stockings.
I woke up thinking one of the cats was sleeping on my chest. I quickly discovered I lost the fight with my kids flu virus.
The four cats and one of the dogs were on my bed, because they were hungry. There was a commercial on the television several years ago, with an elderly woman and her house full of hungry cats. The woman discovers she is out of cat food, the cats all hiss and the screen goes blank. Yep, that is what happened this morning, and then I remembered I had a can of salmon in the pantry… life saved!
Since the cats are now fed and not threatening to eat me, I grab my keys and coupons and head for the grocery. It is 27 degrees outside, I jump in the Pathfinder only to find for some reason it won’t start. I turn the key; get an rrrrrr tick tick tick sound. The battery is less than two years old, thinking it is just cold I try it again…nope not happening.
I truly hate to admit defeat, so I call my husband and ask what he thinks. He confirmed it sounded like the battery and I was stuck at home for the day… dang it.
So after a stern warning to my husband, that there had better not be any grief coming from him, because there will not being any food in the house when he gets home at two in morning. I stomp up the basement stairs, to get the evil eye from the cats.
Winston, the youngest cat and the biggest brat runs to his food bowl and starts crying as if he has not eaten in four days. I cock my head to the side to look at him; I wonder if his mom dropped on his head as a kitten and walk away.
The good thing about the day, I got to play with my new stand mixer. I used up all the remaining eggs, butter and sugar but did make a few batches of cookies. I know I gave you seven recipes the other day but I thought I would share a few more.
I ran out of eggs when making this batch of cocoa cookies. Did you know you could substitute 2 Tablespoons of water and 1 Tablespoon of oil per egg? I would not make habit out it, but it does work well in a pinch.
Ingredients:
1 Egg
1 cup white sugar
½ cup butter
2 ¼ cups flour
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 Tablespoon cocoa powder
Directions:
Preheat oven 350°F
Cream butter, sugar and beaten egg.
Add flour, baking powder, milk and cocoa
Drop spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheet and bake for 15min. You can sprinkle sifted powdered sugar on these to make a version of Chocolate Crinkles.
Oatmeal Cream Pie Cookies…
If you like the Little Debbie brand of oatmeal cream cookies, you will adore these. These make a very close knock-off. Be careful these can be addicting to your waistline.
Ingredients
2 Sticks margarine
3/4 Cup White sugar
3/4 Cup Light brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 Cup plain Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Soda
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
2 Cups instant oatmeal
Filling:
1 can Marshmallow Fluff.
Directions:
Cream together margarine, sugars, and eggs
In a different bowl mix flour,salt, soda and cinnamon
add four mix to sugar mixture and stir to well combined.
Add vanilla and oatmeal
Drop spoonfuls on cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees, turn oven to high broil and cook for 3-5 minutes more
Transfer cookies on parchment paper to wire rack to cool.
Using the marshmallow fluff, ice a cookie and place another on top.
