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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Cookies!

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I don't make goodies nearly as often as I used to (still too often for my conscience but we're getting better all the time)  These cookies have been a favorite here since I first found the recipe a few years ago.  The original calls for shortening and white and brown sugar so now I have converted it to better meet our food standards :)  These are far less guilty than they used to be but I still probably shouldn't eat 6 in one hour, huh?

1 cup butter, softened
3/4-1 cup sucanat
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup coconut-  it's best if this is plain, unsweetened coconut
1 1/2 cups oatmeal, preferably freshly cracked/rolled
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Beat butter until very fluffy (this takes at least 5 minutes in my Bosch- I use the wire wisks, making sure the butter is super soft first, then switch to the cookie paddles for the rest)
Add sucanat and beat for several more minutes until well combined and fluffy again.  Add vanilla and eggs and beat to combine.  Add dry ingredients and beat or stir by hand to combine.  Stir in chocolate chips. 
Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a well seasoned baking stone or lightly oiled baking sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes.  The first batch usually takes about 14 minutes in my oven. 

Do try to wait until they have cooled before you dig in.  Chocolate burns are no fun.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - :)


Posted by Chas
Can't wait to try this one!!!
Love you friend!
Chas


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Preserving the Harvest 2008


~June 22nd~
*11 half-pints
honey-sweetened peach-strawberry jam
~June 27th~
*7 half-pints and 2 pints
honey-sweetened peach jam
~June 28th~
*24 home-grown chickens in the freezer
(7 whole, 17 cut up
plus feet and backs for stock!!)
~July 6th~
*8 pints and 14 half-pints
honey-sweetened peach jam
~July 16th~
*18 cups fresh green beans,
blanched and frozen (a gift from the boss)
*12 pounds ripe bananas,
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~July 22nd~
*32 ears home-grown corn
blanched and frozen in meal-sized packages
~July 27th~
*8 pints cream-style corn
(home grown)
~July~
about *8 cups blackberries
and *5 cups wild blueberries
from around our property,
in the freezer
~August 4th~
14 pints
4 half-pints
and 1 quart
hot and spicy tomato salsa
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13 quarts chunky applesauce
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