Recipes From Susan

I can't even tell you how excited I am that team members are starting to email me pictures and recipes. Of course, it is not required but boy is it fun!! We all have so many different things to bring to the table.
For your baking pleasure:

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk
1 C Butter, softened
1 C firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 C granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 C all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 C Oatmeal
1 bag (11.5 oz) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks
1 C taosted pecans, optional

Preheat Oven to 350
1) Bat Butter and Sugars until creamy
2) Add eggs and vanilla, beating well
3) Lightly spoon flour into a measuring cup, level off with a knife
4)Combine flour, baking soda, salt in a bowl. Stir to combine
5) Add oats to flour mixture. Stir again
6) Add flour/oat mixture to the butter mixture, mix well
7) Gently stire in chocolate chunks (and pecans)
8)Drop by rounded tablespoon onto baking sheets lines with parchment paper
9) Bake 10 minutes, cool on pan 2 minutes then remove to cooling rack


Ginger Cookies
4 3/4 C Flour
3 Sticks Usalted Btter, at room temperature
2 Tbsp Baking soda
1 3/4 C Sugar
3/4 tsp Salt
2 large Eggs
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 C Molasses
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger

1) Combine dry ingredients and set aside
2) Beat butter and sugar in a mixer and beat on low, increasing to high about 2 minutes until fluffy
3) add eggs, one at a time
4) add Vanilla and stir until combined
5) Mix in Molasses
6)Slowly add in dry ingredients mixture
7) Divide dough into approx 6 pieces
8) Roll into  1 1/2 in logs, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate 1-2 hrs until firm
9) Preheat Oven to 350
10)Unwrap, slice logs into 3/8" thick slices
11)Place on ungreased cookie sheet and sprinkle with sugar
12) Bake 10-12 min

Cookie Ideas

Each round I try to find a new cookie recipe to try out. I myself am a good ole fashioned chocolate chip cookie lover. And avid cookie chocolate chip cookie dough eater. Now, before you get on my case about salmonella and all of the nasty things associated with such an illness, I want to assure you I do not eat bucket loads of raw dough. We are talking about is the smallest of small itty-bitty tasting of the dough. I am just as scared of salmonella as you are so I resist the urge to plunge my face into the bowl of raw dough and eat up.
What I cannot resist? The fresh from the oven, piping hot, barely removed from the cookie sheet and put onto the cooling rack perfect chocolate chip cookie. But that addiction is a whole other story for another day and another blog.

This round I am going to try out two recipes I found on the Pioneer Woman blog. Have you ever heard of her? If not, take some time to check out her blog. It is amazing. Life changing really..
Just a warning: Your baking time may seriously reduced due to being sucked in by the Pioneer Woman's antics. I could spend days reading her stuff!
Here are the links to the two recipes I found on her site:
Everything Cookies
Monster Cookies

Even now, I got side tracked by looking at even more recipes on her blog. SO many good treats on there!!! Take the time to look through her dessert recipes. Lots of stuff!

Once you're done baking for our troops, give this recipe a try. It is to die for. Absolutely unbelievable! You deserve a little reward for all of your hard work!