In the Kitchen with Shaddy

I've been in the cooking mode lately.  After reading my friend, Sarie's, oatmeal cookie recipe on her blog, I vowed to make some myself.

I picked up these ingredients at the grocery store this afternoon.  Sounds easy enough, right?  Firstly, I got the wrong brown sugar.  I shouldn't have bought this bag of light brown sugar.  Secondly, I almost put a bag of bread flour in my cart instead of the all purpose flour.  Thirdly, I had to be careful to get the old fashioned rolled oats rather than the several other types available.  Lastly, I hesitated in deciding which baking powder to buy.  The Clabber Girl brand was double action.  I took the leap and put it in my cart, opting to live on the wild side and to risk that my cookies might explode.        

  

I needed a drink after my stressful stop at the grocery store.  I had all the ingredients in the house for a Bloody Mary.  That's right.  I've been enjoying a daily drink but no cookie baking lately. 



After a slug of my cocktail for courage, I started to make oatmeal cookies.  First, I mixed a few of the dry ingredients in a small bowl according to the recipe.    



Here are the butter and the brown and white sugar.  I was told to mix them together but the room temperature butter wouldn't cooperate.  I guess that's because I've turned the thermostat down to conserve on energy.  :)  Room temperature in my kitchen is 63 degrees!  I put the bowl in the microwave, thinking that a few seconds would soften the butter and make the mixing easier.  

Yikes!

Sparks flew!

Oops!  My mixing bowl sports a gold decorative design that's allergic to microwaves.  I switched gears and put the bowl in the oven instead.  

In no time, I had a wonderful mixture of butter and sugar.  Phew, that was an adventure!

Thank God for some vodka to help me cope.  :)

I added eggs, vanilla and the small bowl of ingredients I showed you above to the butter and sugar.  The oatmeal and flour completed the cookie mixture.  It's kind of an ugly mess at this point, but I had high hopes.

I'm surprised the cookies didn't slide off the cookie sheet.  Aren't you?  Maybe I shouldn't have had the drink after all!?

Now do you see why I think I should have used darker brown sugar?  These cookies are slightly on the pale side, but then we're all a little pasty at this time of the year, aren't we!

Here's the finished product, hanging out on a cooling rack.  Aren't they cute?  I left these in the oven longer so they've got better color.  (That reminds me.  I need to get to the tanspa). 

After supper this evening, Lon, Jared and I put away several of these oatmeal cookies with milk for dessert.  You know what?  We liked them.  We liked them a lot, just exactly the way they were.

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