The Best Cookies I’ve Had in AGES!!
January 25, 2009 at 1:13 pm | In PDD-NOS, cooking, food, housework, motherhood, parenthood, sensory processing dysfunction | 2 CommentsPart of my weekend alone project was to bake something. Even though everyone is home now, I still am working through my list. I did get my house cleaned, really clean. It looks pretty good, if I do say so myself. 
So it was time to bake!
I had a bag of butterscotch chips, so I surfed the web looking for an oatmeal butterscotch chip recipe. I found one, but altered it so much that I am now calling it mine. However, I like you, so I will share.
Banana Oatmeal Scotchies
[this makes 4 dozen cookies]
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (I actually use a flour mixture, see below)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 bananas
3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
1 2/3 cups (11 oz. package) NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
1/4 pecans (optional)
Preheat oven to 375.
Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, and banans extract in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in oats,pecans, and morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake for 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies; 9 to 10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
They are wonderful! Even my picky sensory child liked them!
Flour mixture (from The Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lapine)
1 Cup White Flour
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup Wheat Germ
Mix it up and use it any time the recipe calls for flour. I use it all the time. My kids don’t even notice it anymore. Even texture sensitive boy!
My cat enjoyed my day as well.
OK I just stuck that in, because I thought Stitch was cute.
Thanksgiving
November 25, 2008 at 9:45 pm | In cooking, family, food, motherhood | Leave a CommentThis year I am responsible for making sweet potatoes, mocha pecan pie, and a French silk pie. The mocha pecan pie is a yearly favorite. It is from the cookbook, Sundays at Moosewood. It is an amazing pie! Even those that don’t like pecan pie, love this recipe.
The sweet potato recipe that I am using this year is from the Ocean Spray website. It looks interesting and uses bananas. I will let you know how it tastes.
Ok and I admit the French Silk is from a mix.
How about you? What are your favorite recipes for Thanksgiving?
Yummy recipe–OK kids aren’t into it, but…
November 13, 2008 at 7:17 pm | In Autism, PDD-NOS, cooking, family, food, kids, motherhood, parenthood, sensory processing dysfunction | 1 CommentI made an acorn squash tonight with applesauce, brown sugar, and raisins. It was really good.
I left out the nuts as I knew my texture boy would hate that. We can’t mix textures too much and nuts are a no-no. Todd and I like the squash. The boys made an instant judgement call and had to be forced to try it.
They didn’t die from it, but they were very dramatic in their interpretations. I won’t share those as my BOYS have gotten into gross bathroom humor lately.
To be honest, I think they will eventually eat it. It is just one of those things they will have to see again and again. They will have to get used to the smell, sight, and eventually they will eat it. It takes E a lot longer than his older brother, but sometimes we get there.
At least E tried it. I couldn’t get him to try a beet.
E says try these “delecioso” pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!
September 30, 2008 at 8:04 pm | In Autism, PDD-NOS, family, food, kids, motherhood | Leave a CommentWe know a recipe is a winner when Mr. Picky will eat it. E loved these muffins tonight. I loved that Amy at Angry Chicken had done all the hard work of making it pretty healthy for me! (Thanks Amy!)
The only thing that I modified at all was I put the flour mix from The Sneaky Chef instead of the other flour. That mix is here. I also added walnuts and extra chocolate chips (OK I had to make certain E would try them. )
It was such a crisp cool day and with pumpkin muffins baking in my oven—mmmmmm!!!!! I love fall!
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