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Holiday Cookies!
I’m a huge proponent of baked gifts! They are personal and tasty while still being thoughtful. I also like the idea of spending time to create something you know your friends will use (or eat) especially when you have a good number of gifts to make. I wanted to create something for a bunch of the people who work with my lab in really important roles that often go unnoticed- the secretaries, technicians, etc. I decided to make a few tins of holiday cookies and some cookies in a jar to gift. For those of you who don’t know what cookies in a jar are, you basically layer all the…
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The perfect oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
I don’t think it is okay to have a baking blog without a few good recipes for chocolate chip cookies. This one uses oatmeal and applesauce to not only be healthier, but also stay super soft and chewy. Hope you enjoy it! Ingredients: 1/2 C Butter 1 egg 1/4 C white sugar 1/2 C brown sugar 2 t. vanilla extract 3/4 C all-purpose flour 1.5 C quick-cook Oats (I used Quaker brand) 1/2 t. baking soda 1 t. salt 1 C semisweet choc chips 1 T applesauce Recipe: 1. Preheat oven to 325 F 2. Cream together butter and white and brown sugars. 3. Beat in egg and vanilla and applesauce. 4. Slowly add in and mix all dry ingredients. Make…
