Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

I just made these today and they are super tasty!!

WARNING: This is not your grandmother's oatmeal cookie.

Mix together:
1.5 cup white sugar
1.5 cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening

Once mixed, add in:
2 eggs
1 tsp

Mix separately then add into sugar mixture:
3/4 cup white flour
3/4 cup wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

Then add in 3 cups of oats and 1.5 c chocolate chips.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes.

Jumbo 3-Chip Cookies

This recipe is taken from"100 Best Chocolate Recipes" -a cookbook gift given to me when I was married. The gift giver, my cousin, knows me well, don't you think? To give you an idea of how jumbo these are, I let Michael eat one. It's still hard to tell, but jumbo is the truth!Jumbo 3-Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar

2 Large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 cup dark chocolate chips

1 cup white chocolate chips

1/2 cup milk chocolate chips - - Any variety of chips will do the trick, this is just what I used.

1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda in medium bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop dough by level 1/4-cup measure 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 12-14 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes, remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes about 2 dozen.

Now for the second half. I could already tell by the amount of dough that I would have too many cookies on hand, so I decided to measure out the dough into cupcake tins to freeze them. Just below the fill line is about 1/4 cup. I put a knife around the edges to make for easier removal from pan once frozen. Freeze for a couple of hours. I had to turn the pan upside down and rinse the bottom of it with warm water for a second and then tap the pan on the counter and the dough just fell right out. I placed the dough into plastic bags and back into the freezer, so they are ready to pop into the oven for future use!

Double Chocolate Banana Cookies

3 to 4 extra-ripe medium Bananas
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups margarine, melted
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

•Puree bananas in blender; measure 2 cups for the recipe.
•Combine oats, sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt until well mixed. Stir in bananas, margarine and eggs until blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
•Refrigerate batter 1 hour or until mixture becomes partially firm (batter runs during baking if too soft).
•Preheat oven to 350 F.. Measure 1/4 cup batter for each cookie; drop onto greased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with spatula.
•Bake 15-17 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Makes about 2 1/2 dozen e inch cookies.

•••Layla, if you remember when I made these they were super flat--that was because I didn't put oatmeal in the cookies, and didn't let them refrigerate for long enough. So, if you liked how they tasted then just don't add the oatmeal. :)

Turtle Cookies

I love these cookies but i haven't been able to make them in a while due to the fact I don't own a waffle iron. They are so fun to make!!

8 tbl. Unsweetened Cocoa
1 c. Maragarine or butter
4 Eggs
1 & 1/2 c. Sugar
2 c. Flour
2 tsp. Vanilla

Melt chocolate and butter. Beat eggs and sugar. Add chocolate mixture. Add flour and vanilla. Drop by teaspoons on hot waffle iron and cook approximately 1 min. Frost.

Frosting:

4 tbl. Unsweetened cocoa
1/4 c. Maragarine or butter
3 tbl. Milk
2 c. Powder Suger

Melt chocolate and butter, stir in milk and powdered sugar to make a slightly thinner than normal frosting.

These are soooo good!