Well now. Where have I been? I don’t know if you have noticed, but I have a pretty predictable posting routine of every third day. And quite obviously I haven’t done that this past week. So. Where have I been? My Grandma Royuk died last week Monday. It was a welcome graduation to heaven. And heaven is always a blessing! With all the working out of babysitting schedules since Dad and Mom were busy with arrangements, and then the traveling to the visitation and funeral, and then the visiting of Brad because of the funeral. Well. I just didn’t get around to posting.
I’m back on track now.
And, I realized last week that it’s been entirely too long since I have posted any recipe. And since this post is going up on the anniversary of the death of my other Grandma, I thought it completely appropriate to post one of my most favorite recipes from her. I posted my absolute favorite a while back. But this one gets made a lot more often around here. Here it is:
Grandma Hummel’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter (the recipe says margarine. But. Yuck.)
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup oatmeal
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup + chocolate chips
Cream the softened butter with the whit and brown sugar.
Add eggs until well mixed.
Add vanilla and oatmeal.
In a separate bowl combine flour, salt, soda and baking powder.
Once dry ingredients are mixed together, add to other ingredients.
Accept the offer of assistance from the insistent resident four-year-old.
Add chocolate chips.
Chill. I just put it in the fridge for a while. Sometimes it’s and hour. Sometimes it’s 20 minutes. Whatever. But I really do recommend a little chilling.
Drop spoonfuls onto GREASED cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees until light golden brown. In my oven that’s 11 minutes.
Perfect, every time.
Let’s hear it for oats in the cookies! Now they’re healthy and you can eat them for breakfast! They look delicious.
Eating this recipe as dough is particularly delicious. I highly recommend to your readers that they should make this dough and not cook it. Mmm…
So sorry about your Gram, Beth! We heard about it at St. Paul, because they wanted my daughter to shadow with your niece… but she was leaving for the funeral. Cookies are a GREAT way to remember her! I can’t wait to make them… with a little bit of whole wheat flour, of course.
What size scoop do you use? I’ve debated getting one because I don’t know what size would be best.
I use the Pampered Chef medium size. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to using a spoon.
ooo, i like your labels. what kind of label maker do you have
Hey, I too just bought choc. chips at the store & plan to make cookies tomorrow. People always tell me what they like about my choc. chip cookies is that there are sooooo many choc. chips in them. ‘Do you put 2 bags of chips in?’ they ask. No sillies….I just eat so much raw dough, my cookies are then chock full, & I mean chock full of chips! (because I like my raw dough straight up…no chips mixed in. And I have a great way to get just the dough without disturbing the chips)
I wish I had a label maker! Actually I bought these from tupperware.com. They have a big sheet with a ton of common kitchen-y label words.
And…what’s the great way??
(I’m guessing put half the dough in a different bowl before even adding chips…do I get the prize?)
Hehe…
No, actually I mix the choc. chips in with all the dough. Then I push the dough from side to side in the bowl & eat the dough that is left behind after each push.
Is that a tattoo on Tara’s arm? It took my mom 39 years to say I could get one. Oh wait, she didn’t say it was okay – I did it on my own…
And now the fun begins. Will she read this and find out my secret?
What’s the tattoo & where is it, if I may ask?
Inside my left ankle; it’s the greek letters Alpha and Omega. They’re the first and last letters of the greek alphabet, just like our A and Z. Anna and Zeke!
And like I AM.
When did you get this tattoo, you crazy woman?
A few weeks ago when I had to go to a conference down in Indy. Anita (my co-worker) and I missed the morning session we were going to attend and were bored. I said “Hey, why don’t I get some ink?” So we went!
This is so exciting!
I think I want the next one to be like Jonah Hill’s – http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jTK7vsL0rGs/R-CBY8ihP-I/AAAAAAAACAM/iNHqibaodHo/s400/Jonah%2BHill%2BJockin%27.jpg