Made from Scratch Cookies

Obviously, I was bored last night. So i wrote this:

I am still becoming adjusted to my having only one job. I know how weird that sounds but I’m serious. & while there are many things that I could be doing on my free evening—such as reorganizing my sewing room, eek—I decided to try my hand at making cookies. Now I know, I’ve made dozens of cookies before but I’ve only made a few kinds, the standards, sugar, choc chip & oatmeal. I am trying a new recipe tonight.

For those who don’t know, I pretty much live on allrecipes.com. when I first started cooking I went to a few different websites for ideas & they were ok. What I like best about this site are the reviews/ star ratings & the wealth of info provided. There is a search feature, tons of articles, a personal recipe box and plenty of other options which I haven’t even explored yet. Basically members submit their own recipes & then others can try it & rate it. I typically search for recipes sorting with their rating, because then I know that chances are, the top rated recipes will be the best. & in my several years of using it, it turns out to be true. Not to mention people can make comments & offer custom versions & make adjustments which are very helpful. I often read through a few of the comments to see what others had to say, just to get a feel of what other people tried.

So aside from me living & dying by this site, I am making ‘Jumbo Breakfast Cookies.’ While another member pointed out, I don’t think any cookie could replace breakfast in any case, but it is still nice to have a cookie that is sweet but still has some good stuff for you as well. I remind my readers , including my husband ; ) , that cookies are desserts, not snacks & should be eaten sparingly, regardless of how many oats or whatever is in them, because they’re still loaded with sugar & fat. Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, onto baking!

I changed the recipe a bit, because I didn’t have much cereal. I used Post Toasties (my husband's favorite, we always have these in the house. They’re like Cheerios only slightly sweetened with brown sugar), and used one less cup. In its place I used an extra cup of rolled oats. I didn’t have raisins so I used chocolate chips instead.

I made the cookies a bit smaller just so I’d have more, & as I type the first batch is cooling & the second batch is in the oven.

Edit: My husband & i each had 1 1/2 cookie last night, they are amazing! So many different textures but still soft & chewy. Delicious! Give them a try.