Milky Way Cookies

I found this recipe on picky-palate.com. She has a lot of recipes on there that sound really good and different. My cookies turned out kind of flat but they still tasted really good. I'm having a hard time making cookies up here in the mountains.... they all go flat on me. Anyways, these were good and should definitely be tried some time.

2 sticks butter
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
35 mini milky way and 3 muskateer bars, chopped

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients and then add chopped candy bars. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes.

Pumpkin Banana Bread

This is actually an original recipe as took ideas from about 4 other recipes to get this. Not bad for a first try, but that's why some of the measurements are unusual. It's pretty moist with the pumpkin and banana and of course almost everything tastes pretty good with some chocolate chips thrown in.

1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. oil
2 1/4 c. sugar
4 eggs
2 c. mashed bananas (about 4 medium)
1 15 oz. can pumpkin
3 c. flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/4 c. chocolate chips

Cream butter, oil and sugar. Mix in eggs, bananas and pumpkin. In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients and then mix into first mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into 2 greased bread pans. Bake at 325 degrees for probably 50 or more minutes. I would check it after 45 minutes (every oven is different). Eat it up.

Banana Bread

I don't like bananas.......actually I really, really, really don't like bananas. They are slimy and gross. I don't mind banana bread though, and this was a good recipe. I found it on the Pioneer Woman's website. I don't remember the address but it's pretty famous so you should be able to find it. She has a lot of good recipes. I liked the idea of putting the bread in a bundt pan just for something different. And since it looked like a cake I had to put a little icing on it.....just because I can.

2 sticks of butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. mashed bananas
4 c. flour (I put in almost half wheat flour and it was still really good)
2 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. sour cream

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time. Add bananas and beat until mixed. Combine dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients alternately with the sour cream. Beat until all combined. Pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake for about 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

One of my resolutions this year is to make healthier foods for my family to eat........and nothing really says healthy like a chocolate chip cookie. But these have whole wheat and oatmeal. It's delicious fiber! I really liked these cookies and I didn't even notice the wheat. My kids ate them up but Sam wouldn't touch them. He thinks anything with oatmeal is a "half treat" and should not be eaten. Anyways, they were really good. Mine turned out kind of flat even though I added extra flour. Maybe it's just the altitude here or maybe they are just supposed to be flat cookies. This is another good recipe from mykitchencafe.blogspot.com.

1 1/4 c. butter
1 1/4 c. brown sugar
1 1/4 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla (I put 1 Tbsp. in just for fun)
1 1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 c. white wheat flour
2 1/2 c. oatmeal
2 1/2 c. semisweet chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients and chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Delicious, yes. Cardboard, no.