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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 22, 2015 by kim 1 Comment

Why is it always so hard to blog the first quarter of the year? I’m the worst. Apologies.

I’ve had a lot of kitchen fails recently with cookies that come out completely flat. I’m talking so flat that I can’t even take them off of the baking sheet without breaking them into a million pieces. We all have our off days/weeks/months(?). I’m no different.

These cookies are still a little flat for my liking, but they still hold their shape. That’s okay because this cookie dough is all sorts of yum.

Hopefully this baking slump passes by sooner rather than later!

From Aristocrafty (adapted slightly from Favorites cookbook)

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
2 1/4 cup flour
2 cups oats
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
Add salt, soda, powder, flour and mix just until combined. Mix in oats and chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
Drop rounded balls of dough onto baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.

https://lovintheoven.com/oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Chicken Tikka Masala in a Crockpot

January 13, 2015 by kim 3 Comments

Hooray for more crockpot recipes in 2015! I’ll never stop posting about my crockpot since that’s just about all I can cook with. It was gifted to us by my sister-in-law when we moved out and I’m getting good use out of it.

I tried to be a little more adventurous by attempting chicken tikka masala. I’m not even sure what it’s supposed to taste like, so there’s that.

I think it turned out…. okay. Definitely not my favorite and I don’t think I’ll be trying this recipe again. Oh well, at least I tried. No harm done (except that the DH had to eat this for dinner).

Since I’m not a fan of this dish, I’ll just link to the recipe. It could just be me– maybe I’m not a fan of chicken tikka masala to begin with? You can find it over at Table for Two Blog.

Homemade Egg McMuffin

January 10, 2015 by kim 1 Comment

Breakfast is probably my favorite meal of the day. It’s also probably the one that I spend the least amount of time on. One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to change that. I want to be more involved with preparing a decent breakfast.

It’s not hard to do so. Making breakfast mcmuffins at home is much easier than you think. It helps when you have this pan from Chicago Metallic. I own a couple of Chicago Metallic pans and I can vouch for each and every one. They’re great! And no, there’s no sponsorship here… just some good ol’ real talk.

This pan is known as a “muffin top” pan, but the cavity makes it ideal for our eggs.

You can even make the eggs ahead of time for the week and then warm them up every morning.

These are the ingredients that I used, but feel free to change them to your liking! Want something simple with just meat and cheese? Or how about adding some bell peppers and making it vegetarian? Go for it.

My mcmuffin turned out a little tall. I’m not complaining.

Just the way I like it.

Homemade Egg McMuffin

Ingredients

2 english muffins
2 eggs
1/4 cup sautéed mushrooms
1/2 cup spinach, cooked and wilted
2 pieces of bacon, cooked
2 slices of turkey breast
shredded cheddar cheese
pepper, to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two cavities of your baking pan.
Crack and egg into each cavity. Use a fork to lightly scramble the eggs. Grate some pepper on top.
Bake for 15-17 minutes.
Toast your english muffins. I like to add the cheese on while doing so.
Assemble your sandwich as you'd like. Enjoy!

https://lovintheoven.com/homemade-egg-mcmuffin/

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