Pumpkin Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies

by

Morwen

My older sister is a chocolate disliker in a family of Chocohalics, so the poor thing has to put up with mostly chocolate desserts being made.  When I had to stop at the store a week or two ago, I grabbed chocolate chips for Mom and some butterscotch for Melody.  She does love Oatmeal Cookies and it's our annual Pumpkin Month so I thought I'd try to find a Pumpkin Oatmeal cookie recipe.  Oh I found one all right, and surprisingly enough, it used Whole Wheat Flour and Honey, not something I find very often!  We try to use those ingredients as much as possible and I often alter recipes to include them.  It was really nice to not have to this time.  I did make a few adjustments, the original recipe was actually a Chocolate Chip one and called for mini chips, I just substituted the same amount (a few extra may have accidentally spilled in) of Butterscotch Chips, I also made my own Light Brown Sugar and added Ginger.
You can find the original recipe HERE.

1 stick Butter, softened

½ cup Light Brown Sugar*

½ cup Honey

2 teaspoons Vanilla

1 ½ cups Pure Pumpkin**

3 cups Old-Fashioned Oats

2 cups Whole Wheat Flour

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

2 teaspoons Cinnamon

½ teaspoon Nutmeg

½ teaspoon Ginger

1 teaspoon Salt

2 cups Butterscotch Chips

 *I made my own Brown Sugar by combining ½ cup Organic Cane Sugar with 1 teaspoon Molasses.  Make sure you mix it until no lumps of Molasses are visible.

 **Make sure you use Pumpkin Puree, and NOT Pumpkin Pie Filling

  Preheat oven to 375°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

  In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the Butter, Brown Sugar and Honey. Add the Vanilla and Pumpkin and beat on low speed until just combined.

  In a separate bowl, whisk together the Oats, Whole Wheat Flour, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger and Salt. Add to the wet ingredients and beat until well combined. Stir in the Butterscotch Chips.

  Form dough into two-teaspoon sized balls and place about an inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Flatten each ball of dough slightly with the palm of your hand. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cookies are set and start to brown a bit around the edges and on top. Let cool on cookies sheets 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Lemon White Chocolate Chip Cookies

by

Morwen

These are absolutely scrumptious!  They melt in your mouth and just ooze lemony goodness!!  Below I'll post the link for the recipe I used, but I'll give the alterations I made.

Lemon White Chocolate Cookies

  1½ cups Flour
  ¾ teaspoon Baking Soda
  ½ teaspoon Salt
  ¾ cup (1½ sticks) Butter, softened
  1/3 cup Honey
  1 medium Egg
  1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
  2 cups White Chocolate Chips
  zest from one Lemon

 

  And remember to zest your lemon before you juice it!

Peanut Butter & Coconut No Bakes

by

Morwen

  Hey guys!  I know it has been ages since Mairwen or I have posted.  Sorry 'bout that.  That lovely thing called Life got in the way.  But here I am again.  And with something utterly delicious as well.

  Our whole family loves No Bakes.  Generally I make Chocolate No Bakes, but the other night when we wanted some, we were out of Cocoa Powder.  So I hustled over to that lovely black..er..red hole named Pinterest, and looked for a Peanut Butter No Bake recipe.  I found one, looked at it, adjusted, changed and added ingredients, and now give you Morwen's Peanut Butter & Coconut No Bakes.

  1 cup Honey

  1/2 cup Butter

  3/8 cup Milk

  Place ingredients in a saucepan, heat on medium until all are melted, raise heat to medium high and bring to a boil.  Boil for 1 minute.  Cool slightly.

  3/4 cup Peanut Butter

  2 1/2 cups Rolled Oats

  1/2 cup Shredded Coconut

  Add to the syrup mixture, stir thoroughly.  Spoon on to cookie sheets and refrigerate until set.  Store in the fridge.  Enjoy!

30 Days of Pumpkin: Day 3 ~ Pupmkin Spritz Cookies

by

Morwen

  We love Spritz cookies.  I remember my grandma making them every Christmas.  I loved watching her frost them and put those little silver balls on them.  And then of course eating them.  That was the best part.  For a while, we didn't have a cookie press, so we were unable to make them.  Last Christmas, Mum bought another press and we are back in the Spritz business!  One of our little sisters, Jill, especially loves making them.  So, at her request, Mum found a Pumpkin Spritz cookie recipe on Pinterest.  We made them yesterday and they were amazing!

  You can find the recipe for these cookies HERE.  I topped them with melted White Chocolate Chips (Guittard's is the best) and it was sooooo amazing!!