Oatmeal Cinnamon Chips Cookies

I miss my Mom's Oatmeal Cookies. I got this recipe from Hershey's Cinnamon Chips pack but I must say Mama's Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin cookies is still the best. I should ask Mama to send me the recipe so I can pass it over and share it to my friends.

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY'S Cinnamon Chips
3/4 cup raisins


Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F.

2. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in oats, cinnamon chips and raisins (batter will be stiff). Drop by heaping teaspoons unto ungreased cookie sheet.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes on until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. About 4 dozen.

Chopseuy

Jon and I are doing our grocery shopping in a Filipino Supermarket here in Dubai. We saw a prepacked chopseuy veggies in the veggie section. Hubby is craving for Beef soup and I insist of cooking something healthy and since I am the wife and it's been a while since we had veggies on our table.. I won and we bought it. In the end he liked it.

Chopseuy is a classic chinese dish which means "to break into many pieces". It has been adapted by Filipino Cuisine and is one of Filipino's favorite vegetable dish.

Ingredients:

1/2 Kilo Shrimp, shelled and devined

4 cloves garlic

1 medium sized onion, sliced

2 medium size carrots, sliced

100 grams snow peas (chicharo)

1 medium sized bell pepper

1/2 medium sized cabbage

12 pieces young corn, cut into 3

1/4 kilo cauliflower, broken into bite size

2 tablespoons of cornstarch, dissolved in 1/4 cup of water

1/4 cup oyster sauce

salt and pepper

3 tablespoon cooking oil

1 1/2 cups water or shrimp stock

Direction:

In a big pan or wok, sauté garlic, onions then add in the shrimpd.

Add 1 cup of water or shrimp stock, pinch of salt and simmer for 10 minutes or until shrimps are cooked.

Mix in the all the vegetables. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of water or shrmip stock, oyster sauce and the dissolved cornstarch.

Cook for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are done.

Salt and pepper to taste.

Buttermilk Fried Chicken

My hubby's friends are coming over to have some drinks. Jon asked me to cook fried chicken for their pulutan. I marinated it with my normal marination.. salt, pepper and garlic powder. Since I have a leftover buttermilk from my banana cake I decided to mix it and make a little bit spicy.

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp fine salt
1 tsp ground pepper
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 cup flour

oil for frying

Direction:

1. Combine chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder and chili powder in a mixing bowl and mix well.
2. Pour in the buttermilk mix well and keep in fridge for marination about 45 mins to 1 hour.
3. Dredge the marinated chicken in the flour mixture then set aside.
5. Heat a frying pan and the cooking oil.
6. When the oil is hot enough, put the chicken and fry for about 10-12 minutes.
7. Fry until crisp and drain the excess oil.
8. Serve and enjoy.

Banana Cake

This is my colleagues all time favorite and most requested food. Every weekend they keep on reminding me to bring some in the office. Since I have few ripe bananas I decided to bake for them and bring it to work.


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Mashed Banana


3 cups all purpose flour


2 tsp lemon juice


1 1/2 tsp baking soda


1/4 tsp salt


3/4 cup butter, softened


2 cups white sugar


3 large eggs


2 tsp vanilla extract


1 1/2 cups buttermilk





Direction:



1. Mashed Banana and add the lemon and set aside


2. Mix the sifted flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside


3. In large bowl, cream the butter, add the sugar mix until fluffy. Beat in the eggs and add the vanilla.


4. Beat the flour mixture with the buttermilk.


5. Add the banana mixture into the flour and buttermilk mixture.


6. Pour the batter into a prepared pan and bake for 45minutes-1 hour at 135-150 C


7. Put in freezer for 45 mins.

Hershey's White Chip Chocolate Cookies

I wanted to make my mom's oatmeal choco chip cookie and use the white chocolate chip instead of the semi sweet chocolate that she normally makes. While checking the back portion of the white choco chip pack I saw Hershey's White Chip Chocolate Cookies recipe and thought of giving it a try... and yes.. it was really chewy and yummy. The recipe taste like chocolate crinkles too..


Ingredients:


1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar (I used only 1 1/2 cups)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa, Hershey's
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups white chocolate chips, Hershey's Premier White Chips


1 Preheat oven to 350°F

2 Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in white chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.

3 Bake 8 to 9 minutes. (Do not overbake; cookies will be soft. They will puff while baking; flatten upon cooling.) Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Chocolate Cupcake with Peanut Butter Frosting

I used my red velvet cupcake recipe and added 1 cup coffee. I reinvinted and played with the recipe and didn't liked the outcome of the chocolate cupcake. I would suggest to follow the Hershey's chocolate cupcake recipe. So far it's the best chocolate cupcake recipe I ever tasted.

For the Peanut Butter frosting:

1 cup butter

1 cup peanut butter

4 cups icing sugar

2 tablespoon vanilla essence

1. Cream the butter and add the sugar 1 cup at a time.

2. Add in the peanut butter and vanilla

Makes 24 cupcakes using 1M tip.

Tilly's 3rd birthday!

Tyler Marie O. Fox

August 17, 2007

Canberra, Australia

It's our youngest niece 3rd birthday today. And they are miles away from us. sigh!

Wish you all the best and may you grow up to be a God fearing and talented kid.

Tito Jon and Tita Iya misses you so much. We hope to celebrate your 4th birthday with you.