Shadow Shot Sunday Along with Awww Monday October 15-16, 2017

 

I see cookies in our future!

 

 

And here they are!

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A few days ago after returning home

I made some yummy white chocolate chip

with walnuts and lots of vanilla!

I made them with my version of the

famous Toll House recipe. 

Basically, I only use 1/2 cup of melted butter,

half the amount of chocolate chips, I grind up the 1 cup of walnuts until they are pulverized and

I increase the vanilla to 4 teaspoons.   

I figured that pulverizing the walnuts would release the walnut oil and replace the missing butter.

My sweetie prefers my version. 

Maybe you would too.....have a lovely day!

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And do not forget to check out Sunday Shadows ,

Awww Monday and  Annie of McGuffy's Reader

who hosts Sparks- an inspirational and positive post for the week every Monday.       

 

My positive thought  for this week  is :

 

And the reason I am posting early is that 

tomorrow will be really busy!

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The Cookie Jar is Full !

So yummy yummy

While in my tummy

But chocolate chips

End up on my hips

 

End up on my hips

Those naughty chips

I'll have to excercise

And try to be wise

 

And try to be wise

Avoiding tasty fries

Apple pies with cream

Diets make me scream

 

Diets make me scream

Such a tedious regime

Shedding chocolate chips

Off my expanding hips

 

Here's my version of  Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 Bitter-sweet Chocolate chips-I use Ghirardelli  http://www.ghirardelli.com/ 
• 1 cup Walnuts chopped very fine into a powder. I use a my hand held immersion blender attachment to quickly chop up the walnuts

Directions: pre heat oven to 375F/190.56C

Combine flour,baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat melted butter, sugars and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy. ( I just use a fork ). Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition ( I'm still using a fork ). Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
( I use parchment paper ).

Bake for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes and transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Yields approximately 5 dozen cookies.

These cookies can be enjoyed with a nice glass of milk or even a glass of red wine.  

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Seven Deadly Sins-Potluck Poem

This weeks prompt for Poetry Potluck is the Seven Deadly Sins....

I did have just a wee bit o' fun with this one!

http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/10/poetry-potluck-seven-deadly-sins.html

She lustily sighed "Oh, please just one more"

Enviously eying the one she adored

Oozing with avarice and enormous greed

Her hand lazily reached over with a hungry need

Only to be met with a fierce hot anger

Refusing to admit her crumby fatal flaw

Of caloric intake beyond all awe

No wonder she cannot fit into her tiny size six

Those VooDoo Doughnuts got her into this fix.

http://voodoodoughnut.com/

"It's all their fault!"