Oatmeal Cookies

05/20/2010

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These delicious cookies have been a hit in my home.  Normally I would make one batch but a few weekends ago my brother and sister came over to spend the weekend with us while my mom celebrated her birthday in Vegas, so we made an extra batch.  At the end of the weekend they took a little over a dozen back home with them.  This was the first time my mom actually tried them and she loved them.  To you this may mean nothing but let me tell you a little secret about my mom.  She doesn't like anything sweet!  Not even chocolate!!  What's my point in bringing up my mother's opposition to desserts? Well, she loved these cookies!  Not so much the chocolate part, but she was pretty impressed and delightfully satisfied when she had one of these oatmeal cookies with her coffee.  Yay! 1 point for team Stephanie!  Next time I'll have to make some without chocolate for her :)
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Sweet Banana Bread Mini Cupcakes

02/23/2010

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One of our favorite cakes in our family is banana bread.  It's especially one of my favorites because of how easy it is and it's almost fool proof.  Maybe Iv'e just made it so many times that it seems that way, but if my two-year-old can get her hands in it and still come out this good, it has to be easy.  Lately she has been wanting to help out in the kitchen and is always ready with her stool.  Makes it a little tough to do my job but she is so eager to help, how can I resist these teachable moments?  It's just not in my nature.  Of course I helped with the mixing, but in the end I had a pretty nice mess to clean after we were done :) 
The hardest part was keeping her from eating the marshmallows and white chocolate morsels by the handfull.
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