Monday, February 2, 2009

Jessica's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

I got this recipe from my sister-in-law who is lactose intolerant and makes these to fill her sweet tooth cookie-indulgance craving.

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup crisco
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal
2 cups chocolate chips

bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes

Friday, January 16, 2009

Quick Chocolate Sheet Cake

Mix together in bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt

Heat on stove:
2 cups butter
1 cup water
2 Tbs. cocoa

Pour hot mixutre over flour mixture

Add :
2 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup milk

Bake at 350 for 20 min.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Quiet Time Nesting Shapes

Next Divas:
Tuesday, January 13th
Gram's
12:00 p.m.

What you'll need:
-bring any scraps you might have that would be cute for the shapes(you could even patchwork fabrics together if you don't have large pieces)
-you can also bring thin batting scraps to line your shapes with
-the largest shape will be about 10" by 10", the next 8" x 8", the next 6"x 6", etc-you can make as many as you want
-whatever closures you want (zipper, snap, tie, clip, button, velcro-might be noisy at church, etc.)
-sewing machine, thread, scissors, pencil, paper(just white computer paper)