YUMMY COOKIES IN NOTHING FLAT !!

One reason Sandra Lee's "Semi-Homemade" series on tv is my favorite is that everything she makes seems to be FAST and I love FAST.....I don't like staying in the kitchen all day to make something that tastes fabulous when you can use all her tips and shortcuts and the product is ready in half the time and tastes DELICIOUS. All the mixes and kits and "most everything already done for you" products in the stores now make semi-homemade so full of deliciousness when you add just a touch of YOU to them.....

Am I getting lazy ?????

If you get hungry for warm....NAY......hot, "homemade" cookies, here's a great way to get them in a hurry....Sorta SEMI-HOMEMADE, if you will.


For these yesterday, I used BETTY CROCKER OATMEAL COOKIE mix........
I added everything the instructions told me to add .......AND..............
I added a cup full of WALNUTS...oooooo, we do love WALNUTS. (pecans and peanuts and almonds, too.....:o)


I added 2 teaspoons of REAL Vanilla.....and a big dash of Cinnamon.

When my kids are going on trips to MEXICO and ask what I'd like for them to bring back for me, I ALWAYS ask for VANILLA. And, doesn't Vanilla smell so good??? Yummy.....I always want to TASTE it, right from the bottle but......I did that ONCE.....NOT a good thing! But, oh so amazing when it goes into baking, oatmeal, and did you ever add a cap ful to your WAFFLE mix? UMMMMMM....it is so good. I'm sure there's other things you add Vanilla to that I don't even know about. Let me know, ok?

Oh, and I laugh when I think about a favorite aunt, my AUNT LILLIAN....she used to dab a bit of Vanilla Extract behind her ears and other pulse spots. Probably couldn't afford perfume back then but EVERYONE had a bottle of delicious smelling VANILLA in their kitchen cabinet. I seldom open a bottle of it that my AUNT LILLIAN doesn't pop into my mind. She was such fun and I loved her so....OH, well, that is another story, altogether! *wink ;)


I also added a good handful of raw OATMEAL....seems to give the cookies a little more oatmealy taste as well as a little more body. I actually prefer the large grained oatmeal....the REGULAR, longer cooking oatmeal. This time, I had the instant, tiny, little bitty stuff. I imagine I picked up the wrong box when shopping. I do that a lot, too....like the other day, I bought coffee BEANS and didn't realize it until I got ready to make a pot of coffee. Shaking my head thinking, "WHAT was I thinking?", I reached for my electric grinder when I realized I gave the coffee bean grinder to a GRANDSON....SHOOT, I had to use an antique grinder, took way too long so that bag of coffee beans will go to GRANDSON!

ANYWAY....Just bake the cookies as directed and serve HOT with a cold glass of SWEET milk...and, as you know, homemade cookies are excellent COLD, too, especially with a hot cup of favorite coffee or tea! We are partial to cookies around our house.....like 'em a whole lot.

When I was a young girl...every one drank Buttermilk or" Sweet" Milk. No one drinks buttermilk much any more and I never hear it called "SWEET" milk any more, either. In fact, my grand kids look at me rather strangely when I slip and say, "Want a glass of Sweet milk?" They look at each other and roll their eyes....

ANYWAY......

Have a SWEET day!

OH, and don't forget to leave a comment on my March 3rd

GIFT-AWAY posting if you like Roosters and the color blue. All you need do is leave a note and I will enter your name. I also will include some other things in the package but they are fun, SURPRISE things that only YOU, the winner, will know about until later! heh, heh, heh.........

Hugs!