Human Treats

Last week my mom's girlfriend's mom made dog treats for our new dog Pepper. She made them with organic oats, peanut butter, and other secret ingredients. She made them with love. they looked and smelled so good that we wanted to eat them. So we sent her a very nice letter saying thanks for the treats and can you make human treats? I also put in a picture of all of us with her.

The next week we received a box with a letter in it from my mom's girlfriend's mom saying " Dear Nic, enjoy the 'people treats' and please convey to your mom that it is good to advocate for what you want." We opened the box up and there were cookies shaped in bones and just round ones. They were oats and chocolate chips. The ones shaped in the bones were more chewy than the round ones. I really like my cookies soft and chewy. They were such a good mix of grainy and sweet. I love all the things she makes.

Thank you Mrs. Gianas for all of the amazing treats!!!! WE LOVED THEM!!!!!!!!

here is the recipe:

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups butter

4 cups flour

2 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups sugar

5 cups blended oatmeal**

24 oz. chocolate chips

2 cups brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 8 oz. bar milk chocolate grated ( i buy it bulk at the health store)

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

2 tsp. vanilla

** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, milk chocolate bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. (on till nicely brown) Makes 112 cookies

Have fun!! This is a huge recipe and I reduce it to half. The cookies can be made quite large if you prefer for fun raisers etc.

I also buy chocolate, chocolate chips and oatmeal at the health store. I use only King Arthur brand flour. (you can use any kind of all-purpose flour)

A Sweet Sweet Birthday

my god mom's cake

Over the weekend I celebrated my God mom, Jackie's birthday. Her partner and I made a cake to help celebrate. I did a question and answer with her because she bakes so well. This is what she said:

Q: How do you have time to make the cakes when you have a full time job?

A: My kids help, and I do it on the weekends.
Q: What is the emotion when you bake?

A: Sometimes I am happy when it goes well, but when it turns out not as I expected I get mad.
Q: What types of cakes you usually make?

A: I like to make yellow cake, and I make a very good cheese cake.
Q: Do use a cook book?

A: I do when I make the yellow cake because I haven't remembered it. I don't for a cheese cake. But it depends on the recipe.

The cake we made was so pretty. Her son, Jackson, also helped. After the cake, we made made a butter frosting and added green food coloring to it. It turned out to be a lime green. We put the Aquarius symbol on it, because my god mom was born in February. When we had Sunday dinner we ate it and it was so good!!!!!!!!

The following weekend, she also made a cake for Jackson's birthday, and it was phenomenal. He's really into The Lion King.

Jackson's cake