Muffins, Oatmeal, and Ice Cream!

I have lots of recipes to put on here.  Here are few to catch up on!  

 Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

I got the recipe for these muffins here.   The kids and I liked these.  They definitely are not too sweet and the chocolate chips give it just the right amount.  They were a make again in my book too!

 Crockpot Steel Cut Oatmeal

This was fantastic!  I used a different recipe for this one, but then tried the following and LOVED it!
1 1/2 cup milk (I used skim)
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup steel oats
2 Tbs brown sugar, or maple syrup or other sweetener
1 1/2 Tbs butter, cut into 5 or 6 pieces (optional, I added it though!)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbs ground flax seed
1/4 tsp salt
(you can add nuts, maple syrup, raisins, or more milk or butter)

Spray large crock well with cooking spray (or grease) add ingredients and cook on low for 10 hours or so.  YUM!!!!

 Banana Ice Cream

This one is SO SO easy and so good!  I sliced some bananas and froze them on wax paper and then put them in my blender until they were creamy!  I added some milk to it because it was very thick.  Graham and I love this!  It would also be good with some peanut butter or chocolate syrup on top.  Seriously... Try it.

Ice Cream Cake!

Ready for the easiest but tastiest ice cream dessert ever? I've made this a handful of times and it always gets rave reviews. My mom found it somewhere and I was skeptical but I love it!

Ingredients

2 boxes ice cream sandwiches

2 reg. sized tubs of cool whip

choc. syrup caramel syrup

in a 9x13 pan open and lay out 1 box of ice cream sandwiches. I cut up 1 to fit the sides. Then put 1 tub of cool whip on top, spreading around. You don't have to use the whole tub if you don't want to. Drizzle choc on top of cool whip (or caramel, or both, whatever)

Lay second box of ice cream sandwiches on top of cool whip. Smooth cool whip on top and then top with caramel and choc. You can also add crushed candy bar (any flavor) on top. Put in fridge and serve frozen. YUM!

Molasses Choc. Chip Cookies-YUM!

I got these from this website. I don't know how I found it, but I LOVE these! I'm in search of the perfect choc. chip cookie. I have my friend Jo's, my friend Jodi's, my friend Minda's and now this one. So far I love all of them but this one ranks up to the top. What is your all time favorite choc. chip cookie recipe?

PS- the key to these? Let them sit in the fridge overnight. And I used choc. chunks. :)

Ingredients 4 cups flour (18 ounces) 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 sticks butter, softened (8 ounces) 2 cups sugar (15 ounces) 2 tablespoons molasses 3 large eggs, at room temperature 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate discs

Directions 1. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. 2. Beat butter, sugar and molasses until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla extract. 3. Beat until well mixed. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate discs. 4. Let sit in refrigerator overnight before baking, and may be stored this way for up to two days. Yes, I realize this is the very hard part. 5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350ºF. Line baking sheets with silicon mats or parchment paper. 6. Gently form dough into 1 1/2 to 2-inch balls and place 2 to 3 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes on middle rack. 7. Remove from oven and let cool on pan for 2 more minutes. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool completely if you have any will power left.

Loaded Oatmeal Cookies

I got this recipe from here . I really liked them and felt like they were a bit more healthy since they are filled with good things. Ok so I did add chocolate chips and butterscotch chips- but that balances things out to zero right?

My only thing about these cookies is that they were really dry. I read the comments on Elizatbeth's post and someone said the same thing so they added an extra egg. I did too. The results were still good but I'm wondering if they would have been better if I didn't do that? I had to cook them about 2 minutes longer (didn't use a silpat either, but I'd love to have one- they are on my amazon wish list!) If you try them let me know what you did about how dry they are. :)

1/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup rolled, old-fashioned oats

1/4 cup ground flaxseed

1/4 cup wheat germ

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup butterscotch chips

Preheat oven to 350. Beat butter with sugars, cinnamon, baking soda and salt until well combined, scraping sides of bowl at least once. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes). Add flour and stir in oats, flaxseed meal and wheat germ. Stir in butterscotch and chocolate chips.

Drop dough onto cookie sheets (I like using Silpats) and bake for 9 minutes.

Fudge Babies

My friend Eva is visiting this week from California and we've made all kinds of fun/delicious/new to me foods!

This is one of our new finds. They are called fudge babies. Now... hang with me here... they are easy and SO good and GOOD FOR YOU! And... healthy! (stay with me...) Here are the ingredients from this blog

1 cup raw walnuts (120 grams)
1 1/2 cups pitted dates (230 grams)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 Tablespoons cocoa powder

Chop/blend all ingredients in a food processor. Roll into little balls. Makes 24. (ours made 20)

You still with me? We didn't use raw walnuts and for all you nearby, Martins in Warsaw has dates (the whole bag is 230 grams) When you process them they are v. crumbly but they roll together well. We ate a ton plain then got an idea to dip some in coconut- YUM!