Chocolate chip pecan cookies

Okay, . . . these are really great cookies by one great cookie chef: Boo. She claims to have made at least fifty batches of these infamous cookies within recent history, all to grand applause.

She more-or-less follows the recipe on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Chip package. But i think her great secret is in the timing of the cooking process: not too long and not too short.

The end result is a firm cookie, but not at all crisp. The innards are soft and the chocolate is gooey. The pecans were sort of tossed in as an almost afterthought. I thought they added a lot!

Review:
5 forks for excellent flavor
1 fork for presentation (Who cares how they are presented? These are chocolate chip cookies we're talking about! Dig in!)

oatmeal raisin cookies

Kelly made delicious oatmeal raisin cookies the other day -- the old fashioned way. She used the recipe on the top of the Quaker brand Rolled Oats box (cylinder).

I sort of like the Quaker huge cylinder packaging. It reminds me of the enormous grain elevators Quaker Oats has at its plant in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Okay, now I am really conflicted: Quaker Oats, which I associate with healthy wholesome living is owned by PepsiCo in their Food and Beverage division. PepsiCo is primarily a soft drink, to my way of thinking. Certainly not your good-for-the-physique kind of food . . .Well, I will definitely take some time getting used to the bigger picture of Quaker Oats.

Anyway, Kelly used a familiar, tried-and-true recipe and whipped up some delicious cookies!
We tried to make them last, but the whole 4 dozen were gone . . . gone . . . gone in no time at all.