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makes 3 dozen cookies
adapted from

ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice (this was 1/2 cloves)
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups rolled oats
cup raisins (I use half black raisins, half golden)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, butter flavored shortening until smooth. Add both sugars. Add one egg at a time, and finally add vanilla and mix until smooth.
3. Stir flour mixture into the sugar mixture. Stir in the oats and raisins.
4. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until light and golden. Do not overbake. Let them cool for 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheets to cool completely. Store in airtight container.

frosting on the cake

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so..
i have been baking quite a bit lately. with all those birthdays and parties ive been going to. but i haven't really been able to take good photos, since im always baking at night. night photos look horrible with the lack of light, so even if i have a few, i don't really feel like posting them up.

speaking of night baking. why am i always baking at night? does that happen to everyone else too? i guess since i'm working during the day, the only time i really have left is in the evening. and, when i am actually baking in the day time, i'm usually in a mad rush! so my pleasant photoblogging and such is not happening at all. oh well. i guess as long as im just making those delicious baked goodies and have plenty of people to enjoy it.

i have a few photos so i'll post them up later. :)
in the mean time, these are the things i've been baking lately..

-batman cupcakes for my friend bruce wayne wannabe's birthday.
-vanilla shortbread
-maple and brown sugar shortbread
-chocolate chip cookies
-espresso chocolate chip shortbread

hmm. been baking a lot of shortbread. but i must honestly say none of them were really that outstanding. people liked it, but cookies are always easy to enjoy. but few of them are really amazing. haven't found the recipe yet.. and so the search continues.

oh yeah and
im going to new jersey/new york this coming weekend with my family! i have lots and lots of cousins there, so we're having a mini-reunion. sounds awesome. and sounds like a call for some crazy baking!! i want to take my cupcakes and brag about them, haha, but ive gotten some cookie requests as well. my mom wants my sugar cookies especially. but i don't know.. sometimes it feels a bit repetitive to bake the same things over and over again, but what do i do when that's what they want? :P nonetheless, baking is fun and yummy in all cases.. and so the baking continues.

:)


pictures! pictures!

Really Pretty Cupcakes

im gonna do it one day.
soon. :)

loooooooong over due

my goodness. it's been a while since i've updated this, hasn't it?
well, i guess it hasn't been thaat long actually, but it FEELS like its been a while.
a LOT has been going on for me so i feel like a lot has changed since i've posted a blog!

YES STILL i think i'm going to properly update later, and so for now, i just want to post up some food pics i've taken during my europe trip. there aren't many...really disappointed in myself! and i call myself a foodie! but oh well.... :P



creme brulee from paris.
unfortunately i mustve gone to the wrong creme brulee place because it wasn't very good at all... i ventured to the famous cafe "the Two Windmills" from the movie Amelie and was sorely disappointed. it wasn't at all like in the movie, but hey at least I can say I was there! and so i ordered the creme brulee and thought i'd get one that looks like the one Amelie eats, but again, I was disappointed. it's alright tho. i was still happy.



now this was NOT disappointing at all. i had a very special meal while in Rome and it was fantastical. beautiful scenery, beautiful food, and beautiful friends. :)
mmmmmmm. i wanna go back!



i ordered this DELICIOUS "Crazy Butterflies" pasta: farfalle with this yummy sauce. i realllly want to recreate this here, but i honestly don't really know what the sauce is made out of.. but i shall figure it out one day. +) anywho. probably the best pasta i've ever eaten.



prosciutto and melon. SO delicious. yum yum yum yum yum.



ahhh.. bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. so delightful. and the vinegar and oil is so much more tastier when it's the real deal in italy, ya kno?



italian gelato. and let me tell you, it was one of the most refreshing moment of my life. florence was just scorching hot and i was poor so i only had a few euros to buy either water or gelato. hehe. and i chose right. :D i never knew that cooling your mouth off would cool your whole body! anywho this was canteloupe and yogurt gelato. it's not the same anywhere else man.



prosciutto and mozzarella on italian baguette. i actually wanted something else, but i ordered this one. hehe. but it was TASTY so no complaining! i dont usually like prosciutto that much, but this was delicious. and the baguette is awesome.



enough of italian food? this is from AMSTERDAM! their famous belgian frites that are deeeply fried and smothered in their famous mayo. we actually just asked for the sauce on the side, but it was very delicious. but felt kinna greasy afterwards. keke.



famous GERMAN PORK KNUCKLE. i had this in the famous munich hopfgarten. it was veeeerrry fun. hehe. let's just say that.



my friend michelle tackling the pork knuckle.



people here drink beer by the liter! i could only take a few sips! but it was fun watching everyone else pour themselves with delicious german beer!



and.... that's it!
i know, its horrible isn't it? i went to europe and that's all the food photos i have! but as disappointing as it is, it was really sad for me while i was there, because i truthfully didn't get to eat a lot of good food. a lot of my meals were at service stops and 3 star hotels.. so yeah. let's just say, next time i go to europe-- SOMEONE will be spending a lot of money of food. :)