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Yesterday I did not post the cookie recipe. Some of you may know something was up with my website. It was a glitch on the server hosting side and the nice people at Liquidweb had to take some time to fix things on their end. All’s well now.

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I had another ENT appointment yesterday. Again he vacuumed out the ear (it feels good but makes you dizzy for a minute) and told me to keep doing what I am doing. The hole in the ear drum can take up to 30 days after the infection clears to heal. I am tired of hearing ringing and having diminished hearing. I need this thing to heal. I have no clue what super bug is living in my ear.

When the weather started creeping down the 30′s at night I brought in all of my potted plants. I had these double blooming impatiens on the side porch and just couldn’t leave them out to suffer death in the cold. I brought them into the kitchen looking a little leggy and the leaves fading to yellow. In the last two weeks they have made a comeback and are blooming again. Aren’t they pretty?

Cookies!

Today is the perfect day to feed the inner Cookie Monster in yourself and your family and friends. Today is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. (I was never into Sesame Street. This is one show that came after my time. My sister is from the SS generation.)

Gracie’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Preheat oven to 350.

1 c. butter
1/2 c. white sugar
1 c. packed brown sugar

Cream the butter and the sugar.

Add 2 eggs beating well after each egg.

1 tsp. Vanilla

Beat well.

In another bowl mix well -

1 3/4 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups quick cooking oats

Combine with the wet ingredients mixing only to incorporate. Do NOT over mix.

Add in -
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Fold in and do not over mix.

The dough will be stiff and you will have to work a little to fold in the chips and nuts.

Spoon out 1 1/2 inch balls and place them egaul distance on a cookie sheet and bake for 12 – 15 min.

Let cool a full 5 min before moving cookies from the baking pan.

We use silpats to bake on. They make cookie making easy. We bake 1 doz cookies per pan. As soon as one comes out another is already waiting to go in. In under and hour the cookies are baked and the mess is cleaned up. This recipe makes about 4 dozen cookie.

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