Chewy Oatmeal Cookies on a Rainy Day

Stuck at home due to the typhoon Pedring... I scoured the kitchen for anything that I can whipped up and found left-over instant oatmeal. Yay! Perfect.

Found a recipe that is so simple and easy. Ingredients may already be available in your kitchen.

Soft Oatmeal Cookies (Source: momswhothink)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups quick cooking oats
raisins or nuts (optional)

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, cream together white sugar, butter, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.

2. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda,and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. If you are using nuts or raisins, mix into dough, combining well. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.

3. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.

4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.


I did not have any raisins/ nuts. But then, the cookie was just perfect. Chewy at the center and a bit crunchy on the side. Also, I made only half of the required. I was able to make a dozen big oatmeal cookies.

Planning a Birthday Bash

I am super excited for my friend's birthday this coming Saturday. Its a glam rock party. So, all attendees are required to come in their glam rock look.

The event coordinator is a good friend Janice of "Everything in Place." She and I will be prepping the venue to make sure that everything will be ready before the party starts.

I will be making red velvet cupcakes. The cake supplier is Ms. Charlene of babybearsecretcakeshop. She was also the cake supplier of my baby's baptism party.

For the decors, we purchased black fabric from the Fabric Warehouse G5 for only php35/yard and black 1/4" ribbons at Carolines G5. Also, bought a hot pink metallic tulle for only php50/yard. I will be bringing my black and white Damask fabric as an added decor.

I finished lining the 3-tier cupcake tower with black ribbon last night. The birthday celebrant bought the cupcake tower from RM Boxes at only php240.00. The store sells, cake boxes, cupcake liners, etc. I think they supply most of the cake shops in the Metro.

Aleina Sofia Turns One

Dora Themed Chocolate Cupcakes

Its my first time to make 2D toppers out of fondant. Using a regular knife, I cut out dora's hair and face. For Dora's skin I combined three colors to make a tan colored fondant. The difficult part I guess was painting the brows and the lashes. I had no fine tip brush so I just made use of a regular tip brush. The Dora topper took me like an hour to make and another half an hour spent on kneading the fondant alone. The number "1" topper was the easiest to make since I had a cookie cutter. I also made a spiraled embossed fondant as a base.

The birthday celebrant with her proud parents.