Every little once in a while I entertain the unction to participate in a blog community. Such things as Yarn along and Happy Homemaker Monday presently pop into my mind. Which also brings to my mind a certain blog I would read years ago where a woman would photograph and write about her knitting projects, and she always included a cookie recipe.
Yesterday as I baked a most delectable cookie I decided I would like to create a post using a similar idea.
A post of this sort should contain a Reading and Cooking/Baking portion. Since I love to work with my hands, it must also include a Gentle Art of some kind. Oh, and quotes, I really must throw in one of those too.
Three of these books belong in my own personal library, two purchased from Abe Books and the other one ordered from another source. Homebrewed Vinegar is on loan from a local library. And speaking of local libraries, Rose and I took Ivy to the library last Saturday. I realized I had not physically been inside a library in two years! It was a very arresting moment. I have not realized how much I have missed such a simple joy of the past.
Ever since I read Jane Brocket's book, The Gentle Art of Domesticity, her word for cookies has delighted me and still bounces around happily in my mind from time to time. Rock Buns! I do love Oatmeal Raisin cookies and since we do try to limit our sweet intake, I adjusted the recipe in order to lessen the high amount of sugar. If you eat sweets consider making them at home with whole ingredients and I do not think lessening the sugar amounts makes for a less appetizing sweets one little bit.
This particular Oatmeal Raisin Rock Bun is a delicious, just sweet enough cookie.
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon unsulphured molasses
1 Tablespoon of vanilla
2 eggs
Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, then mix in the molasses and vanilla.
In a separate bowl combine:
1 1/2 cup of unbleached all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 cups of organic oats, not instant or quick cooking
1 cup Thompsons raisins; if you use other kinds you might want to soak them before time. (I am a die hard Thompson Raisin fan.)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Stir until well incorporated.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes.
"However, as I reflect on our time I feel sure the basic values of life are not changed, or the basic experiences. We are born, we grow into maturity, we die according to the law of nature. Our highly mechanized civilization has not redesigned the human heart. We find happiness, we suffer sorrow, we make our contribution to the world around us, whether it be a blessing or a disaster. Every man's life is entangled with others."
Harvest of Yesterdays Gladys Taber
1 comment:
Your table runner will be beautiful, and become a family heirloom, I'm sure.
It's unusual for me to read a blog post before breakfast, and I have just decided not to make a habit of it, because you never know when you might run across a cookie recipe, which could lead to eating a less-than-ideal breakfast, especially if you are a cookie monster like me!!
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