Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
See you after the first of the year. Taking a break from blogging until then to spend time with my family.
Thimble or Thumb Print Cookies
This is it. The last day of the cookie exchange party - blog style. I would like to thank those of you that left a recipe in the comments this week. I hope you have enjoyed this and that your family enjoys some new cookie recipes this Christmas. It was hard to choose which ones to post because I have so many that we love.
Recipe
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. almond extract
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
2 cups flour
2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
jam - any flavor you like
Directions
Cream butter and sugars together and add almond extract and egg yolks.
Stir until blended.
Add flour and beat until dough forms.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls and dip into egg whites and then in nuts.
Make an indention in the center of cookie and fill with jam.
Bate at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Remove to wire rack to cool.
*Jam - My favorite is either blackberry, raspberry or strawberry but you can you use any flavor of jam that you like.
Recipe
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. almond extract
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
2 cups flour
2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
jam - any flavor you like
Directions
Cream butter and sugars together and add almond extract and egg yolks.
Stir until blended.
Add flour and beat until dough forms.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls and dip into egg whites and then in nuts.
Make an indention in the center of cookie and fill with jam.
Bate at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Remove to wire rack to cool.
*Jam - My favorite is either blackberry, raspberry or strawberry but you can you use any flavor of jam that you like.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here is how this will work. Each day this week, Monday through Friday I am going to post some of my families favorite cookie recipes. I would like for you to leave some of your families favorite cookie recipes in the comments to share with me and all of my other readers. Today I am going with an all time favorite. The go to cookie recipe. Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Recipe
2 1/4 cup self rising flour
1 cup butter (softened)
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 package instant vanilla pudding
2 eggs
1 package 12 oz. semi sweet choc. chips (sometimes I use about 3/4 of the bag - just my personal preference)
Directions
Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and pudding in large bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy.
Beat in eggs and gradually add flour then stir in chocolate chips. Batter will be stiff.
Drop by rounded teaspoonful 2 inches apart onto un-greased cookie sheet.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 8 - 10 minutes.
Your turn, add your favorite cookie recipes in the comments!
Click here for my Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe.
Enjoying a Life of Health and Healing
Enjoying a Life of Health and Healing
Just this very morning as my children were about to leave for school I stood in the driveway with them waiting on the bus and during our normal prayer for the day, I had to pray for healing for my oldest son. He woke up this morning with a sore throat and ear ache. UGH!!!
Sickness has NO place in our lives! NONE! We belong to God and Jesus and every good gift comes down from them.
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Sickness is not good. It belongs to the devil plain and simple. The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy. Jesus comes to give us life.
John 10:10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it [a]overflows).
We have authority in the Name of Jesus to stand against the devil and his attacks on our health. I refuse to allow him to place sickness on my family and not do anything about it.
Praying healing scriptures today for my son. Here are a few of my favorites!
I Peter 2:24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [a][as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed
Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
Psalm 103:2-3 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits— Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases,
James 5:14-15 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
I urge you to pray for your children for health and healing. Your child may be totally healthy on a normal day but you can pray just like I did for healing from aches, pains, virus', the flu, etc... If your child has been diagnosed with some type of life altering disease - pray! (This doesn't mean we stop seeing our Doctor or following their advise and guidance unless we hear from God to do so. Our Doctors are here to help us and we are blessed to have them.) Pray for God's healing power in the life of your child.
The prayer of faith will make the sick person well.
What about you? Do you pray for healing and health for your children??
Just this very morning as my children were about to leave for school I stood in the driveway with them waiting on the bus and during our normal prayer for the day, I had to pray for healing for my oldest son. He woke up this morning with a sore throat and ear ache. UGH!!!
Sickness has NO place in our lives! NONE! We belong to God and Jesus and every good gift comes down from them.
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Sickness is not good. It belongs to the devil plain and simple. The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy. Jesus comes to give us life.
John 10:10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it [a]overflows).
We have authority in the Name of Jesus to stand against the devil and his attacks on our health. I refuse to allow him to place sickness on my family and not do anything about it.
Praying healing scriptures today for my son. Here are a few of my favorites!
I Peter 2:24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [a][as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed
Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
Psalm 103:2-3 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits— Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases,
James 5:14-15 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
I urge you to pray for your children for health and healing. Your child may be totally healthy on a normal day but you can pray just like I did for healing from aches, pains, virus', the flu, etc... If your child has been diagnosed with some type of life altering disease - pray! (This doesn't mean we stop seeing our Doctor or following their advise and guidance unless we hear from God to do so. Our Doctors are here to help us and we are blessed to have them.) Pray for God's healing power in the life of your child.
The prayer of faith will make the sick person well.
What about you? Do you pray for healing and health for your children??
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I love hosting cookie exchange parties at my house but this year I thought I would attempt to host one online. It's the perfect time of year to do this because many of us will be busy baking many different kinds of cookies throughout this month.
Here is how this will work. Each day this week, Monday through Friday I am going to post some of my families favorite cookie recipes. I would like for you to leave some of your families favorite cookie recipes in the comments to share with me and all of my other readers.
Thanks and Happy Baking!
Recipe
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour (I use self rising)
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 cups oats (uncooked)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins
Directions
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
Beat margarine and sugars until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
Combine flour and cinnamon and add to butter mixture and mix well.
Stir in oats and raisins.
Drop by tablespoonful's onto un-greased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12minutes or until light golden brown.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack and cool completely.
Ok, Now it's your turn to post your favorite cookie recipe.
Click here for my Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe.
Here is how this will work. Each day this week, Monday through Friday I am going to post some of my families favorite cookie recipes. I would like for you to leave some of your families favorite cookie recipes in the comments to share with me and all of my other readers.
Thanks and Happy Baking!
Recipe
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour (I use self rising)
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 cups oats (uncooked)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins
Directions
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
Beat margarine and sugars until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
Combine flour and cinnamon and add to butter mixture and mix well.
Stir in oats and raisins.
Drop by tablespoonful's onto un-greased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12minutes or until light golden brown.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack and cool completely.
Ok, Now it's your turn to post your favorite cookie recipe.
Click here for my Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe.
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