A to Z :Learn Something New Every Day and the TToT

Yesterday was a little heavy. Sorry I just didn’t have time to put together a new post.

… so today let’s just talk…

COOKIES! OOEY, GOOEY,

JAMMIE, COOKIES!

If you wait to cut these until they cool, they will cut into perfect little squares… but who can wait?

 

          Strawberry Jam Oatmeal Bars

1 cup flour

1 cup oats

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup of your favorite jam

 

•  Preheat the oven to 350
• combine the dry ingredients
• cut in the butter – it will be a crumbly mix
•  press 3/4 of the mix into the bottom of a greased 8×8 pan
• spread the jam to within a quarter-inch of the edge
• sprinkle the rest of the crumbly mix on top of jam and gently press it down
• Bake 35-40 min or until the top is brown
• cool and slice
• source
• Bring to your mechanic as a bribe* (Oh wait, did I say that out loud?)

            *update: it totally worked!

 

AND NOW FOR THE TToT!

1. *The bribe totally worked!
2. Helped to motivate a good friend who is feeling a bit of the writer’s block…now if I could do that for myself…
3. Doug is very well-behaved despite his obvious interest and jealousy of baby chickens
4. The layer of ice laid down by freezing rain earlier this week is gone even if it is still too cold
5. At least I don’t live where Dyanne lives…which I’m sure is very lovely when the wind dies down.
6. When I’m sick and stranded by fatigue there is always Modern Family and Sponge Bob 
7. (and despite the feelings of a few purists) Kindle books
8. What’s App with Lizzi and “the voice” ( no not the show…never seen it.)
9. Douglas… Douglas… Douglas…  
10. That one of the new girls that got attacked by the older girls is recovering from having a ginormous hole pecked into her head… chickens are ferocious brutes!
11. *******addendum!***** I totally forgot to mention last week that I got a hand-knit neck warmer from Stephanie in my favorite colors… apple green and skippy color! I sadly got to wear it yesterday in the freezing rain of spring in Massachusetts. THANKS STEPHANIE!

I’m thinking we should get a gross of these.source

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