No Bake Cookie Twist

‎2 Cups Sugar 
4 T. Coco 
1/2 Almond milk (or reg) 
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil (found near Crisco and oil in a jar)
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter 
3 Cups (at least) Quick oats 
1 tsp. Vanilla

Place sugar, coco, milk and oil into a saucepan. Boil for exactly one min. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter, vanilla and oats. Keep adding oats till cookie will hold its shape. Drop onto counter/plate/foil into heaping tablespoon-fulls. Let cool. Try not to eat them all before the kids

Julie's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies

By far the best cookie recipe I have ever tried. Thanks to cousin Julie!

3/4c butter flavor shortening
1 1/4c brown sugar
2 tbsp milk
2 tbsp vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4c flour
1tsp salt
3/4tsp baking soda
2c chocolate chips

Combine Crisco, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed and add in egg to creamed mixture. Combine flour, salt and baking soda and mix in. Stir in chips.

375 degrees, 8-10 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever!

If you know me, I LOVE cookies....well the cookie dough mainly. This is a recipe a friend just gave me. It was the BEST one I have tried yet. It tastes like something from a bakery. I just made it for our Vegas Ragnar trip (for a little sugar high) and everyone gobbled them up!

2 c. Crisco (this is probably why it tastes so good)

1 1/2 c sugar

1 1/2 c brown sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla (I like the pure vanilla extract)

Mix and add:

3 tsp baking soda

2 tsp salt

4 1/2 c flour

Bake at 350 for 7-9 minutes.

Delish!!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies (with chickpeas)

So I tried another recipe from the cookbook Deceptively Delicious. I made the chocolate chip cookies with chickpeas in it. I was a little skeptical of using chickpeas in cookies, but they turned out good. These cookies aren't your "normal" chocolate chip cookies, but it's a good healthy alternative. 

Nonstick cooking spray
1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
3/4 cup trans-fat free soft tub margarine spread
2 large egg whites
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 (15 - ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed. *She does non suggest pureing these, but I did and it tasted so much better!*
2 Cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
3/4 cups raisins (optional)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.

In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon or on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg whites and vanilla, then the chickpeas and chocolate chips. Add the flour, oats, baking soda, and salt, walnuts and raisins (if wanted,) and mix on a low speed until a thing dough forms.

Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart. Press gently with a fork to flatten. Bake until the cookies are golden brown and just set, 11 to 13 mintues; do not overbake. Transfer to a rack to cool.

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

So Good Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups brown sugar

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 cup butter

3/4 cup oil

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp almond extract

5 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup oats

12 oz chocolate chips ( these cookies are so good even without the chocolate chips)

Cream together sugars, butter, oil. Then mix in eggs, vanilla, and almond extract. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir into wet mixture. Stir in oats. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 min.

Lisa's Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

1 cup butter flavor shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 1/4 cups flour
About 1/2 bag chocolate chips

Mix together shortening, sugar and eggs together. Then mix in vanilla, salt and soda. Add flour and once it is mixed together add the chocolate chips.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 7-9 minutes. The cookies should be kind of doughy when they come out. Let them cool on the cookie sheet.

Here we go...

I hope mom doesn't kill me for naming this blog Betsy's Recipes. Pretty much anything with "Johnson" in it was taken. But I like it! Let me know what you think.

Also I think it would be good if we label what we post (i.e. cookies, main dish, salad, etc.). I think will be easier to refer back to when looking for a specific recipe. I already made some up, but feel free to add as we go. Sound good?

Here is to the beginning. I'll go first.