On Oatmeal Cookies

The weather is beautiful here today 

and it made me feel

sunshiny and happy

Like an

Oatmeal Cookie. 

So I made some! 

Sunshine Oatmeal Cookies

Preheat oven to 375. 

Mix:
1/2 cup of salted butter (softened at room temperature)
1/4  cup of brown sugar
1/2  cup of granulated sugar (I use unbleached)
When light and fluffy add:
1 egg yolk
1 Tablespoon of local honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup rolled or old fashioned oats
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
ground cinnamon (I like it so used about 1 teaspoon but you can use less if you want)
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
*You can also add raisins, nuts, or chocolate chips at this point!

Divide dough into balls and drop onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown and slightly firm. 
I cooled on a wire rack.

Peaches & Cream Pie

Johnson County, Arkansas has the best peaches in the world (in my humble opinion...)

So, we made the drive to get a car full last week!

I made a pie based on my sweet mother-in-law's crustless pie recipe, but 

changed it a bit to accomodate a crust (which I love) and extra peaches (which I needed to use)

and I also wanted it to be a bit creamy, similar to a peach pie I like to make.

Here is what I came up with...

Peaches & Cream Pie

6-8 peaches (more or less is ok)

1 cup sugar 

1/2 cup flour 

3 large eggs, beaten

3 Tablespoons of butter

3 Tablespoons of Cream Cheese

1 teaspoon of vanilla

Pie crust (homemade or store bought)

• Roll out pie crust and place in pie tin. 
• With mixer beat butter and cream cheese til softened. 
• Add sugar to mixing bowl and beat til incorporated.
• Add eggs, flour, and vanilla. 
• In pie crust place sliced and peeled peaches in rows.  I like to take one peach and spread it out on one 1/8 section of the pie and keep going until I get a nice look.  
• Slowly pour mixture over peaches in pie crust to fill crust.  
• Bake at 375 or 400 until set and crust is a nice golden brown.  Should not be "jiggly" when cooked. 
• Cool and serve!