Sunbutter Chocolate Chippers

It has been nice and cool around here, meaning it's been the perfect baking weather! I love those days when I don't dread starting up the oven. Yesterday I wanted to make something special for Coleden because he was such a good boy when we had to go to the emergency room the night before.

Josh had something stuck in his eye, after I convinced him we needed to go to the ER, we were there for almost 3 hours. The doctor was able to get it out, and made sure there weren't any scratches on his eye. Thank God Josh's eye is looking better everyday. Cole was such a trooper, and you could tell he was sleepy and wanting to run free.

After looking through a few cookbooks, I found a perfectly, simple recipe for some tasty cookies. 5 ingredients or less are my favorite kind of recipes, especially when I already have all the ingredients!

Sunbutter Chocolate Chippers (adapted from my cookbook "Old Fashioned Favorites")
1 cup sunbutter (you can use peanut butter if you want, we just aren't able to)
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
sugar

• Preheat oven to 350F. 
• Combine the sunbutter, brown sugar, and egg in a medium bowl until well blended. Add chips; mix well. 
• Roll heaping tablespoonfuls of dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place balls 2-inches apart on UNGREASED cookie sheets. Dip fork into sugar; press criss-cross onto each ball, flattening to 1/2-inch thickness. 
• Bake 12 minutes or until set. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Easy peasy!

Rainy Days and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Thank you Spring for finally showin up. It's been a rainy couple of days for us, and I'm loving it. Drizzly days like this make me want to bake. Since yesterday was also a bit cold, I needed something hearty. Enter the oatmeal raisin cookie. This cookie. Oh. Man. This cookie. So tasty. It's great as it is, but could easily be dressed up some too. Please, please give these cookies a try, you won't be sorry!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup raisins*

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls (I didn't listen to this sound advice on my first batch, I added closer to a heaping spoonful, and the cookies ran together terribly. So make sure to drop by teaspoonful, trust me on this) onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly, remove from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Yields about 4 dozen.

*For extra plump raisins, soak by putting them in a colander and placing the colander in a saucepan. Cover with hot water while you prepare the dough.