Oatmeal Apple Pear Crisp

2 cups cooking apples, peeled and sliced (about 2 large)
2 cups pears, peeled and sliced (about 3 large)
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 -2 Tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 cup water

1 cup oats
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, melted


While peeling apples and pears, keep them in the lemon juice so that they don't turn brown. Place apples in a greased shallow 9” square baking dish. Sprinkle (2 Tbsp) brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and water. Combine remaining dry ingredients in a separate bowl; add melted butter, mixing until crumbly. Sprinkle crumb mixture on top of the apples. Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes or until apples are tender.

Peanut Butter Carrot Cookies

From allrecipes.com


1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup grated carrots
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and peanut butter.
3. Add in the egg and the milk. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and stir in. Stir in oats. Add in the carrots and chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheets and bake for 15 minutes.

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

I have been making these and packaging them into snack size zip bags and putting into the freezer to make preparing school lunches cheaper and quicker. As well, I've been known to serve them with orange juice for a quick breakfast!

Ingredients:
1 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3 c. old fashioned oats
1 c. nuts or raisins (optional)

Directions:
Beat together margarine and sugars until creamy.
add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
Mix in flour and baking soda.
Stir in oats and raisins/nuts; mix well.

Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Yields approx. 4 dozen

*Cookies will look flat, don't worry, that's how they are "chewy". If you refrigerate the dough a little bit the butter will firm back up and yield a nicer looking cooking. I don't care what they look like, they taste great!