Wonderful Cookies!

Many years ago I received this cookie recipe from a dear friend, Gale. We have made them hundreds of times and just love them. They are quite nutritious, too, as they have no refined sugar and use lots of good ingredients. I hope you love them as much as we have! Maybe I need to make some more, so that I can post a picture of them. I have also adapted the recipe, making bar cookies out of them, which works equally as well.



Colossal Molasses Cookies

11/2 cups white flour
1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
¾ cup oil
½ cup honey
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup raisins
1 cup oats
1 tsp baking soda
½ cup dark molasses
2 eggs
1 cup walnut halves (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Combine dry ingredients except nuts and raisins. Combine liquid ingredients in a separate bowl. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients, then add nuts and raisins. Drop 1/4cup of batter onto a buttered baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Bake 12-15 minutes til lightly browned.

Texas Style Quesadillas

Last night we had one of our favorite easy dishes for dinner, Texas Style Quesadillas. I would like to share with you the way that we make them. I hope that you will try them sometime and let me know of any different things that you add. It's always fun to come up with a new twist on something.


This time I began with pre-seasoned fajita chicken that I purchased at Sam's. I sliced the breasts in strips and then cut the strips in half so that they are about 3 inches long.




After all of the chicken is cooked I begin assembling the quesadillas. I cook them on my griddle so that I am able to cook more than one at a time. I layered homemade re-fried beans, cheddar cheese, chicken, queso cheese and cheddar again. This time I used big tortillas so I am folding them in half instead of using two tortillas for each quesadilla. Sometimes I will carmelize onions to put into the quesadillas, but only Rachel and I like them, so often as not, I don't.


Once I put them on the griddle I put a heavy plate on top of it to help it flatten out as it cooks.




Here's what they look like when they are finished.



I also made a great dip using cream cheese and peach mango salsa. It's great with chips! Here's a blurry picture of it. I'm still working on getting good close-ups with a digital camera. I ended by topping the quesadillas with guacamole and sour cream.
I'd love to hear any additional ideas you have.