How can it be May?

May 9th....how did that happen?

This coming Sunday is the marathon - the question now is if I will be able to make it the whole 21kms without hurting myself. I think I can do it and it will feel soooo good when it's done!

I have some pictures of the work I did on the garden at home, but they're at home of course, so I'll have to post them later.

Not too much else is new in the world of CraxyRaE - just tired and trying to get through another week. Did a bunch of baking this weekend...quite yummy snacks...I'll post a recipe for some super yummy cookies - I make the white chocolate and cranberry version..

Everyone’s Favorite (Oatmeal Chocolate Chip) Cookies

Ingredients:
¼ cup butter or stick margarine, softened
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
2 large egg whites
1 tsp vanilla
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup oats
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until well combined – the mixture will have the consistency of wet sand. Add egg whites and vanilla and beat until smooth.

3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Add to the sugar mixture and stir by hand until almost combined; add the chocolate chips and stir just until blended. Do not overmix.

4. Drop spoonfuls of dough about 2” apart on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Flatten each cookie a little with your hand. Bake for 12 – 15 minutes, until pale golden around the edges but still soft in the middle. Do not overbake. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Makes 1 ½ dozen cookies

Contents per cookie:
Calories 167
Total Fat 4.4g
Saturated fat 1.3g
Monounsaturated fat 2.3 g
Polyunsaturated fat 0.5 g
Sodium 148.6 mg
Carbohydrates 30.6 g
Cholesterol 0.8 mg
Fiber 1.2g
Calories from fat 23%

Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal cookies:
Replace the chocolate chips with 1 cup chopped white chocolate, and add ½ cup dried cranberries. Adds 1.4 g fat per cookie. Or if you like, replace the chocolate with an equal amount of white chocolate and the fat content will remain the same.

I hope you enjoy!

C.R.