Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

My daughter and Dr. Seuss share a birthday so we get to celebrate doubly! (:

March 2nd -- we made these:
Green Eggs & Ham!

fast:friday Cinnamon Rollies Recipe

new feature on my blog << fast:friday>> a fast recipe, project, or layout ! ☺

today's fast:friday is a fun little recipe my daughters (ages 16mo and 4yo) & I made up we call

Cinnamon Rollies!

they are:
quick
easy
cheap
fun
fast
&
kid-friendly
what could be better?
oh yeah, and yummy too!

Recipe:
Refrigerated Biscuit Tubes (we used two of those small ones that come in a 4 pack for $1)
Use a Rolling Pin to flatter them out (on a floured surface works best) to make long thin ovals.
Spread (or "smear" depending on how much you want the kids to help you) with butter or margarine
Sprinkle generously with brown sugar and cinnamon-sugar
Roll em up
Place in a greased or sprayed cake pan
Bake per instructions-- about 10 minutes at about 350-degrees, until lightly browned

Enjoy!

My Favorite Cookie Recipe

These are my & my family's favorite cookies! I customized a recipe found on the inside of the oatmeal box ("vanishing" oatmeal cookies?) to our taste and I finally wrote it out so I can share it with others! We love them b/c they are super-moist and extra-yummy! (: And, kinda sorta, healthy in a way...(:











Recipe:
2 sticks of reg. or light margarine, softened
1/2 c. white sugar
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 c. flour (I use 1/2 wheat flour, 1/2 white flour)
1 T. Vanilla
1 T. ground cinnamon
1 t. ground cloves
1 t. ground ginger
1 t. salt
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1/2 c. chocolate chips (and/or raisens if you prefer) (you can use up to 1 c. of chips if you want them extra chocolatey)
1/2 c. finely chopped dried apricots (and/or dried cranberries)
3 cups of oatmeal (you can use old-fashioned or quick-cooking, uncooked)

Cream the butter and sugars. Add the flour and eggs and mix. Then add the vanilla, cinnamon, clove, ginger, salt, baking soda and baking powder and mix well. Then add the oatmeal and finally the chocolate chips and/or raisens and the apricots and/or cranberries...I'm sure you could add all four and that'd be very good too! Scoop by the rounded spoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet, ya know about 2 inches apart...hehe and bake at 350 degrees. Our oven is very "hot" so it only takes about 6 minutes per sheet, but I think it's probably more like 10 minutes in a normal oven. Once the edges start to even slightly brown I take them out and then let them sit on the sheet for 10 minutes before you plate them. Hopefully that makes sense. (:

Yum! Janelle