Happy 4th of July!

I spent the Fourth of July at my grandparent's house in Washington! They live on a small lake called Lake Louise. Even though the weather was bad we still had loads of fun! We exploded countless amounts of fireworks and ate an unbelievable amount of food! We ate pork sliders, clam dip, butterscotch oatmeal cookies, and a chili bean dip! Clam dip is one of my family's favorite foods! It is made of cream cheese and clams! We eat it with Lays Wavy Potato Chips! We eat  several bowls when ever we have it!

It recently found out that I love butterscotch! So when I found this recipe for butterscotch cookies I was very excited! They came out great and we ate half of the cookies before the party even started! They didn't look very appetizing when they came out of the oven, but that didn't stop me from eating them! They were sweet, yummy, and extremely addictive!

Recipe for the Oatmeal Scotchies!

Ingredients
•1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

•1 teaspoon baking soda
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
•3/4 cup granulated sugar
•3/4 cup packed brown sugar
•2 large eggs
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract or grated peel of 1 orange
•3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
•1 2/3 cups (11-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels


conversion calculator Directions PREHEAT oven to 375° F.


COMBINE flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in oats and morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.


BAKE for 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies or 9 to 10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.


PAN COOKIE VARIATION:


Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.

I had so much fun at the 4th of July this year! I can't wait until next year! Maybe I will even set off a Roman Candle!

Emma Lou:-)