Oatmeal

  Ok, oatmeal is not one of my favorite foods. I’m just posting it because it is SO different then sticking some oats and water in the microwave. This is so much harder than that. So here it is.

       

        Oatmeal

Six cups water

Six cups oatmeal

2/3 cup palm sugar

1/3 cup white sugar

¼ block (1/4 cup) butter

1 cup milk
1 Tablespoon salt

·         Heat water til’ almost boiling.

·         Add sugar and butter and stir. Turn off the heat. Return lid to pot. Let sit til’ butter and sugar are melted and dissolved.

·         Then slowly add oatmeal one cup at a time. Stirring well between each cup. Add salt too and stir well.

·         Then add milk. Return lid and let sit til’ desired thickness. Maybe 5 mins.

Pumpkin Squares

This recipe is excellent. I brought it to my Bible study, a full 9x13, and I only had SIX small pieces when I got home. Everyone loved them. So I brought the six pieces back home and my family thought they were great too. I sprinkled sifted powdered sugar on top of the pumpkin squares when they were cut. All I did was add one more oz of pumpkin and used fresh pumpkin. Here’s the link to the original, http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-squares/. And here’s what I did.

       Pumpkin Squares

4 eggs

1 cup olive oil

2 cups white sugar

2 cups fresh pumpkin puree

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground cloves

½ teaspoon ground ginger

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons powder sugar, optional

·         Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.

·         In a medium bowl, mix together the eggs, oil, sugar and pumpkin until smooth. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir into the pumpkin mixture.

·         Spread evenly into the prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. The bars should spring back to the touch when done.