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Chocolate Chip Cookies! Yay!! (Makes 36 large cookies!)🍪🍪🍪

This is THE BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, you will looove this recipe! 

And the Chocolate Chip Cookies! lol!)

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

2 Cups Flour

1 Tsp. Salt

1 Tsp. Baking Soda

Melt: 

1 Cup Margarine or Butter (Two 4 oz. squares)(melted : )

Add:

3 Tsp. Vanilla

2 Eggs

1 1/2 Cups Chocolate Chips

Optional:

Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chips are ah'mazing in this recipe, too - ah'yum!

Drop in large spoonfuls of cookie dough, 12 per cookie pan, on Parchment Paper, if you have it : )

Bake on Parchment Paper for 15 - 18 minutes, but keep an eye on them after 12 minutes, just to make sure they're always okay! 

Parchment Paper will make all your baking a million times better - easy clean up, and no burning - is amazing!

Here's what's really cool about this Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe - the dough will be shiny, not like any of your other cookie dough you've made, before - is so cool!

Baking Tip: Melt your margarine or butter, then add the Brown Sugar (it will melt!), the 3 caps or teaspoons of Vanilla, then the 2 Eggs, will mix into the Cookie Dough so much faster and easier!

Kitchen Tip: Use a knife or fork for mixing - is life-changing - lol!  

I like to keep the Chocolate Chip Cookies in the fridge, and I have a basket from last Christmas🎄🎅🤶 (sounds like a song - haha!) that I can just slide the whole piece of Parchment Paper with the cookies right on it, into the basket😍😘😘😘

See if your Cookie Sheets might fit in the fridge, too, or just put your delicious cookies on plates! Will be delicious, any way you serve them! 

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Happy Baking! Your Li'l Pal, Ailsa! xoxo!!🤗🤗🤗

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Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies! Yum!

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Chewy Oatmeal Cookies - soo crazy good!

1 section of Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

and

1 section of Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Walnut Cookies

While you have all your Dry Ingredients out, make 2 extra batches of the first 4 ingredients - add the rest, the next time you make your cookies, so, extra baggies of the Flour, Sugar, Baking Soda and Salt - Label it, Oatmeal Cookie Base : )

Baking Trick: Use a knife and fork to mix the ingredients - is so much faster and easier!

Double Batch: Makes at least 84 cookies! Yum!

Mix in a giant bowl:

1 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 cup Sugar

1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar

Then Add:

6 cups Oatmeal (I like to mix half and half, Large Flakes with Quick Oats)

Mix in a medium size bowl (or whatever bowl you have around...)

1 1/2 cups butter or margarine (3 bricks) (or a mix of both) (soften it so your arm doesn't fall off...)
(I just microwave the margarine for 120 seconds, whatever makes it liquid is fine, no need to struggle : )

ADD:

4 tsp. Vanilla extract (I use 4 capfuls - dat jus' me - is prolly a tsp - lol! And Artificial Vanilla is totally okay!)
4 tablespoons of milk (or water, I always use milk)
2 eggs (Make sure no shells get in there - I canny take that chance! I never want to break another tooth on a tiny eggshell...)

1 bag of Chocolate Chips : ) (And, not the whole bag - maybe half the bag is plenty! : )
Options: raisins, dried cranberries, whatever else you might like to pop in here.. walnuts, maybe?)
(You might want cinnamon - aah, is debatable...think I like them better without the cinnamon - choose, yourself! lol!)

Bake at 350 for 12 - 20 minutes, depending on your oven - keep checking them, turn them around if one side gets brown faster than the other side - Yum! You' gonna love these cookies! 

Melt your margarine FIRST, set it aside while you're mixing your Dry Ingredients, so it'll be cool enough to add the eggs, without the eggs 'cooking' - you don't want that - haha!

Pour the liquid onto the oats, mix with a fork and knife, is waaay easier than a spoon... we're nontraditional, here, and it works way better! lol!

Mix until that's nice and creamy and light : )

We make half the batch as 'Regular' Oatmeal Cookies, set aside one roll for another day, and then add the chocolate chips - sometimes we add in walnuts, too - and set one roll of the Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies aside, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the fridge, for another day, too! Yum!

Start with the Baking Soda and Salt, then add in the sugar and brown sugar, then the flour, sift with your hands, then gently add in the oatmeal - use forks or a knife to run through it, but be super careful with the knife, of course - lol! And your hands to mix it through, as well : )

Make your first batch of cookies plain, then add in the Chocolate Chips - so good!

Hmm, I was just reading mah' recipe, and I see me has a newer technique - me mix all the dry ingredients, first, then add the 6 cups of oatmeal in - and, if you have 2 kinds of oatmeal, half of quick oats, half large flakes... and I melt the margarine right off the bat, set it aside so it'll really cool, then add all the vanilla and eggs and milk... and me no put in any cinnamon, and we looove them that way - we discussed the cinnamon, but changes the flavor, so, now we da purists with the oatmeal - haha! 

Oh, and not all that many chocolate chips, either - we used to pour the whole bag in, and with these oatmeal cookies, maybe half the bag, maybe a little less, is juuus' right! Yum! Now me wants them, again, too, and I got 2 gigantor bags of oatmeal at the Wholesale club, yesterday - should last for another month - yippee!!

You can scoop the cookies onto the Parchment Paper, or lay out a few sheets of Plastic Wrap, make 'Cookie Rolls', which are super easy to cut into slices, or pop in the fridge to make another day : )

This recipe will make soo many cookies, you might want to wrap up a couple of cookie rolls to save in the fridge for later : )

You can add a little oatmeal to your favorite cereal, too - is nice with Granola : )

Take The Oatmeal Challenge : ) (Yep, it's another Oatmeal page! lol!)

I loove Oatmeal - I just love it!  I have always believed in the powers of oatmeal, to lower your cholesterol, to lose weight, to maintain a healthy weight, to lower your blood pressure, to moderate your blood sugar - wow, that's a lot of stuff for one little bit of oatmeal, right?? lol!  It's like the one-stop-shopping for Healthy Food, right?? lol!

I often have Scottish Porridge, which I love, of course, since I'm Scottish, and it makes me think of my Dad every time I make it (!), and I was able to come up with an Oatmeal Diet, with an Apple Crumble recipe I really loved, so it helped me lose 35 pounds after I had my little man, Aidan....and now it's really important that I keep my cholesterol down, and maintain a healthy body weight, right, so I wanted an easy and quick way to increase the amount of oatmeal I eat every day, so I've started adding a 1/4 cup of oatmeal to my bowl of granola in the morning - it's delicious, filling, delicious (did I already mention that? hahaha! I want to say it again so you'll try it! lol!), and super fast and easy. You feel like you are sooo healthy, you're totally doing the right thing for your body! hahaha!

So here's how I do it, so you can try this, too.  I buy the big box of Granola, because I also like to save money (who doesn't?? lol!), and I buy the giant bag of oatmeal, too. The other fantastic thing about all the health benefits of oatmeal is that oatmeal is super cheap - I think I paid $5.47 for that giant bag of oatmeal I have, right now - lasts for ages. What else can you quickly and easily add to your diet that makes this kind of change in your body, for $5.47, and will probably last you for months on end? lol!  And there will maybe be a recipe for Oatmeal Cookies (yum!) on the side of the bag or box, but I'll post my favorite Oatmeal Cookie, too, since any way you get more oatmeal in your body is a good way, right?? Especially for the kids, too : )

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Well, now I'm pouring in less of the Granola and way more of the Oatmeal, sooo, maybe 1/2 cup of Granola, 1/2 cup of Oatmeal? lol! Wo knows, I just pour things in, dat mah' thing - you knows how me be! haha!

You'll find the right mix, but any time you can Add More Fiber To Your Diet, you're doing your body a very nice favor! : )

Just use your fingers to mix the oatmeal into your cereal : ) 

We'll all be super-healthy, together! lol! See you soon!  Ailsa xox

See the little 1/4 cup measuring spoon? I just leave that right in the big bag of Oatmeal? Makes it super easy to just sprinkle the oatmeal on my granola. : )

Here they are - just took them out the oven - man, Oatmeal Cookies are a LOT of work, but, they're delicious, and they're super-good for you, so I guess I can justify making them every so often... and I double the batch, since I figure if I'm gonna do all that work, I might as well make a lot, right? And those are the little fancy Flower Trees I make - think I need to make one, tonight, relax a little! lol! I'll put the recipe for the double batch under the 'Flower Tree' picture! lol!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies  (You can skip the chocolate chips, it you like them straight-up oatmeal, or add raisins, or dried cranberries - really good with the chocolate...just make them the way you really like them!)

Baking Trick: Use a knife and fork to mix the ingredients - is so much faster and easier!

Double Batch: Makes at least 84 cookies! Yum!

Mix in a giant bowl:

6 cups oatmeal (I like to mix half and half, Large Flakes with Quick Oats)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar

Start with the Baking Soda and Salt, then add in the sugar and brown sugar, then the flour, sift with your hands, then gently add in the oatmeal - use forks or a knife to run through it, but be super careful with the knife, of course - lol! And your hands to mix it through, as well : )

Make your first batch of cookies plain, then add in the Chocolate Chips - so good!

1 bag of Chocolate Chips : ) (And, not the whole bag - maybe half the bag is plenty! : )
Options: raisins, dried cranberries, whatever else you might like to pop in here.. walnuts, maybe?)
(You might want cinnamon - aah, is debatable...think I like them better without the cinnamon - choose, yourself! lol!)


Hmm, I was just reading mah' recipe, and I see me has a newer technique - me mix all the dry ingredients, first, then add the 6 cups of oatmeal in - and, if you have 2 kinds of oatmeal, half of quick oats, half large flakes... and I melt the margarine right off the bat, set it aside so it'll really cool, then add all the vanilla and eggs and milk... and me no put in any cinnamon, and we looove them that way - we discussed the cinnamon, but changes the flavor, so, now we da purists with the oatmeal - haha! 

Oh, and not all that many chocolate chips, either - we used to pour the whole bag in, and with these oatmeal cookies, maybe half the bag, maybe a little less, is juuus' right! Yum! Now me wants them, again, too, and I got 2 gigantor bags of oatmeal at the Wholesale club, yesterday - should last for another month - yippee!!

Mix in a medium size bowl (or whatever bowl you have around...)

1 1/2 cups butter or margarine (3 bricks) (or a mix of both) (soften it so your arm doesn't fall off...)
(I just microwave the margarine for 60 seconds, whatever makes it liquid is fine, no need to struggle : )

Melt your margarine FIRST, set it aside while you're mixing your Dry Ingredients, so it'll be cool enough to add the eggs, without the eggs 'cooking' - you don't want that - haha!

ADD:

4 tsp. Vanilla extract (I use 4 capfuls - dat jus' me - is prolly a tsp - lol!)
4 tablespoons of milk (or water, I always use milk)
2 eggs - Make sure no shells get in there - I canny take that chance! I never want to break another tooth on a tiny eggshell...)

Pour the liquid onto the oats, mix with a fork and knife, is waaay easier than a spoon... we're nontraditional, here, and it works way better! lol!

Mix until that's nice and creamy and light : )

We make half the batch as 'Regular' Oatmeal Cookies, set aside one roll for another day, and then add the chocolate chips - sometimes we add in walnuts, too - and set one roll of the Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies aside, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the fridge, for another day, too! Yum!

You can scoop the cookies onto the Parchment Paper, or lay out a few sheets of Plastic Wrap, make 'Cookie Rolls', which are super easy to cut into slices, or pop in the fridge to make another day : )

Bake at 350 for 12 - 20 minutes, depending on your oven - keep checking them, turn them around if one side gets brown faster than the other side - Yum! You' gonna love these cookies! 

 Uh-oh! lol! The Chewy Oatmeal Cookies were flying off the plate as fast as I could make them - Yahoo! That's the sign of a great cookie! Yay!! : )

Looks like a Love Heart Cookie, right in the middle - so cute! 

And Oatmeal Cookies ARE good for your heart - in every possible way! 

Yippee!

See, just leave them in for a wee bit more - you want your cookies to be lightly browned, will be all lovely and chewy!

   

 Haha! They're gone before I can even get them on the plate - lol! A Very Good sign! ; )

 Mix the dry ingredients, starting with the salt and baking soda, then the sugars, white sugar and brown sugar, then the flour, then the oatmeal... use your fingers, if you like : )

Use Parchment Paper when you're baking - everything will turn out perfectly - yippee!!

I always use Parchment Paper, since it pretty much makes sure your cookies won't burn, and after all that work, you definitely don't want your cookies to burn... I pressed some of the cookie dough into  9" X 13" pan, just to see if I could easily make Oatmeal Squares, right? Hmmm, don't know if I really saved myself any time - I think a thinner layer of Oatmeal Cookie Dough would've cooked faster, for sure, but we also made regular cookies - just drop by the spoonful onto the cookie tray - make whatever size appeals to you...

Bake at 350 Degrees for about 15 minutes, depending on your altitude (not your personal altitude - a'hahahaha!) - I check them at 10 minutes, just in case, then just keep having a wee look. Pull them right out of the oven and check underneath the cookies - if they bottom is browned, you're good to go, they're cooked! Yippee!

The great thing about Oatmeal Cookies is that they are super-healthy, so a nice wee treat any time at all, no guilt, just fun! Okay, I admit it, it was worth the work to make them! lol!

Happy Schnacking! Ailsa xox


American Heart Association:
Unprocessed  oats contain manganese, selenium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc and Vitamin E.

Whole unprocessed oats are a very good source of fiber, especially beta-glucan. They are the only source of 20 unique unique polyphenols, a group of antioxidants called avenanthramides, known to prevent against heart disease.

Eat yer' Oatmeal! lol! : )

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 I love the Double Batch the best - and then I make up 2 other sets of the Dry Ingredients, so your next batch of Shortbread is even easier and faster to make - yahoo!!
Double Batch of Shortbread (you might as well make a lot, you'll love them! lol!)
2 Cups Flour

1 Cup Icing Sugar

1 Cup Corn Starch

1 1/2 Cups Margarine or Butter, or a mix of both (3 bricks of margarine, melted, 1 minute in the microwave, baby!)

Some Sugar to sprinkle on top of the cookies, right before they go in the oven : ) Ah'Yum!

Mix the Dry Ingredients, sift with your hands

Roll into balls - a big ball, first, then roll it between your hands, like you're making a snake : )

Slice with a knife, kind'a round out the edges, if you want round Shortbread Cookies

I always bake on Parchment Paper, makes everything amazing!

Bake at 350 for about 15 - 20 minutes, keep an eye on them, take out the oven when very lightly golden on the bottom : )

Pop in the fridge - Enjoy!! 

I put the extra baggies of the Dry Ingredients in the fridge, and if you have an extra roll of the dough, just wrap in Plastic Wrap, refrigerate until you want to slice and bake that, too - whenever you run out of the first round o' shortbread Cookies - lol! ; )

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My Favorite New Shortbread - yum!!

Heyyoo! It's me, Ailsa! Now I'm making Shortbread, year-round, because everybody loves it, and it's so easy a'schmeasy to make - plus, I make the 'make-ahead bags', now, so I make 2 extra double-bags, pop them in the fridge, for the next time I might want to make some delicious Shortbread - yahoo! Yum!

AND, thankfully, I actually remembered to label the bags with the amounts in them, and how much butter and margarine I'll need to add - melted, of course - no need to struggle to make delicious Shortbread, any more! : )

And now I just routinely have half butter, half margarine - is always really good, but if you want to go straight up on the butter, or straight up on the margarine, is all good, you'll love your Shortbread cookies any way you make them, and your house will smell delicious, too! Yum!
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Hellooo!  Well, it's almost Christmas, and what do you love at Christmas (other than the Christmas Carols and Presents!! lol!) -- Shortbread!  Yum!  Shortbread is always delicious (this recipe is craaaazy deelicious!), and I always thought it was too hard to make, and, frankly, not mine to make, since my Mum's Scottish shortbread is insanely delicious, and it always looked like a whole lot of work to me, and with a tricky, unpredictable result (in short, I thought I wouldn't be able to make it... )  But a few years back, our lovely Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Belleville, Ontario, Canada -- so gorgeous, with a fantastic, young, enthusiastic, brilliant Minister, Anne-Marie Jones (her Dad, Bob Jones, was my Minister out in Picton, Ontario, and he officiated at my first wedding -- I've had two (lol!), and would like to have a third wedding, but this time, someone truly kind...I think you know where I'm going with that (no meannies! Only Goodies!! haha!), and Bob baptised my lovely daughter Cara, and Anne-Marie was Cara's very first babysitter, when Anne-Marie was a teenager -- so we've come full circle to come back to our wonderful Church -- I'm feelin' my roots! lol!

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Anyway, our Church has a Shortbread Fundraiser every Christmas, so of course I do a lot of baking for the Church, so I signed up to make the Shortbread, determined to learn how to make it, and now I'm making it by the dozen (fer real -- yesterday, I made 5 dozen Shortbread Cookies (okay, I ate some of those, too! lol!)... I was baking Shortbread 'til I ran out of Icing Sugar and Corn Starch! Pretty funny!

So if you have been looking for a really easy, no-fail Shortbread Recipe, you've come to the right place (and I hope you try my other recipes, too, or maybe decide to build your own house, too (make cookies, build a house, whatever, all in a few months work! lol!)... I'll show you how to do all sorts of things!! The Easy Schmeasy Way, just the way I like things to be -- easy schmeasy!

Easy Schmeasy Shortbread!

Easy Schmeasy No-Fail Shortbread


1 cup Flour
1/2 cup Corn Starch
1/2 cup Icing Sugar
3/4 cup Butter (you can easily use half butter, half margarine)


Sugar for sprinkling (Sprinkle liberally!)


Omg, could that beee any easier?? lol!  And no eggs, so if you or your child, or someone you know who is coming over for a visit, is allergic to eggs, this is a great treat!

Bake Shortbread in the oven, at 300 Degrees F. for about 20 minutes... may take longer... your house is gonna smell heavenly... 

I'm still waiting for my second batch of Shortbread  to finish baking. has been in there for well past 40 minutes... sometimes you'll cut it a little thicker, and can take more time - don't worry, it'll be delicious, just wait for your Shortbread to be very lightly brown on the bottom, if that... will all be delicious, with a little delicious 'crisp' to it - yum! 

Double Batch of Shortbread Cookies, even better!

2 Cups of Flour 

1 Cup of Corn Starch 

1 Cup of Icing Sugar (mixed it with your hands - you just sift it through your fingers, is fun!) 

Add in 1 1/2 Cups of Butter, or Butter/Margarine Mix : ) OR (3 Squares of Margarine - Melt it in the microwave for 1 minute)

You know what? I just put the half butter, half margarine in the microwave for about 50 seconds, mixed it with a knife (I used the Plastic 2 Cup Measuring Cup), and added it to the Double Batch of the Shortbread Mix, and since I already had the knife to stir the butter/margarine, then I just used the knife to mix the dough, and it was soo much easier than my usual (and favorite!) wooden spoon - who knew? Really cut down on the amount of work to mix in the Butter! And was a perfect texture, and now it's in the oven - yahoo!! Yippee! 

AND, you can easily bake your Shortbread Biscuits, Cookies, at 350 - will be faster, and will always taste great! No Worries! 

You just take out your Shortbread when it's very light on the top, lightly browned on the bottom - will be a'deeelish! Yum! : )

Everything you need for delicious shortbread... so easy!

Cream the Butter and Icing Sugar - now I just mix it all in the same big bowl, just melt the butter/margarine first, will be soo easy! : ) 

You'll need one large bowl and one medium sized bowl... I pop the butter/margarine mix into the microwave for about 30 - 40 seconds to soften it, then stir 'til that's smooth, then add in the Icing Sugar, and cream them together...

You know what? Now I just make all the dry ingredients (and I make a couple of extra double batches, put the dry ingredients in baggies, pop in the fridge for the next time I make shortbread) in one big bowl, there's no need to separate it out - you'll get the same great texture, no bother... and I melt the butter/margarine mix for about 50 seconds in the microwave, stir that butter/margarine mix with a knife, then pour into the dry ingredients, mix with the knife - will be soo fast and easy, you'll be shocked and amazed, and super-excited, to see how incredibly easy this Shortbread is to make : )

Such a great idea to pre-make the Shortbread Mix - just remember, it's 2:1:1 

2 cups flour, 1 cup icing sugar, 1 cup corn starch - love it! So easy!

I just get everything out, and you'll 'sift' it all together with your fingers - is so fluffy!

 Just ignore any old-fashioned ideas on how to make your shortbread - you wouldn't necessarily do everything else the old fashioned way, so step into the present with your Shortbread, too - will be just as delicious, and a whole lot easier and faster : )

 See the butter or margarine (I usually use 1/2 a cup of butter, 1 cup of margarine, but you can do whatever mix you like - all butter, all margarine - whatever you have in the house, put it in a microwave safe container - mine is the same plastic measuring cup I use for the rest of the recipe...and then just pop that in the microwave for 50 seconds, unless it's really cold, then maybe a little longer... )

And then use your knife to stir the butter/margarine, to remove most of the 'lumps', melt it a little more, then pour that right into your Shortbread mix, and then use the knife to mix it into the flour base... will be shockingly easy!

 Your Shortbread will look like large crumbles, and then you take a handful at a time, will make 3 handfuls, and just form it into a ball - will be super easy, and just pass it from hand to hand, easily, nothing hard about this, like you're playing with a baseball? Maybe? lol! 

  And then you'll roll it between your hands like you're making a log, or a snake, if you liked to play with Plasticine when you were a kid : ) 

 I never put it in the fridge before I slice the cookies, any more - it's completely unnecessary - I like to simplify a recipe, wherever I can - I think the old way to make cookies and especially Shortbread, seemed overly complicated, and so hardly any people were even trying to make it, and that just doesn't need to be the case - is super easy, and sooo crazy-delicious, you and your whole family, and all you' friends, will go crazy for it, is so lovely and light! 

And here it is, with the roll cut - you can do very thin slices if you love crispy Shortbread, and thicker slices (1/4 inch would be a thick slice), but you'll just naturally cut the size you like : )

And then, of course, I put the little slices on the parchment paper on the cookie trays, and sprinkle liberally with sugar - that's the Big Secret to making a lot of you baking, even more delicious! lol! More sugar! haha!




And now back to the original part o' mah' Shortbread page... lol! 


Put the flour and corn starch in the big bowl, and mix well. Fold in the creamy icing sugar and butter mixture. Stir until crumbly (at this point, you'll start thinking -- or, at least I started thinking -- hey, wouldn't this make a delicious Crumble for the top of a cheesecake, or any other kind of pie?? -- Always thinkin', I am! lol!)

Anyway, so you're going to make sure all the flour/corn starch is mixed in with the butter/sugar combo, then make sure your hands are really, really clean, and divide the dough in half (roughly, I hardly ever measure anything...), pick it up in your hands and squish it together to form a large ball, then pass it back and forth from hand to hand until it's nice and smooth... will be very fast... and it's not really like kneading the dough, more an easier method of kneading, I guess! lol!

Now I don't bother with refrigerating the roll of Shortbread Dough, either - just go ahead and slice it right after you've made it, and then if you have some extra - I usually have an extra roll to put in the fridge, to bake another day, or give away to someone you love - lol! But just take this out the fridge and let it warm up, to make it super-easy to slice and make the cookies - and remember to use the Parchment Paper and sprinkle on the sugar : )  the Parchment Paper isn't necessary, it's just fantastic, and about a Dollar at the Dollar Store - might be $1.25 - lol! 

Take a square of Plastic Wrap, and gently roll out your dough between your hands, like you're making a snake out of playdough (remember that in elementary school, or yesterday, if you're still in elementary school?? hahaha!), but make a big fat snake, about an inch in diameter. Just use your eye to judge :)  Wrap the Shortbread roll up in the plastic wrap, then pop it in the fridge for about 15 minutes, then do the next guy... you can easily double this batch, and that'll make 4 shortbread rolls...

Now for the really easy way to make perfect shortbread rounds...

See how easy??

Take the dough out of the fridge... using a nice sharp knife, cut 1/4 inch slices from the roll, and place on your cookie tray.  I always line the cookie tray with Parchment Paper, makes everything you bake amazing...

Reshape the circle of shortbread after you've cut it from the roll, to make it nice and pretty (!), and give each piece it's own space on the cookie sheet... 4 per row, usually... I make so much shortbread, I just use every possible available cookie sheet I have, so I use the pizza pan, too (!)

Now here's what takes this shortbread over-the-top (and I use this trick for my Banana Bread, too... yum!!), liberally, and I mean, a lot, sprinkle sugar over each shortbread cookie.  don't worry about making a mess, especially if you're using the parchment paper... just make sure each piece of shortbread has a generous sprinkle of sugar (you can use colored sugar to sprinkle, too.. kids love that sort of thing (!)...

Sprinkle with LOTS of Sugar : )

Pop your Shortbread in the oven, at 300 Degrees Farenheit for about 20 minutes... may take longer... your house is gonna smell heavenly... oh, they should make a shortbread scent!  Would be delicious! The key is to take the shortbread out when it's still white, lightly brown on the bottom.  If you happen to forget about your shortbread in the oven, and it gets a little brown on the top, too, no worries... you'll eat those ones, first! lol!

See how light the shortbread is when they come out the oven? 

If you're not sure whether it's done, take the shortbread out of the oven, try one cookie, then decide. You'll be surprised at how light they are when they're actually done :)  (okay, now try another cookie, and another, then just one more... see how that happens?? That's why I have to take my shortbread right over to the Church, for the Bake Sale, so I don't eat them all myself!! hahaha! I would happily have Shortbread for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and all snacks in-between, so I must monitor meself! Which begs the question, 'Can a girl (me!) survive on Shortbread, alone? What if it's really good Shortbread?? lol!


Okay, go make youse own shortbread, now -- you're gonna go crazy for these Shortbread Cookies!

Much Cookie Love, Ailsa xox!

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I had to deliver the Shortbread to the Church before I 'accidentally' ate it all! lol!

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Okay, 'til next time!! Go haz you'self Lots of Love!! Ailsa : )

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Today I just made a couple of extra bags of the shortbread Mix - sometimes, that seems like such a hassle, to see if you can find some Corn starch and Icing Sugar... even though it's super-easy to mix, it does seem like a hassle before you actually make your delicious Shortbread, soo... I just made 2 extra Double Batches, so, 2 Cups of Flour, 1 Cup of Corn Starch, 1 Cup of Icing Sugar, mixed it with my hands - you just sift it through your fingers, is fun! And then I made another double batch for tonight... and then I'll put it all into rolls , or 'logs' in the fridge, and make them a wee bit at a time, so they're always lovely and fresh! Yum! And that makes your house smell unbelievably delicious!!

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This is so cool - let's say you've now been binge watching your fave shows, and you STILL have 4 more seasons left of your brand new-to-you show, soo you don't want to get up off the couch, but, also, you know you should probably get you' some groceries?

Problem - Solution! lol! 

Check and see if your area is covered by either VONS or Safeway... they cover some of the same areas, and some different areas - does that make sense? lol!

I loove this Delivery Service for Groceries and whatever you might need, right to your door, just in general, but what a great idea in bad weather, no more stooopid traffic, or if you're not feeling up to going out to the store, or you just don't feeeel like going out to the store...or if you're like me, and get so caught up in whatever you're working on, and don't want to stop just 'for food' - haha! And no need for Taxis, if you need to take a cab to the grocery store...that's a huge savings, right there, right?

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I think this is such an amazing new service for your groceries - and anything you ever need from the grocery store - if you've ever had a time when you had a tiny baby, or you're super-busy (same thing - hahaha! All the New Moms will be laughing, now - lol!)..but if you're busy at work, or busy at home, or traffic, or you're busy binge-watching your favorite shows - hahahahaha! This might be the new wave of the future, right? Ordering your groceries online?

And I would imagine you would save a lot of money, since you would just buy what you actually need... might really work for dieting, too, since, well, if we're in the store, and be 'we', I mean 'me'...anyway, let's say I've got my grocery list, then I'm at the store, and I think, you know what, I'll just nick down the Candy Aisle, see if Chocolate is on sale (see how much I like Sale Chocolate - hahaha! Is it tastier, or just less expensive?? We'll never know! It's all gone, now - hahaha!)

Not that you couldn't just 'browse' for that, anyway... right? Me thinkin', now, o' course, where is the Sale Chocolate, online?? hahaha! But let's say you're you, and not me, and you have a LOT more self control than maybe ME do... so you order all the things you really wanted, and not just a whole cart full o' Wunderbars, on sale... hahahaha! Wouldn't THAT be fun - just a cartful of Sale Chocolate?? haha! Okay, clearly, me needs a treat! lol! : ) #SaleChocolate! Ha!

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