TEATIME

MONDAY RECIPE POST - OATMEAL CRANBERRY WHITE CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

I saw this recipe on the back of a packet of Craisins (Dehydrated Cranberries).  Whether it is still there, I don't know as I saved it back in 2010 and have made them several times since.  

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies 

Makes approximately 2-1/2 dozen. 

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup Craisins (Dried Cranberries)
2/3 cup white chocolate chunks or chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Using an electric mixer beat butter or margarine with sugar together in a medium bowl until light and fluffy.  

Add eggs, mixing well.  

Combine oats, flour, baking soda and salt in a separate mixing bowl.  

Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition.  

Stir in Craisins (Dried Cranberries) and white chocolate chunks.  

Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.  

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.  

Cool on wired rack.  

Makes approximately 2-1/2 dozen cookies.

Result?  Very, very nice, especially with a cup of tea.  The first time I made them (as shown in these photos), I didn't actually use any chocolate.  I had everything else in the pantry and didn't want to go to the store just for that one ingredient.  They still tasted great.  We enjoyed them so much I now make them without, but chocolate lovers out there, go for it.

I have also used raisins instead of the Craisins.

I was careful with my tea (famous last words).  I don't usually put it quite so close to my laptop, just long enough for the photo.  The cup is a double.  There are times when you just have to use the bigger cup. (The photo is an old one taken at Meadowlark Gardens.)

Thanks for looking and enjoy your week!

JOIN ME FOR A CUPPA!

I have been having fun with tea while I sip my own.  The picture below is from Pinterest, and the rest I found on Pixabay.  The poems and quotes I have had in my collection for a long time, as I enjoy reading them.

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 

~C.S. Lewis~

“Wouldn’t it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn’t have tea?” 

~Noel Coward~

“What better way to suggest friendliness and to create it than with a cup of tea?” 

~J. Grayson Luttrell~

“My dear, if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.” 

~Charles Dickens~

“I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea.” 

~Lu Tong~

“Ecstasy is a glass of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.” 

~Alexander Pushkin~

"It seems in some cases kind nature hath planned that names with their callings agree, for Twining the tea-man that lives in the Strand, would be “wining” deprived of his T." 

 ~Theodore Hook~

"We had a kettle, we let it leak:

Our repairing made it worse.

We haven't had any tea for a week....

The bottom is out of our universe."

~Rudyard Kipling~

"When the world is all at odds

And the mind is all at sea,

Then cease the useless tedium  

And brew up a cup of tea.

There is magic in its fragrance,

There is solace in its taste,

And the laden moments vanish

Somehow into space.

The world becomes a lovely thing,

There's beauty as you'll see,

All because you briefly stopped

To brew a cup of tea."

~Author Unknown~

"Remember the tea kettle, it is always up to its neck in hot water, yet it still sings!"

~Author Unknown~

"Willing friends who love to sit and share

Grateful hearts in each friend who cares
A beautiful garden to sit in and enjoy

Memories of times shared throughout the years
Lots of smiles and laughter to brighten up a day
While passing on a kindness along life’s highway.

And a few friends to share a special cup of tea

Truly makes this a perfect recipe."    

~Anonymous~

"Teatime is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings."

~Leticia Baldridge~

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as Afternoon Tea."

~Henry James~
from 
The Portrait of a Lady

I hope you have enjoyed our cup of tea together.  Mine is calling and I must go. 

Enjoy your day my friends, and thanks 
for stopping by.

A FEW TEA QUOTES AND PHOTOS FROM OUR HOLIDAY LAST MAY

These were in two glass cases on Deck 10 in the buffet area (when on the Alaskan Cruise last May).  The artist who created them was Pavlos Dionyssopoulas from Greece.  The date on the card in front of the case was 1999.

You can find out about the artist at this link.

Today I'd like to sit and sip,

Forget the world a little bit,

Ignore the things I have to do,

And just enjoy a cup or two.

When your day is topsy-turvy,

And as busy as can be,

There's nothing quite as calming

As a nice hot cup of tea.

Teapot is on, the cups are waiting,

Favorite chair anticipating.

No matter what I have to do

My friend, there's always time for you.

It's Tea O'clock somewhere!

Tea, a hug in a mug.

The telling of a story, 

Like virtually everything in this life,

Was always made all the easier 

By a cup of tea.  

~Alexander McCall Smith~.

I expect I shall feel better after a cup of tea.

~P.G. Wodhouse~

The tea is calling and I must go!

Have a great day everyone!