Oatmeal Crispies...Three Ways and 4th Highlights!

Good morning!

I don't have any food pics of our 4th of July gathering :( bad blogger but I did want to share our highlights.  The food was delicious:  Sliders, coleslaw, veggies + dip, beer bread, Knock you naked Brownies and Almond Pound Cake Trifle.  We were stuffed.  My friend is a great host.   

 Here is our big group shot of my friend and her family!  I love all of them.  We had a wonderful time. 

My friend and I

Our silly girls

The boys setting off fireworks

Even though I am eating much better I'm not going to give up baking or chocolate chip cookies.  Life is too short!  I think it's much better to give in to your cravings, adjust portions or substitute when possible.  Sometimes that's really difficult to do, but I typically find that I'm okay with eating smaller dessert items once or twice a week.  I'm not tempted to binge or eat a whole bag of M&M's.  :) 

My friend got me hooked on making these and I have now had three versions of them.  All three are delicious but these are my current favorites.  I can't take credit....these are Pioneer Women's cookies.  They are so good.  These are Marlboro Man's favorites and you can't argue with a man in wrangler jeans! :)

Oatmeal Crispies

You can make them like the original or change them up a bit!

Version 1
Stir in a big bag of chocolate chips or 2 cups of morsels to the batter.

Version 2
Follow the recipe and add Peanut butter chips.

Version 3
Follow the recipe and add 2-3 square of semisweet chocolate or 1 cup of chocolate chip morsels and 1 pkg. of butterscotch chips.  My current favorite! 

Enjoy!

Carey