Thanksgiving Hangover pt 2

so after thanksgiving i always seem to end up with one cup left of pumpkin. not a full can, not an empty can, but half of a can. i hate waisting food so here is what to do with that cup of pumpkin.
for these VEGAN PUMPKIN OATMEAL COOKIES you need

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/3 quick cook oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 dash pumpkin pie spice
1 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup oil
2 tablespoon molasses
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup raisins
1 cup shredded coconut

preheat over to 35o degrees. in a bowl stir together the flour, oats, baking soda, salt and spices. put that bowl aside. in a separate bowl, mix together the sugar, oil, molasses, pumpkin, and vanilla. add the flour mixture to the wet mixture. then add the raisins and coconut. scoop tablespoons of dough onto a greased cookie sheet. using your palm, push down each ball of dough, flattening the cookies. bake for 17 minutes and enjoy!

Pumpkin Cookies.

these are absolutely delish. light, fluffy, and pumpkiny. a perfect way to celebrate Halloween/fall/pumpkin patches. you need:

2.666 sticks butter. (2 sticks, and then 2/3 of a stick. mixing it up today by using decimals)

2 cups light brown sugar

1 cup dark brown sugar

4 eggs

1 normal sized can of pumpkin (if you are unsure what that is, go into the can isle and look at all the cans. you want a can of pumpkin that size)

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

4 cups whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup golden raisins

cream room temp butter and the brown sugars. add the eggs, pumpkin, vanilla and mix. in a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture. then stir in the walnuts and raisins. bake at 375' for 15 mins. enjoy!

A Broken Heart

my heart was recently broken. by one of my favorite things. i never thought peanut butter or cookie dough could let me down, but today they did. it started off as a routine trip to the supermarket. there i discovered a brand of peanut butter i have never tried, PB Loco. i had read about their peanut creations in Everyday with Rachael Ray and decided to give them a try. i selected peanut butter with chocolate chip cookie dough because that sounds amazing. i imagined it like cookie dough ice cream, but instead of vanilla there would be peanut butter sprinkled with big globs of chocolate chip cookie dough. my soul was crushed when i opened up that jar. i discovered something more like the people in the peanutubutter factory dumped peanuts and cookie dough into a blender. the chocolate had taken over every inch of the butter, and i could find no globs of cookie dough to pick out. it was a sad day. and now i have this jar i do not want to eat. sad sad.