Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Swooning with fall obsession.

First off, I would just like to state that these 'cookies' are anything but your everyday humble cookie. In fact, it's kind of bothering me that I have failed to come up with a better word than cookie. Pumpkin Oatmeal Dreamboats? Pumpkin Oatmeal Tasties? Fantasies? Divinities? Succulents? Confections? 

Oooh yeah..... Pumpkin Oatmeal Confections.

That sure has a nice ring to it. Well now that the name debacle has been solved, I can get on with this thang!

So, yesterday I was in the cookie making mood, and was also really wanting my house to smell like Fall, since well, in my mind, it already is Fall. Of course, this also gave me a reason to browse on Pinterest for a good time, you know, to find a deserving recipe! After I finally came across the right one, I was ready to start baking!

I wrote out the recipe I found here, and headed towards the kitchen. Once I got in there, I remembered the cans of organic pumpkin I had in the cupboard, just waiting to be eaten. And then it hit me--

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies Confections! Oh yes! I did!

I LOVE this stuff!! I like to use it in brownies in place of butter.... they are amazing!!

Anyways, I gathered all the ingredients, and then started playing with the recipe. I swapped the regular sugar for brown, upped the vanilla, added coconut, and of course, pumpkin. 

Also, can I just say what a revelation sea salt is in sweets?? I mean, it has to be one of my most favorite things to put in cookies now. Instead of a "1/2 tsp salt", I just give my sea salt grinder a few twists, and it turns those cookies into perfection. Seriously. You take a bite of this delectable sweet cookie, and what's that? A spark on the back of your tongue of salty goodness. It turns your ordinary cookie into a firework show on your taste buds! Yeah, it's that good.

Here are most of the fixings-- I forgot to round up the salt and the butter in this photo.

I digress.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

 In mixer bowl on medium speed, cream together your butter, pumpkin, and sugar. Once fluffy, add vanilla, and eggs, and then milk.

(Make sure you scrape down the sides of the bowl in between each step.)

In separate bowl, stir together all of your dry ingredients. Ie. flour, oats, coconut, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg.

Pour about half of the dry mixture into your wet mixture, and mix for about 30 seconds, then add in the remaining dry and stir until fully incorporated.

Look at that beautiful orange cookie dough! Yumm!!

At this point, all that's needed is some time in the oven, and then into your mouth! Ha! I'd say between 11 and 15 minutes, depending on your humidity/elevation and all that jazz. Once they get a good stay in the hot box (and your house is smelling incredible at this point!), it's time to enjoy!!

Can't you just smell them now? Oh I bet you wish!

I hope you are as excited as I am about these. Trust, you will love them! 

Let me know what you all think about these beauties. And get geared up for Fall-- these would be the perfect thing to bring to a Fall party! 

Walk the Talk

Talking only gets you so far.

For those of you who don't know me, I am a dreamer. A dreamer, a planner, and certainly sometimes a talker. Actually, not sometimes; quite often. I tend to spend a lot of my time, thinking up and imagining all the things I would like to do in my life.

.........but not actually doing them.

Now this is something I have recently come to notice, and I am not particularly proud of it. 

Have I become a bullshitter?

A person that sits around, talking all the time about the things they plan to do, and want to do, but never actually do them? 

Oh sad realization...... I have indeed became a bullshitter. 

Well not anymore! 

I don't want to be that person.

No. I WILL NOT be that person!

So what, you may ask, do I intend to do about this situation?

That is a very good question my friend--

No longer am I going to have a list of things I want, but instead, I'm building a list of things I will have, will do, or will see. 

No longer am I going to plan on storing food, or someday learn to can. NO! I'm going to start storing and learning to can now!

It's so easy for us to talk about the things we want in life, but when it comes time to actually do what it takes to make those things happen, it seems that there is always something (usually ourselves) holding us back. You get exactly what you put into something, so if you give up mentally before you even try, then you aren't going accomplish much of anything.

I'm tired of making excuses as to why things haven't gone in the direction I've wanted them to. So I'm going to stop doing that. As of right now, I am making a promise to myself that no matter how big the dream I have, if I really want it, I WILL make it happen. 

And you know what? You can too!