Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

Whenever I decide to bake something, it's mostly because I have nothing to do. I can't stay idle for a long time because I get bored easily. Last Saturday was one of those this-boredom-is-killing-me days. If you're familiar with the site, Tumblr, you'll know that you're frequently exposed to photos of delicious food. The most common photos are that of Chocolate Chip Cookies. Since I was too lazy to stop by the local baking goods store, I didn't have any chocolate chips. I decided to use Ricoa Flat Tops instead. I grew fond of those little treats because of a classmate of mine. When we hung out at her boarding house, she offered us some. I fell in love. I thought, I definitely need to put this in a cookie!

It's inexpensive and it tastes good, so why not?

That's the story behind this recipe:

Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

yields 38 cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter (softened)

3/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 baking powder

1/2 baking soda

1 cup Ricoa Flat Tops (chopped)

1 cup quick cooking oatmeal

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, sift flour, baking powder and soda together. Afterwards, pour in oatmeal. Mix well.

2. Cream butter in a mixing bowl. Add sugar. When well blended, add egg and vanilla.

3. Slowly stir in flour mixture into the mixing bowl. Blend well, then add the chopped chocolate.

4. On an ungreased cookie sheet, place one tablespoon of dough. Leave an inch or so of space in between each cookie dough. Flatten the dough with a spoon.

5. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the edges of the cookies turn golden brown.

Notes: I don't have an oven thermometer, so I can't specify the temperature of the oven. The heat was set a notch above low though.

Beginnings

Blogging isn't foreign to me. I actually started blogging in 2007 because of our Practical Arts class. It soon turned into my online diary. When I grew tired of it, I turned it into a literary folio of sorts. You can visit it, if you'd like. You might want to check it out if you're an avid reader who has time to spare.

Anyway, I decided to make this food blog because I wanted to emulate that project that was done by Julie in the movie, Julie & Julia. Although I will not attempt to cook/bake something everyday for a year (well, I might try in the future), I would like to have a place where I can keep the photos and recipes of the food I make. If I get some readers, I'd really love to interact with them. It's exciting to meet people who share the same passion as you do. Don't be shy to leave me a comment or you could contact me through e-mail: jemmdeleon[at]yahoo[dot]com.

As for what to expect, I will be posting recipes of baked goodies, mostly. I'm not so good when it comes to preparing real meals. I will try from time to time though. I would also like to say that not all of the recipes that will be posted here aren't mine. I will try my best to label whether or not a recipe is mine or not. Of course, I will leave proper credit for the borrowed recipes.

What else? Oh, maybe I should explain the title of this blog: Jemm's Sugar House. Let's just say it's a tribute to my childhood dream of opening my own bakeshop. I'm not sure who suggested the name, but I know the idea was of one of my relatives. If ever I do open my bakeshop, I would definitely use it as its name. I'm not good at naming things, so it'll do. Also, it's nice when something has a little history to it.

That's all for now.