Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies for Shabbat

It is preparation day again! YAY!!!

For the last couple of weeks I have been preparing our Shabbat dessert. This week I made cookies.

Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: Makes about 5 dozen

Ingredients

* 3/4 cup butter, softened

* 3/4 cup granulated sugar

* 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

* 2 large eggs

* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

* 2 cups all-purpose flour

* 1 teaspoon baking soda

* 1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats

* 3/4 teaspoon salt

* 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels

* 1 cup raisins

Preparation:

Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until blended.

Combine flour, soda, oats, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in morsels and raisins. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.

Bake at 350° for 8 to 14 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

A Sunshine State Shabbat Dessert

It has really been hot here in the south. 

I decided to make a cool dessert for Shabbat.

Lemon Icebox Pie is a super easy recipe, and can be whipped up in no time =)

What you need:

• 1 package (8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 cup lemonade concentrate (or any flavor)
• 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 graham cracker crust (8-9 inches)
• large bowl
• spatula

The first thing you want to do, is beat the cream cheese until it is smooth.

Next, gradually beat in the sweetened condensed milk until it is blended well.

Now, beat in the lemonade concentrate.
and then

Fold in whipped topping...

That's it! Now just pour into your pie crust, cover and refrigerate, until set.

The original recipe calls for only one pie crust. I found we had enough for two :D

Shabbat Shalom Sisters!

Dog Training Maiden

Did you know that owning a pet can prolong your life expectancy up to 3 years? To make those enjoyable, some training might be useful. Do you know how to train a dog? Well, I didn't know how to either, until now... 

 

Why is it important to train your dog? From Scripture, we understand that Yahweh is pleased when things are done in order... "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way." ~1 Cor. 14:40 and Col. 3:23 says "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for YHWH, not for men..." so this is why I think training our pets is a good thing.

Here are a couple of "rules" to start with...

Always remember to use positive reinforcement, and be firm, but loving.

And never underestimate your dogs ability to learn.

Hebrew Blessing of the Bread

We are learning Hebrew, it was hard at first, but slowly we are progressing.

Here is a little video of the first part to the Hebrew Blessing of the Bread.

Garden Days

Hi, I am Halea. I just turned 13, and it is my desire to be a Torah Keeping Maiden of Yah! I also did not like being involved with the G.S. so, I am super exited about this club (blog). Thanks for letting me join!

I am waiting for my Keeper of the Home handbook.
So, I thought I would share with you some things I did in the garden...
I like to help my mom work in the garden.

Here we just collected lettuce and strawberries.

This is our growing garden...

We have lots of veggies and herbs planted in the picture above. And below is our corn and more herbs (although some of the seed we just planted, so they haven't sprouted yet.)

I helped my mom plant blueberry and thornless blackberry bushes.

Here is where my mom planted the Mammoth Sunflowers. I put the border in around them.

Then I did the clean up of the old dead leaves and grass.

I want to learn about gardening so that one day I will be able to provide food from my own yard, for my own family.