THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES from The Café Sucre Farine

This recipe comes from The Café Sucre Farine. These aren't anywhere near the "best", in my opinion but they're decent. I give them 4 stars. Still, I wouldn't recommend them or make them again because of the strong butter flavor. I made half, used almost 1 c. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips and got 33 1 T./1.5" diameter dough balls. I used a scant 1/2 t. fine/table salt and it was perfect. I made the mistake of following directions and mixed this up by hand, not by mixer, and it was very hard on my hand and arm, so use a mixer. The dough spreads out properly and mine baked in 8.5 minutes. 

I give these 3 stars.

BAKED (APPLE CINNAMON) OATMEAL from Taste of Home

This is very good and comes from Taste of Home. It's basically cake that's made with oats and no flour. I made half in a 1.5 qt. stoneware baking dish. I baked it 35 minutes but I think it could have taken a few minutes less as the edges browned more than I wanted. I added one peeled and finely chopped apple and added 1/4 c. finely ground toasted pecans and 1/2 t. vanilla extract. In place of butter I used Blue Bonnet spread, which is salted. Because of that the salt level is perfect.

I give this 5 stars.

CREAMY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP from Yummly

 

This comes from Yummly. It says it makes four servings but I got three using 21 oz. bowls, which is what I wanted. The amount of salt and pepper wasn't given but should have been for the salt. It used at least 1/4 t. fine salt. I don't think two cups of cooked noodles would have been enough for over 5 c. of liquid. I used almost 4 oz. of medium egg noodles and it was perfect. That's almost two cups UNCOOKED and they appeared to increase in volume by at least 50%. I used broth in place of 1 c. milk to cut calories. I don't like poultry seasoning so I used thyme and oregano and left out the bay leaf too. I also added about 1/2 c. frozen peas. I added 3/8 t. garlic powder too.

I give this three stars for several reasons. I like how my soup turned out and I cooked my pasta in the soup. The recipe tells you to cook them separately but why? Makes no sense at all.