oatmeal crispies

Truly a crowd pleaser! Baking is one of my most favorite pastimes, and I try to do it when I can (despite having access to the best kitchen/resources)

Oatmeal Crispies:
you'll need...
1 cup shortening/crisco (1 stick)
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup regular sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract*
1 & 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups oatmeal
handful of peacans (chopped) or some other nut
Wax paper

1- cream together in your kitchenaid/mixer the shortening, sugars, eggs, & extract
2- mix dry ingredient together (minus nuts & oatmeal)
3- add dry ingredients to the wet ones
4- chop nuts if necessary (this is how I roll: I put them in a bag them slam them with my fist, pretending it is a person I don't like... haha!)
5- add nuts & oats to mixture

Okay, so here's where it gets funky:
6- divide dough into three balls
7- roll out some wax paper
8- Shape each ball to resemble a roll (about 8 inches long, 2-3 inches thick)
9- Wrap each roll individually in wax paper, put in fridge
10- Go do something for about 1 hour...
11- Take rolls out, cut cookies about 1/4 inch thick
12- Bake 350 degrees for 10 minutes

*source: pioneer woman
also, the org. recipe doesn't say almond, but I get sick of vanilla...

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The mission of Womanist Today is to promote a positive yet nurturing lifestyle for women primarily through art, education and an array of shared experiences with our network of women who believe that change begins at the core foundation: The Home. Through the arts and communication we aim to liberate ourselves spiritually, with art; mentally, with education; emotionally, with honesty; physically, with love!!!

Ideas we have:
•Share this knowledge with those across the board. Of course womanism would not exist without feminism, but it is the evolved movement.
•As much as we encourage "girl power," womanism is not a movement that seeks to model the patriarchal system of our country. Nor do we intend on creating a division of matriarchal schemes. A womanist is to a feminist, as a caterpillar is to a butterfly.
•We don’t seek to have pompous worlds of academia attitudes (we aim to keep this blog at middle school reading level!)
•Domestic Divas! Roles at home!

Questions that Arlene/Katie will answer in the future:
•What is a womanist?
•Who coined this term?
•What does it mean today?
•Why is womanism important?
•How can joining this movement change the lives of young women? (Taking initiative. Caring for our homes, our families and our community)

This blog will deal with what it means to be a womanist. A person who starts at the most crucial foundation: the home.

how did this come to be?

•Good question! Okay, well, it was like all good ideas- completely spontanious!
•Arlene and Katie were enjoying a good phone call like always- Katie in Provo, Utah for an internship, and Arlene in New York- just finishing a day of work...
A: "I just cannot believe people today..."
K: "I know, there is just so much negativity"
....
•So, we're sick of hearing ugly things. We're done with the horrible images, attitudes, and words. Done done.
•We want something good. Something beautiful. We want GOOD NEWS, and pictures/experiences of pretty things.
•So womanist today is not just a political blog about what it means to be a womanist (more on that later) it is a CELEBRATION.
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Welcome to womanist today, a positive place where womanhood/girlhood (whatever you wanna call it) is a PARTY. Good times!

welcome.

•Welcome readers, welcome to Womanist Today. This blog is a dream-become-reality for two friends Arlene and Katie.
•A little background is in order... so long story short, Arlene and Katie met their freshman year of college at Sarah Lawrence in New York. The two became friends instantly with mutual interests in the domestic arts (ya know... cooking, baking, scrapbooking, organizing, etc...).

Arlene & Katie. Spring 2006.

•As life has a way with people the two were sadly separated in the spring of 2006 when Katie (that's me) transferred to a school closer to home. But, the two vowed to stay close- and they have, with clandestine trips here and there-

uh oh! trouble...

•Currently the two are entering their senior year of undergrad. With busy schedules, but lots of opinions, ideas, and thoughts to share the two decided to start this blog not just for themselves, but for others... and why, and what is "womanist today," well that my friends... is another post-