Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 c. All Purpose Flour

1/2 c. Whole Wheat Flour

1 tsp. Salt

1/2 tsp. Baking Soda

1/2 c. Butter (1 stick)

1/4 c. Shortening

1/2 c. Sugar

1/2 c. Brown Sugar

1 Egg

1/2 tsp. Vanilla

1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Nutmeg

2 Bananas, mashed

1 3/4 c. Quick Oats

1/2 c. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

I prefer to sift my flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside. 

Beat the butter, shortening, sugars, egg and vanilla together in a large bowl. Add spices and bananas, beat till smooth. Beat in dry mixture slowly.

 Finish by stirring in oats and chips. 

Spoon on to ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375* for 13-15 minutes.

This recipe gave me 32 good sized cookies.

Our Mother's Day Mimosas!

Looks yummy, right?

We earned these today. 

I have yet to sleep through the night with my four month old. We are at two or three feedings per night. And being home in New York has thrown my 2 year's world out of whack! He's constantly having a tantrum (screaming on the top of his lungs) it seems. ugh. Yes he's two, but I get so stressed out!

Between prepping both her boys for prom and being woken up multiple times with my crazy two year old last night, my mother needed a little something.

Needless to say, we relaxed by sipping these while the wee ones napped.

On with the "recipe"

You will need a spumante champagne, orange juice, pomegranate juice, and strawberries. In preparation, make some pomegranate juice ice cubes. We used little rubber ones that were fruit shapes! 

I put a few of the cubes in my glass, then added a little orange juice and a lot of champagne. ha, I said it! To finish it off, I placed some strawberry slices to top-Beautiful & Yummy!

Cheers, Happy Mother's Day!

Left to right, me, mom, Mo & Zoe, my niece