Recipe: Soft Instant Oatmeal Cookies

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There's nothing quite like a freshly baked cookie, warm from the oven.

Some people like them crisp and crunchy, some love a chewy cookie and others prefer a softer cookie.

I was lucky enough to be sent some instant oatmeal packs from Nature's Path, as well as the other cereals, and I knew just what I was going to do with some of them! 

Make cookies, of course!

The Nature's Path Oatmeal comes in 3 flavours, 

Original which is simply pure oats with a pinch of sea salt

Apple Cinnamon which contains chunks of dried apple and a hint of cinnamon

Maple Nut which has crunchy hazelnuts and a delicious maple flavour. 

The individual sachets make for a quick and easy hot breakfast 

and the 50g portions are the perfect amount for a filling meal.

Just pop them in a bowl in the microwave with 1/2-2/3C of water, stir and cook for 75 seconds or so.

To make them extra creamy, cook them in a mix of milk and water, adding a dash of milk at the end.

They're the perfect base for whatever toppings you desire, or eaten on their own!

But, back to the cookies!

These cookies are the ultimate quick and easy soft oatmeal cookie that are the perfect base for any addition you want to make. 

I went the traditional route and added raisins to half of my batch, however, they work perfectly with choc chips, nuts, dried fruits or just about any other mix ins you'd find in a cookie!

Soft and Simple Instant Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

makes 1 dozen large cookies

or 2 dozen smaller cookies 

 1C plain flour

1C instant oats

1C brown sugar

2 tbsp boiling water

1 tsp bicarb soda/baking soda

120g butter, chopped

1 tbsp maple syrup

Preheat oven to 180*C. Line 2-4 baking trays with baking paper (depending on cookie size)

In a bowl, combine flour, oats and brown sugar. 

Dissolve bicarb soda in boiling water and set aside.

In a small saucepan, stir butter and maple syrup over a medium heat until butter melts.

Take off the heat and stir in baking soda mixture, pour into dry ingredients and stir until well combined.

Roll heaped tablespoons (for large cookies) or heaped teaspoons (for small cookies) of the dough into balls, place 1 1/2 inches apart on the lined trays.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden, set aside on trays to cool completely.

And there you have it, a batch of delicious fresh from the oven cookies!

Try not to eat them all in one go ;)


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So tell me, 

What's your ultimate cookie like?

and what are your favourite mix ins? 

Kristy received Nature's Path products courtesy of Kadac Health Foods (www.kadac.com.au) 
If you'd like a review of your products, send an email to ksayerphotography@gmail.com

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Granola Breakfast Muffins and a bunch of breakfast goodies!

Breakfast is by far my favourite meal of the day.

I can't understand how people can say they just don't like breakfast.

If I started without it, I'd probably be a zombie for the rest of the day.

So, as you could imagine, I was super excited to receive the package from realgoodfood,
filled with breakfast goodies as well as a whole bunch of other fantastic products. 
So many products, in fact, they won't fit into the one post!
Plus, I also have a delicious recipe for you at the end of the post!

The Organic Oat Porridge is a Wheat Free Mix of Biodynamic and organic rolled oats, sultanas, apple and cinnamon.
It has no added oil, sugar or salt and is GMO free!


It can be made hot on the stove (or in the microwave) as a porridge, 
but now as the weather is warming up, I love to use it as a base for overnight oats!
Just mix up the oat porridge with milk or yogurt (or a combination of both) and leave it to soften in the fridge overnight.
In the morning, all you have to do is pull your breakfast out of the fridge, add any extra toppings you might like and eat up!
Fast, easy and delicious :)

The Choc Berry Street Mix is a fantastic snack to keep around and it's also Gluten Free!

This organic snack mix is filled with sultanas, almonds, cranberries, blueberries, goji berries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and delicious dark chocolate pieces.

The mix also makes a fantastic topping for oatmeal or overnight oats!

The Organic Street Mix is also gluten free 
 and filled with organic sultanas, almonds, sunflower kernels and pumpkin seeds.
It's a perfect on the go snack for when the hunger monster attacks!

The Organic Bircher Muesli is a wheat free mix of organic & biodynamic rolled oats, sultanas, dried apple, almonds and sunflower kernels.
Bircher muesli is a lot like overnight oats, some people like to soak theirs in fruit juices or water and top with milk or yogurt the next day, while others prefer to use milk or other combinations.
Ultimately, the decision is yours! Play around with different combinations until you find what you like!

You can get realgoodfood products from a variety of stockists across the country!

 Now, the recipe I promised!
As soon as I opened the Organic Toasted Muesli I was hit with the delicious aroma of honey and new it'd be perfect in baked goods!
It's a mix of organic & biodynamic rolled oats, sultanas, honey, sunflower kernels, almonds, barley malt, pear juice and orange.
It's delicious eaten as a cereal, but I decided I wanted to make a way for busy breakfast-haters to enjoy it too!

Thus, the breakfast muffin was born!
It's a perfect on the go breakfast that's fuss free and delicious!
The recipe is also completely adaptable, so it's easy to whip up with whatever you have at hand.


Muesli Breakfast Muffins 
makes 12 muffins or 6 extra large muffins


2 1/2C Flour (you can use white/whole wheat/GF/spelt)
2/3C Sugar (choose whatever sugar you prefer - white/brown/raw etc)
1C toasted muesli/granola + extra for topping
1 egg
1C fruit* 
1/4C vegetable oil 
1 1/4C milk 

Preheat oven to 180*C. Grease/spray muffin tins with oil or line with paper cases.
Combine flour, sugar and muesli in a bowl. 
Mix together egg, vegetable oil and milk and pour into dry ingredients. 
Stir in fruit and mix until just combined. 
Pour muffin batter into muffin tins and top with a sprinkle of extra muesli. 
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.


*For the fruit, I used a cup of leftover pie apple from a pie I had made earlier - just cooked apples mixed with a pinch of brown sugar and cinnamon 
You can use any fruit you like canned, fresh or frozen apple/pear/peaches/pineapple/blueberries etc.

So tell me, 
Are you a breakfast lover?
What's your go-to breakfast of choice?

Stay tuned for the other half of my review! It's packed full of delicious gluten free goodies :)

Kristy received these products courtesy of www.realgoodfood.com.au
If you'd like a review of your products, send an email to ksayerphotography@gmail.com 
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I have a confession, 

I am a super picky eater. 

I'm super precise in how I like my food and what I like, 

so when I got the opportunity to review Muesli4Me's muesli I jumped at the chance. 

Muesli4Me is an Australian company specialising in tasty, made-to-order muesli mixes. Create your own mix the way you like it - make it your way.

This was perfect for me! 

I often end up making my own muesli mixes as I can never find store bought muesli mixes with everything I want. 

Some mornings I just don't want almonds 

and others I might not want raisins.

I created my own K.I.S.S Blend

Keep

It

Simple

Stupid 

It also works because KISS are my initials :)

The first step in making the muesli is choosing the base. 

For me it was the 5 flake mix 

(rolled oats, rolled rye, rolled barley, rolled whole wheat and rolled triticale)

but they have everything from a chocoholic base to an asian base.

Then you have the choice to add grains, 

I decided to K.I.S.S but I was tempted by options like wheat and honey puffs and oat clusters.

Now for my favourite part, adding fruit! 

I decided that my muesli needed 

· dried apricot
· dri ed papaya
· dried currants
· dried blueberry
· sultanas

You then also have the choice to add nuts & seeds 

and extras like spices and chocolate chips. 

The muesli arrived to me super fast! 

Next day delivery fast!

My Muesli4Me is a perfect base blend for me

now I have the choice to add nuts and things myself each morning if I so desire.

I'd definitely try new combinations of muesli in the future

the chocoholic muesli sounds right up my alley as a dessert choice :P

You can easily make your own muesli at www.muesli4me.com.au

and tailor it to your own desires :) 

So tell me, 

What would be in your own muesli/cereal mix? 

Kristy was sent this muesli4me muesli courtesy of Muesli4Me.

If you'd like a review of your products, send an email to ksayerphotography@gmail.com

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some like salty

some like sweet

salty, sweet, salty, sweet, salty, sweet

how do you decide?

well, YOU MIX THEM TOGETHER! 

think, peanut butter and chocolate

think, maltesers and popcorn (seriously, you have to try it)

think, chocolate covered pretzels.

it's sweet saturday but I decided to twist it up, jussstt a little bit

after seeing a recipe on Carrots 'n' Cake that caught my attention

Salty Sweet Oatmeal Cookies

adapted from here

1 cup Rolled Oats

1/2 cup Plain Flour 

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 egg

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

1/4 cup Milk 

1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 180*C.

Combine all ingredients (except salt) in a mixing bowl. 

Drop tablespoons of batter onto a lined/greased cookie sheet.

Sprinkle tops of cookies with salt.

Bake for 12 - 15 minutes.

These cookies were super easy to make (and eat)

I ground the oats a little in the food processor before I started to keep a certain grain hater happy

and added about 1/4 cup currants.

You could definitely add any other dried fruit you like and I think chocolate chips would work wonders (especially white chocolate)

Keep in mind that these cookies are quite cake like - not your traditional cookie texture

and the salt on top may put some people off. 

But they get addictive

and they're really quite healthy :)

So tell me, 

are you a salty or sweet kinda person?

Have an AMAZING sweet saturday 

(and rest of your weekend!)
:)