The Christmas Song
Lyrics by Mel Torme

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody knows a turkey and some
Mistletoe help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies
On his sleigh
And ev'ry mother's
Child is gonna spy to see if
Reindeer really know how to fly
And so, I'm offering this
Simple phrase to kids from One to ninety-two
Altho' it's been said many times
Many ways;

"Merry Christmas to you"

70's Oatmeal Walnut Cookies

It's been a while after my previous post. I've been flat out re-organizing my time since my dad being hospitalized and I went overseas to attent an exhibition. Not to mentioned my son's nanny went back to her "KAMPUNG" for slightly more than 2 weeks. But glad they were over...*fiuhhh*

Now I'm back to my baking mood. Looking for something to accompany my lovely afternoon in front of my MAC :), I found this unique recipe. According to the one who post it, this is quite famous during 70's when she was very very young. And it took her a while to find out what's in it to make the texture so special. When I read it for the first time, it says that the cookies is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, well I came to think of it why don't give it a try since it doesn't take too much effort anyway.

To my surprise, the result was superb. Chocolate chip cookies are not longer my fave :)
Herewith, I present you my new fave cookies:

Ingredients:
1 Cup Butter
1 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Cup White Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 Cup Crushed Corn Flakes
1 Cup Walnut, chopped
1 Cup Quick Cooking Oatmeal
4 Cup Flour
1 TBS Baking Soda
1/2 TSP Salt
2 TSP Vanilla Extract

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 175C
2. Cream Butter, Sugars & Egg
3. Add Oil
4. Mix in all dry ingredients
5. Add in Vanilla Extract
6. Take a spoonful and form into a walnut sized balls.
7. Place on baking sheet and flatten with a fork dipped in water
8. Bake for 10-12 mins
9. Transfer wire racks

Note: Since Brown Sugar is quite hard to find, you can always substitute with white sugar but be careful with the moist of the dough. If you planning to do the above, here what you need to do to obtain a chewy cookies :
1. Reduce the flour to 3.5 Cups
2. Add 1 more smaller size egg.