Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Happy 11th Birthday, Miss Daisy-Mae!




Today, Miss Daisy is 11 years old. She was born August 19, 1998.
Happy Birthday my Daisy girl!

BTW, for those of you who may notice, those reins *were* new...picture taken about a month ago. They were new and in-use until the day Daisy took off galloping with me using the reins on a halter and the snaps broke :-(...

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About a month ago I bought a box of "All Bran" the cereal, or w/e it's called, and a jar of molasses. Today, I put them to use. I made carrot and molasses bran cookies.

I almost got sick while I was making them. My stomach still feels funny now, just looking at the cookies. The molasses had the most disgusting smell EVER. I really felt like I was gonna lose my lunch :-P. I found the recipe here. The recipe is:

  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup bran
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 1 cup grated carrots or apple
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees and oil two cookie sheets.

Put aside a small bowl of white sugar and a drinking glass with a flat bottom.

In a large bowl mix all the ingredients thoroughly. The mixture shouldn’t be too wet, and should stick together.

Add more flour to make the mixture firmer and hold together if necessary. Drop by teaspoonfuls, about 1 ½ inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Grease the bottom of the glass, dip it in the sugar, and stamp the cookies to flatten them slightly. Bake for about 10 minutes. This makes about 25 cookies, depending on the size. Store in an air-tight container or bag.

I probably should have asked you horse people if you had a recipe...one NOT involving molasses. EW. The cookies turned out ok...they look strange, and although they described them as "crunchy" mine seem more like "rubbery" :-P but I did the ultimate test: I gave one to Daisy. And she ate it with gusto, nodding her head up and down like she does when she REALLY like something and licking her lips...well, as long as she eats them. :-P I have a mounted 4H Yautzy Road Yahoos meeting tonight (I'M RIDING BUBBA AGAIN!!!) so I'm considering taking some for the horses there...but don't want to be laughed at in case those horses don't like it. :-P


BTW, if you make the recipe, you WILL need to add more flour. Either that, or less molasses, I guess...


5 comments:

Sarah said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAISY MAE!!!!!!!!

ew those cookies look nasty, lol. I'm sorry you had to make them.

Anika said...

Happy Birthday Daisy from me, too!

Anika said...

ummm i never commented ^^ ohh, i think that was your mom. lol, well happy belated birthday!

Anika said...

and also, that first picture is superrrrrrrr cute!

Anika said...

OH AND, when i used to make treats for oreo, they had molasses in them too, but i dint think it was that bad lol it just doesnt tASte that goood

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