Using your Quick Oats

We are going to start doing a recipe a month to help you use your food storage; also so you have something you know how to make if there is an emergency.  This recipe is yummy and great for the fall season because of the pumpkin!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

·                                 Prep: 10 min. Bake: 15 min.

·                                 Yield: 48 Servings

Ingredients

·                         1 cup butter, softened

·                         3/4 cup sugar

·                         3/4 cup packed brown sugar

·                         1 egg

·                         1 teaspoon vanilla extract

·                         2 cups all-purpose flour

·                         1 cup quick-cooking oats

·                         1 teaspoon baking soda

·                         1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

·                         1 cup canned pumpkin

·                         1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

·                         In a bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin. Fold in chocolate chips.

·                         Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-13 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4 dozen.

From Taste of Home Magazine

Four-Step Home Storage Approach

STEP 1: 3-Month Supply
Gradually build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet until it is sufficient for three months

STEP 2: Drinking Water
Store drinking water for circumstances in which the water supply may be polluted or disrupted.

STEP 3: Finacial Reserve
Establish a financial reserve by setting aside a little money each week, and gradually increase it to a reasonable amount

STEP 4: Longer-Term Supply
Once families have achieved the first three objectives, they are counseled to expand their efforts, as circumstances allow, into a supply of long-term basic foods such as grains, legumes, and other staples." 


“The first step is to begin. The second is to continue. It doesn’t matter how fast we get there so much as that we begin and continue according to our abilities.” Bishop H. David Burton