The Recipe Monthly debuts again

Up until August of 2004, I published a magazine that was sent out to a small handfull of subscribers (mostly family and friends) every four weeks. It was called The Recipe Monthly and here is how it worked: readers would send me their favorite recipes for or using a certain food that I had chosen and then I would compile, edit and format them in a nice little magazine all the subscribers would get that contained not only their own recipes but also a whole load of other great varieties to try. Then the whole process would repeat itself!

After 2 1/2 years I just about ran out of recipe topics, plus the amount of subscribers had dwindled so we (my aunt Jeanette who helped keep TRM going and I) decided it was a good time to stop. No, it wasn't a failure, only time to move on to other endeavors. Like sethwillard.com. So now that I have my own website, I want to renew the slogan "Good Food, Expressed" by sharing the best of The Recipe Monthly with you. Every month I will post a few recipes for you to try at home. They will come out of the corresponding issue for that month, starting with the debut issue of February 2002: Cookies!

Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 c. margarine

1/2 c. shortening

3/4 c. brown sugar

3/4 c. white sugar

1 c. crunchy peanut butter

2 eggs (well beaten)

3 c. flour

2 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 t. baking powder

Cream together margarine, shortening, sugars, and peanut butter. Add the beaten eggs. Sift together flour, soda, salt and baking powder and add to mixture, stirring well. Shape dough into balls balls and roll them in white sugar. Place on cookie sheet and flatten with a fork or potato masher. Bake at 375º for 10 minutes.

Makes 4-5 dozen.

Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

Combine in a mixing bowl:

1/2 c. shortening

1/3 c. white sugar

1/3 c. brown sugar

1 egg

1 t. vanilla

Combine the following in a small bowl and add to above.

1 c. flour

1/2 t. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. soda

1/2 c. oats

Stir in 1 cup coconut. Bake at 375º for 9-12 minutes.

Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

1-1/2 c. butter flavoured Crisco®

1-3/4 c. brown sugar

2 T. vanilla

1/2 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 T. milk

Mix together the above in a large bowl. Sift together:

3-1/2 c. flour

2 t. soda

1-2 t. salt

Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture. Stir in 2 cups chocolate chips.

Bake at 350º for 12 minutes.

Turtles

2 squares unsweetned chocolate, melted or 1/3 c. cocoa

1/3 c. butter

1/2 c. sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1 c. flour

Mix altogether in a bowl. Drop by large tablespoonfuls onto medium-hot waffle iron and close iron. Cook about 1 minute. Let cool and then frost with green colored frosting. Don’t they look like turtles?

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Coming up: March Muffin Mania!

{No you don't have to send recipes to me; everything is taken care of. wink}

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Note: the image of the first TRM shown above is slightly different than the actual cover.

Sorry about the inconsistency...