Quaker Oats Has The Best Recipe For Oatmeal Cookies, "Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies"

I enjoy making oatmeal raisin cookies. I have tried several different recipes throughout the years and I have found this one to be the best by far. I will share this recipe with you. If you happen to have a container of their oatmeal there is a great chance that if you take off the lid of the container it just may be printed on the inside of the lid. I have learned that if I bake with raisins I choose to use golden raisins. They just taste better to me when baking instead of using the dark raisins. I like to take the raisins and steep them in some hot water to plump them up before using them in the recipe. I also like adding the golden raisins when I make rice pudding too.
VANISHING OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES (recipe created by Quaker Oats)
1/2 pound (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup raisins

Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat together margarine/butter and sugars until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, mix well.
Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack.
yields 4 dozen
BAR COOKIES: bake 30 to 35 minutes in ungreased 13 x 9 inch metal baking pan.

I prefer using butter, I do not use margarine or even consume it or cook with it. When I use flour I like to use unbleached flour. I also like using parchment paper when baking cookies. I think it keeps them from burning and I find they bake more even. I also like using the cookie scoop when placing the cookie dough onto the baking sheet. I find it is even distribution  in the amount being placed on the cookie sheet and it is rounded also so it makes an even, uniform cookie.

Correction, Not All Burger Kings Do Not Serve Decaf Coffee. I Found One That Still Does Brew Decaf Coffee.

Well, I was traveling yesterday and stopped at a Burger King and was pleasantly surprised that they brewed a fresh cup of decaf coffee for me. It was a bit strong tasting for me so I asked if I could add some hot water to it to weaken the taste/strength of the cup of coffee. They obliged me in this and I enjoyed my cup of decaf coffee while driving on the road trip I took.
If life could be as simple as placing an order at a restaurant and then getting what you ordered and then you are about your journey. Life can throw you a curve ball or two or three or more. What will you do with it? You can either choose to let it knock you down or you can reach out for the curve ball and catch it and then run to make a home run for the team. What will you do today? Walk with certainty that everything you planned out for your life will happen just like you want it to happen on your timeline OR will you trust in God to continue to direct your path and lead you to where you are suppose to be? That is the question I present to you today to think about and ponder.

Burger King, "Have It Your Way!" I Think Not When It Comes To Ordering Decaf Coffee. This Is My Experience...

So sorry to report this to you, it is something I recently discovered. On occasion I like to order a decaf coffee in the morning. Until recently, that is what I thought I was getting when I would place the order. I was in another state recently and ordered the decaf coffee and I was told that that particular Burger King no longer sold decaf coffee on the menu. It did not do well on the menu so they no longer served it. I then ordered another decaf at another location the other day in a different state. Thank you to the person that took the order for me when they shared with me they no longer serve decaf coffee. Well, just a few weeks ago I ordered it from that location and I was never told that they do not sell decaf coffee (let me be fair in this for maybe they did sell decaf coffee up until a few weeks ago.) This person gave me a warning for future ordering of decaf coffee. They told me to be cautious when ordering decaf for it may just be regular coffee with water added to it to weaken it. That is not acceptable when one thinks they are getting decaf and it really is not decaf but watered down caffeinated coffee, what is the deal with that? The Burger King slogan use to be "Have it your way" if my memory serves me correct.
I tried the regular coffee and it was strong so back I went through the drive-through to return the coffee. I am on the one hand disappointed that I may have been dealt with in a not so honest way in the past when ordering decaf coffee and on the other hand I am thankful to the person that waited on me with honesty. Has our society grown so dependent on caffeine so to speak that the one who is not dependent on caffeine has to suffer for that? Just my thoughts...Burger King please bring back decaf coffee for the people that enjoy a cup of coffee just not with caffeine in it.