I am all about granola over here, and that is most definitely a Good Thing!
I won a blogger giveaway! Jennifer hosted a giveaway of FEED Granola on her blog, She’s A Fit Chick, and I won!! (I never win anything, I was so excited!)
I like this company – a couple guys in New York, using all natural ingredients to make a tasty granola:
Looks delicious, yes? Yes. Thanks, Jennifer! I was so excited to win!
More granola! Remember those cookies I made for Whit’s auction? (The recipient loved them…) 
Well, I also bid on an item on auction – White Chocolate Currant Granola from Julie at Savvy Eats.
Julie makes some fabulous granola – I am so happy I bid on this item!! So tasty yum! Thank you Julie, this is delicious and Jason and I are LOVING it!
In one of my favorite deli cups, in ceramic form, to remind me of the city I love so much…
There is a recipe I’ve been wanting to try sometime, purely out of interest in the final result. I couldn’t make dinner for my friend and not bring along dessert, so this was a perfect time to try it. The recipe?
One box cake mix (I used gluten free)
one half container Cool Whip
one egg
I picked up a box of Betty Crocker’s gluten free yellow cake mix, and I used my Ener-G egg replacer.
The don’t recall where I heard of this recipe (I found a note in my phone with these three ingredients – that’s all!) so I didn’t know if I was to thaw the cool whip. So I didn’t. The dough was very sticky, and in my metal mixing bowl, very cold!
I dusted my hands with powdered sugar and rolled dough about 3/4 to 1 inch each, placed two inches apart on a Silpat lined cookie sheet.
Baked at 350 for 12 minutes.
These taste good! My original phone note said chocolate cake mix, but I wanted a light vanilla flavor and that’s what I got! They are crispy crunchy and very light and airy. I made nine cookies, and still had about half the dough mixture – into the fridge it went.
Pretty easy recipe, now that I know the result (and where to find cool whip in the grocer!), I will make these again… I imagine non gluten free folks could use any cake mix and make many cookie flavors.
With the other half of the dough, I added these:
There it is. That did it! These are amazing – added strawberry sweetness without giving up that light and crunchy texture.
I rolled this batch in powdered sugar, so they look like crackle cookies.
We have friends that live on the top floor of a condo in the Pearl District – that’s where we spent the evening of July 4th. They have a huge deck which gives many great views of our beautiful city.
Fireworks!
Happy Friday, everyone! Have a fabulous weekend!
…and HEY! Last chance to get in on Camille’s giveaway! She has Clif bars (my favorite flavor!) and a fun Yosemite mug… and her blog is fun too, go read! :)
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The cookies look great! I love that you did a small batch too. Great portion control.
If I know I won’t have much help eating what I bake, I will half a recipe also.
And you’ve done it again! The strawberries were a touch of genius. I think you should consider opening a gluten free, vegan bakery! I’ll do your marketing.
SOUNDS GREAT – Let’s Do It !!
I’ve actually thought about this… for quite a while…
Dude, if you guys do that, I’m so buying everything you make.
WOW those cookies look yummmmmy!! Congrats on your win too babe! I love Jennifer – her site is so cute! And that other granola? I would devour that within seconds, be sure of it lol (:
they were BOTH delicious… and yes, the white chocolate? NOM!
Congrats on winning a giveaway! I never win stuff
What a gorgeous view! I am so excited to get to Oregon, I’m basically just counting down the days now!
I know, I never win either… maybe I’m on a roll …
You are going to LOVE Oregon!!
Those cookies look amazing. I love how you added strawberries to them.
I see that cake mix at the grocery store all the time but have hesitated to buy it because it got bad reviews, but I’m gonna have to pick some up next time I’m shopping so I can try this recipe. =)
hmm.. I hadn’t even researched it – what did the reviews say? I don’t know if I can accurately say good or bad, since I made cookies and in a really weird way!
I’ve been looking for it since I’d heard about it, and JUST found it.
this recipe? so easy, so GOOD!
I’d love to hear how it goes for you!
I think they said it was mealy, dry, and sort of grainy, like cornbread? I liked their chocolate cake mix, though, so I’m hopeful about the yellow. =)
I’ll definitely let you know how it turns out.
Oh goodness….I am drooling over here! I love adding strawberries to cookies and muffins that I make. Add some banana soft serve and make a nice strawberry short cake!
LOVES IT!
xxoo
Does Jennifer really have blog branded Post-it notes?? She would…haha.
And if you’d ever like to come to Minnesota and bake me cookies, I suppose I’d be okay with that.
And for my last point, we need to get our pups on skype. Soonish.
You are making my mouth water. Those cookies look great. Adding strawberries was a great idea!
What a great 4th of July! That is some view and you got an awesome shot of the fireworks. Congrats on winning the giveaway. That is always so exciting!