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Comment by Joy Boothroyd on December 1, 2010 at 12:08pm

Assuming tinned cookies are still a good care package idea . . . in honor of our sailor who may not get his Christmas leave after all, here is THE BEST tinned cookie recipe ever:

AUNT JAN'S LOVING COOKIES
This is a large batch, but you could half it if you don't have cookie monsters in the immediate family. Probably 6-8 dozen depending on the size of cookies.

1 and 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks) warmed up to room temperature and I use an electric hand beater until fluffy.

add and beat together :
2 cups brown sugar (loose not packed) I have tried using molasses or honey, but they are more cakey.
1/2 cup sugar

add and beat in:
2 eggs
1/3 cup warm water
2 teaspoons real vanilla

mix together dry stuff and then hand stir in:
2 cups unbleached white flour ( whole wheat flour has good taste, but drier strange consistency.)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

hand stir in:
6 cups quick cooking oats ( regular oats are good, but it is chewier)

I divide the dough into 3 bowls then add something different I have around to each bowl: suggestions I've liked
dried chopped cherries and 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract
chocolate chips
peanut butter chips
butterscotch chips
raisins
dates
coconut
chopped almonds (or your favorite nut) and a teaspoon of cinnamon

Chill dough completely (an hour or more). I have the best luck with using a pretty rounded teaspoon worth of dough slightly mashed down. Bake at 350 degrees and I check at about 8 minutes, sometimes patting the tops to release the air if they are too fat and letting them go another couple of minutes. I don't like them too crispy or doughy, so you will have to play with your time, altitude and oven.

LET COOL & DRY FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE PACKING IN TINS OR SHOEBOX BETWEEN LAYERS OF WAX PAPER. Have fun baking!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on November 8, 2010 at 6:15pm

If the address is a FPO or APO address a declaration is required even if in a US port

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 22, 2010 at 6:14pm

I will give you an example:

this was the address when I was sending stuff to my daughter on the Lincoln:

XXXXX XXXXX
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Media/GM
FPO-AP, 96612-2872


teh ombudsman should be able to give you complete addresses: http://gw.ffc.navy.mil/FamilyServices/GWOmbudsman.htm

Comment by Richard Scherman on October 22, 2010 at 6:08pm

Here's a silly question.... what is the address we put on the care package itself?? My son is serving on th USS George Washington.

Thanks in advance for your patience!

God Bless our Sailors!

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 18, 2010 at 9:18pm

find an AO and I'm sure he could find some ord that would blow the box open!!!

Comment by Dan (Zach's Dad) on October 18, 2010 at 8:50pm

Paul: yea.. i was picturing that also!!! or them breaking into a surgical unit and borrowing a scalpel!! LOL!!

Cora: Are they sending them over to the sand box?

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 15, 2010 at 10:36pm

Dan, I'm still laughing with this vision of a $3,000,000 knife getting into your salsa!! I sent many bottles of a local picante sauce to both Eric and Kat during their deployments....Eric got so many people hooked on the stuff that he had to keep a stash of it locked up in his shop so he could have some!! It's the little things!!!

Comment by Dan (Zach's Dad) on October 15, 2010 at 9:41pm

Thanks Paul! I forwarded that link to my neighbor whose son is onboard the USS Abe right now... :)

Thanks! ~~Dan

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 15, 2010 at 8:49pm

hey all....I just posted a short vid from the "Abe" showing how well stocked the ship's store is....point being that it is the little things from home that really make the care packages so special: http://www.navydads.com/video/care-package-needs-from-the

Comment by Dan (Zach's Dad) on October 11, 2010 at 8:41am

me to cora ;) - I too made homemade salsa and will be sending it over... per my son's request, along with applesauce... I got a small box that the jar's fit in, and then spray the inside of the box with that "foam"... seals them right up.. and the boy can use his handy dandy $3,000,000 knife that was issued to him and it pops right open! :) hehehe

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