Canada Day ~ Buffalo Cookies

Happy Canada Day!

Today Canada is celebrating it's 143 birthday. It's an opportunity for communities to gather from coast to coast and to celebrate all that we have in common. It's a day for us to celebrate a heritage passed down to us through history. As we look ahead we proudly face the future with confidence and future!

I've always wondered why these were called Buffalo Cookies, so I looked up the word buffalo and it symbolizes knowledge. It represents generosity, and more so, survival and courage. I have been baking these cookies for years, while camping, skiing, or hiking. It's become a family favorite that is packed with nutritional value.  It represents a generous size and offers survival when those hunger pangs are screaming.  Most of you will recognize that all the ingredients are staples in your kitchen pantry.

Buffalo Cookies

• 1 cup melted margarine
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cup oatmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/4 cup crunched cornflakes
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips.

Instructions

1. Cream margarine with sugars, adding eggs.
2. Add vanilla, baking soda, baking powder and mix.
3. Add flour and mix.
4. Add the additional dry ingredients and mix well.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes, till they are lightly colored. When you take them out of the oven, I let the pan slap/drop on the counter...it changes the texture slightly, but oh, are they good.

I'm still wondering how these cookies represent courage.
Ah...maybe the fact that they have too many calories. Do you have the courage to resist these?
Maybe the courage to say NO! I don't think so! After you've had the courage to hike those mountain tops or cycle to Alaska, you best deserve a treat.

Hoping you are all celebrating Canada Day!