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Peanut butter oats cookies

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These chew-yet-crispy peanut butter oat cookies blend the rich, nutty flavor of peanut butter with the hearty texture of oats. Ingredients  * 1 cup quick oats  * ½ cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter  * ½ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature  * ½ cup packed light brown sugar  * 1 large egg  * 1 tsp vanilla extract  * 1 cup all-purpose flour  * ½ tsp baking soda  * ½ cup almond, chopped   1. Prep oven and baking sheets    Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.  2. Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugar    In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, peanut butter, brown sugar for about 1–2 minutes until smooth and creamy.  3. Mix in wet ingredients    Add the egg and vanilla extract to the peanut butter mixture. Beat until fully incorporated.  4. Combine dry ingredients    In a separate medium bowl...

refinishing dinning table top

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It's been on my to do list for a couple of years... To refinish our dinning table top.  Sanding is a fun job! Takes a long time, not much changed. 🀣 Get the chemicals to work... Scraping away the paint, reapplying the stripper, and repeat. OK, good enough. Applying one coat of pre-stain, which seals the wood and prepare for evenly applied stain. Wrong color!  Another trip to exchange stain. After 3 coats, waiting 8 hours and lightly rubbed with steel wool in between, Antique Walnut turnned out to be the perfect match. We spent $100 on materials and 4-5 hours over a week. It's a losing deal economically, but very satisfying to refresh our table and keep it with the family after 15 years of service. For every piece of wood furniture, it has a life and warm temperature.

Replace lower bake element in Kenmore in-wall oven

After 2 hours at 325F, sweet potatoes were still hard, ribs were still raw. Our 8-year-old Kenmore wall oven determined to quit on us last weekend. My simple hand feel test identified the root cause. The lower bake element doesn't heat up. Unlike the top bake element, the bottom one is enclosed. I always wonder how to replace that. 1. Take off the door, shut off the circuit for the oven. We moved the oven out completely, just to take a look... Confirmed, it's a box! πŸ˜„ 2. The lower bake element is directly underneath the oven. Unscrew the 2 screws holding the element housing. 3. Disconnect the circuit, using a plier to pull them off. Pull the housing completely out. There we go. It's burned. 4. Get the part. reliableparts.ca has it. $300, tax in. It's best to pick it up from your local store.  5. Putting it back...screw the element into the housing, then put it back. Fixed! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Good for another 8 years!πŸ˜„