In making it the first time, I cut the recipe in half and used a 14.5 oz. can of crushed tomatoes and a 1/2 cup of extra crunchy peanut butter. Also added a finely diced celery stalk to the onions and red pepper and one mashed sweet potato after the vegetable stock. May pre-cook the rice next time as it took longer than 15 minutes to become tender. Wonderful, hearty and very tasty! Great Lenten soup for those who follow the Orthodox fasting traditions!

Reviewed On: Feb. 9, 2005

For all of you mathematically challenged people like me out there - if you add 1/3 cup butterscotch chips something's gotta give or it won't all fit in the jar! Duh...! So I dumped it all in a bowl and made samples out of my first attempt. Very tasty! Second attempt at layering was successful when I reduced the amount of white and chocolate chips to 1/3 cup. Order I used: White sugar, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, rice krispies, white chips, oats, brown sugar then flour with baking soda and powder. Also the cookies don't spread much in baking, so you can fit 20 to 24 on a sheet.

Reviewed On: Dec. 8, 2004

Layered the ingredients in the jars for a kid's christmas craft fair, then let the kids decorate them. Used this order: 5/8 cup flour, nuts, white chips, craisins (instead of cranberries), oats, 1/2 cup flour with the baking soda and salt, brown sugar, white sugar, then since I had some room topped off with more craisins. Also baked sample cookies and found out that they do not spread when baking so I was able to put 20 to 24 on a cookie sheet. Tip: be careful when buying the oats and be sure to get the "old fashioned oats" not the "quick 1 minute". I think the quick oats made the cookie dough more difficult to work with (more crumbly) although the taste didn't seem to be effected. Very tasty cookie!

Reviewed On: Dec. 8, 2004