Operation Baking GALS: Round 14

This month I signed up to send a package to a soldier overseas.  The past two months my packages stayed stateside and went to our soldiers who are in the hospital recovering.  I was feeling really bad as I have been so swamped at work that I just did not have my regular time to bake and missed our shipping schedule.  I emailed my Leader for this round and she said it was o.k. to send late.  My plan was to make pumpkin muffins and oatmeal raisin cookies.  As I was racing home from work I realized that was a little ambitious for a weeknight given the fact I would not even turn the oven on until 6:30 or so.  I decided to use my coupons from Immaculate Baking Company for the oatmeal raisins ones.  Their refrigerated dough is all natural so thought I would give it a whirl.  Of course the husband and I had to taste test a few out of the first batch out of the oven.  We both gave them a thumbs up!  For the pumpkin muffins I used this recipe which is now one of my favorites.  This morning I headed off to the post office with the cookies, muffins and some fillers for the box that included, gum, candy, chips, and mints.  Though late, mission accomplished!  I hope everything arrives in good shape.

If you like to bake and would like to send something to our troops, I encourage you to check out Operating Baking Gals.  You can visit our website here, or check us out on Facebook:  Operation Baking GALS.  The men and women in the Armed Forces are doing so much on our behalf that it is a great way to say thank you and send them something from home.