Ghost Stories and Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Hi there.  Come on in and sit a while.  I'll put on a pot of coffee and we can munch on some Apple Oatmeal Cookies while we share ghost stories!

Lemp Mansion

St. Louis, Missouri

Since the building of this establishment with funds gained from the sale of beer, it has served as a residence, boarding house, and a restaurant. During the course of the thriving brewery business, four of the Lemp family members committed suicide. After prohibition began, the brewery business became bankrupt and the house went into disrepair. During restoration, the workers reported a feeling of being watched, tools disappearing, and strange sounds which resulted in many workers quitting. While being used as a restaurant, the employees have reported seeing glasses floating off the bar, sounds with no explanation, the piano playing by itself, and apparitions appearing and disappearing at will. The “Lavender Lady”, the divorced wife of William Lemp Jr., has also been spotted before wearing her lavender colored dress. In the basement, a secret door was found, which leads to one of the many caves on the Mississippi River. These caves were used to smuggle slaves, and during Prohibition, alcohol. In 1980, LIFE magazine named the site as “one of the most haunted places in America”.   ~ www.realhaunts.com

Numerous

Boone Terre, Missouri

Many believers claim that this road is just plain evil. At a restaurant named 4-wind, Satanism is practiced, and people/ghosts have been seen to vanish into thin air. On a bridge named Black Tram, it is said that is a person parks their car at midnight and yells “Come and get me” three times, a car will appear and attempt to drive you off the road. There is also a ghostly couple who tries to flag down approaching cars, but when they come near, the couple vanishes. Going one direction on this road, a person may notice a side-road, Old Black Well Rd., but if they approach the road from the opposite direction, it will mysteriously be gone.  ~ www.realhaunts.com

Happy Halloween!
 

Apple Oatmeal Cookies
Yield: about 60 cookies

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Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cup quick cooking oats
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1 t. baking soda
• 1 t. salt
• 1 t. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 t. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup finely chopped apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. In a medium bowl, stir together the quick oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg. Stir the oatmeal mixture into the batter until well blended then fold in the apples and walnuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Adapted from Allrecipes.com

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Servings: 1 cookie

Calories: 65

Total Fat:  3.0 g

Cholesterol:  7 mg.

Sodium:  74 mg.

Protein:  1.2 g.

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