The recipe I’m sharing today is so easy that you can make it while half-asleep, which is particularly good news for those of us in the United States who just lost an hour and so are likely to be groggy and disoriented in the morning for a least a few days! ...
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Chocolate Chip Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
My grandma has long practiced what we call “cookie diplomacy.” She keeps a regular supply of home-baked cookies on hand so that she can gift them to her hairstylist, her doctor, her butcher, etc.* While I have yet to reach a first-name basis with anyone at the grocery store, I do share with my grandma a firm belief in the power of cookies to say “thank you.” ...
National Oatmeal Day: Cherry Walnut Oatmeal
I go through phases of what I like to eat for breakfast. Back in high school, after my yogurt and Cheerios phase ran its course, my mom showed me how to make oatmeal from scratch and that became my breakfast of choice for the next year and a half until college. By senior year of college, I was back to oatmeal, then off again the two years after graduation. Then there was my first semester in grad ...
Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate-Covered Raisins
My family recently had to put down our dog, Cookie. Cookie was the first (and only) non-goldfish pet I had as a child, and it had taken years of me begging for a dog before my parents agreed. At one point, in response to the counter-argument that my brother might be allergic, I tearfully asked, "Who cares if he can't breathe?" Clearly, I had my priorities straight: dog > brother. ...