Since Saturday is baking day, I decided to spend a little time in the kitchen today. Unlike the bluebirds I'm not baking a cake. Instead I am baking cookies ... oatmeal cookies to be exact.
We like our oatmeal cookies with dark chocolate bits, dried cherries and toasted pecans. Do you toast your pecans? I do if I have the time as I think it really does intensify the flavor.
Now that our nest is empty, I no longer buy packaged cookies.
If we get a hankering for cookies, I make them. This way we don't eat them as often if they're not sitting in the pantry all the time and to be honest I really don't think the taste of a store bought can compare to fresh from the oven homemade cookies.
That smell in the air as they bake ...
Can't get that from the package ;-).
My husband is out running errands.
I'm trying to hold off tasting them until he gets home.
Geez, how long does it take to get the oil changed????
Happy Saturday to you.
They look good and I bet they smell and taste even better:-)
ReplyDeleteThese look really yummy! I love the little bluebird dish cloth too.
ReplyDeleteHOmemade cookies on a Saturday, sounds perfect to me. The sweet birdie dishtowel, so sweet. Blessings to you.
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look delicious!!! And I LOVE the bluebird tea towel and plate!!
ReplyDeleteOh how can you be certain they taste wonderful for him if you don't try two or three before he gets home?!
ReplyDeleteThey look sooo good. I'm the same as you are about not liking the store bought cookies. If I'm going to have a cookie I want it be extra good. I don't like to waste calories. : )
ReplyDeleteOh, the cookies look delicious, Kim!
ReplyDeleteA baking day is a good day!
Bet they are yummy!
ReplyDeleteThose oil changes can take way too long when you're home smelling that wonderful aroma. lol
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful! How long do you toast your pecans and at what temp.?
No, you can't get that taste or smell in a bag!
Kim,
ReplyDeleteThose oatmeal cookies look so yummy. I've made them with chocolate chips, but never with the other ingredients. I wish I had one to go with my tea right now.
~Sheri at Red Rose Alley
Kim
ReplyDeleteYou're so thoughtful to wait!
They look good-I've never tried dried cherries before in my cookies
I bet that add sweetness.
Love that dish towel every time I see it. I really ought to make one!
Too long!! Eat a cookie...they look yummy!!
ReplyDeleteI love oatmeal cookies! Those look so good! My son loves Oreos and Chips Ahoy. Even when I bake chocolate cookies, he still prefers the store bought. My daughter on the other hand loves home-baked goodies. I plan on sending some cookies down to her for Valentine's Day in a week. Enjoy your weekend! I LOVE the dishcloth!!!! So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSounds similar to the bite-sized oatmeal cookie recipe I use. I was baking yesterday, too. And again this afternoon. I mentioned you in my post today. Hope you are having a good one. Best wishes, Tammy
ReplyDeleteSo happy to have found your blog via Tammy. Lots of homemade goodness going on. I will look forward to following.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any left? They look yummy. I would have had to taste tested a couple to make sure they were good enough for hubby to eat! :D
ReplyDeleteThat's my favorite cookie in the WORLD! I should try to make some sugar free! Love your Saturday linen! ♥
ReplyDeleteThe bluebird dish cloth and the ingredients in these cookies, are the perfect ingredients for a post. I can imagine how difficult it was for you to wait for your husband to get home. You are right, there is nothing as good as homemade baked goods.
ReplyDeleteThe bluebird dish cloth and the ingredients in these cookies, are the perfect ingredients for a post. I can imagine how difficult it was for you to wait for your husband to get home. You are right, there is nothing as good as homemade baked goods.
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