Essentially Cooking

As made by Laurie.  Recipe from thekitchn.com without modification. I very much enjoyed the batch Laurie made, but I debated for a while whether to post information about these oatmeal cups. They look a lot like muffins.  That's the problem, because they don't taste like muffins. If you are anticipating a muffin that will rival a blueberry or lemon poppy-seed muffin, or some other sweet or cake-like muffin, this recipe will not do it for you. (Unlike a muffin, you will see that there is no flour in this recipe.) On the other hand, if you are interested in an easy or on-the-go breakfast alternative to a bowl of hot oatmeal, then this recipe might be for you. And I can tell you that two of these "cups" with a yogurt and a couple of servings of fruit can make a rather nice lunch. The recipe makes a dozen.  They freeze well, too.  Just take them out of the freezer the night before you plan to eat them.  Once thawed, I found that 15-30 seco...

It's horrible!  I missed yesterday's National Chocolate Chip Day.  So, I figured I'd better celebrate today, belatedly, with a couple of these bad boys: Traditional Toll House cookies. With Mother's Day having been this past Sunday, Toll House cookies make me think of my mom, who frequently had batches coming out of the oven as my brother and I walked in the door from the school bus. It doesn't get much better than warm cookies and milk.  (I'll ignore the fact that she used "Crisco" because butter was too expensive.)