Whew. Time flies.
I hope you might still be there, willing to read this blog, even though the blog went on an unexpected hiatus!
One year later, I'm back. After taking time to seek out some much needed balance in my life between work and family, I have more time to cook and hopefully to blog. I've also changed the name of my blog to better reflect my more frequent cooking, which now is no longer limited to the weekend.
It's amazing how little things can make one so incredibly happy. For example, being able to make homemade muffins on a Tuesday morning for my son and husband makes me ridiculously happy. Primarily because I'm able to do this without knowing I need to also try to make an early morning breakfast for work and then return home at God-knows-what-time that evening, makes it even better.
I am treasuring every moment.
Which brings us to one year later, July 2012 and it's been a hot and humid summer here in the good District of Columbia. The heat has not exactly been conducive to allowing me to indulge love of baking and in general, cooking. Heating up the oven to 350 degrees to make cookies is not ideal. Digging into a pint of fresh berries from the local farm stand is far preferable.
Yesterday it rained and brought a reprieve from the heat. My email for work had slowed to a mid-summer lull and my son was napping so what better to do than, you guessed it, bake cookies!
Oatmeal peanut butter cookies to be exact. Two of my most favorite ingredients! And though the cookies are made with just a few ingredients, they will knock your socks off. Better yet, they take about 20 minutes total from start to finish to make and I promise not only will you love them but any little people in your life will LOVE them.
After the cookies came out of the oven, I couldn't help indulge in a cookie or three. With the rain coming down outside and old episode of Sex and the City on TV, it was a pretty good Friday afternoon and a good time to return to blogging.
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| The finished product. Nothing fancy but oh so delicious! |
Makes approximately 16-20 cookies
Ingredients
*1/2 cup peanut butter (I like Jiff)
*1/2 cup packed brown sugar
*1 egg
*1 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
*1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*1/4 teaspoon salt
*1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
*In a bowl, combine peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg. Add oats, baking soda, salt and vanilla to creamed mixture; mix well.
*Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto a baking sheet, flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees from 6-8 minutes (I left mine in for more like 10-12 minutes to make sure they cooked through but just keep an eye on them while baking).
Adapted from A Taste of Home.
