high-bar baking

This cookie is one of those “more is more” moments, where there are enough add-in ingredients that I just start leaving them out. I’m slowly and halfheartedly working my way through Maria Lichty’s book, so when I wanted a peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookie for a friend’s birthday, I turned to hers. 

The cookie name is already six words long. It does not additionally needed shredded coconut. I also don’t understand why everyone insists on adding cinnamon to every cookie that has oats in it. Is there not already enough going on? I don’t need any secret hidden warmth, she says, like the coldhearted Scrooge she is. Peanut butter has more than enough flavour to carry the day. 

So after my own grouchy modifications, I made the recipe. And it was pretty good. Peanut butter chips are a fun little addition (if unnecessary!), I haven’t used those very much before. I’ll die on the oatmeal hill, so it’s hard to mess that one up for me. 

I wonder if never using the back of my fridge would save me from my “always having to clean out the fridge” problem. I get in trouble with the “out of sight, out of mind” nature of it all; maybe keeping everything in sight would be good for me. No hiding. 

There’s a metaphor in there, I’m sure of it. You can’t do everything. At least be honest with yourself about the situation.