peanut butter oatmeal double chip cookies

Did you know that yesterday was National Oatmeal Cookie Day?  No?  Neither did I.  I'm not sure where people find out when all of these food holidays are, but I would love to know when they are!  I mean, is there a national pickle day?  Because I love pickles, and I for sure want to celebrate that.

Lucky for me, I'm a psychic.  I made oatmeal cookies without even knowing that it was a holiday.  And they were to die for.  Peanut butter, oatmeal, white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips...  Literally, I was celebrating this holiday unknowingly with the grand finale of all oatmeal cookies.  OMG.  Check out those chips!

I made these cookies to send to a friend who I miss very dearly.  I feel like all of my old friends are so far away from me and I need to ship them all things so I can still bake for them.  It's really an unfortunate situation.  I'm not sure if cookies still taste as good after going through the post office.

I followed Jessica's recipe for these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Double Chip Cookies.  The only thing I changed was using dark chocolate chips instead of peanut butter chips, only because I didn't have any.  If you happened to have all 3 types of chips, you could make triple chip cookies.  And then send some to me.  Please and thank you.

Now all you need is a glass of (almond) milk for dunking.

In other news, what's the big to-do about this "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence in your shoe" thing?  I have something blue; I'm thinking about the others.  And a sixpence?  Do they even make those any more???  Any advice, or clever ways to incorporate these items (without having to carry a large fanny pack down the aisle full of stuff) would be appreciated.   It just seems like an awful lot of stuff to me!

cookies and clutches

I did it!  I finally did it!!!!  I made chocolate chip cookies that are delicious and don't flatten out like pancakes.  For the longest time I've been making the recipe from the back of the Tollhouse bag.  It's a classic recipe that always made the softest, chewiest cookies.  I always loved the taste of them so I never realized until a few years ago that they really aren't supposed to flatten out until they're almost see through.  Ever since then I've been looking for a recipe that recreated the taste of my beloved cookies, but didn't fall flat.  This is it folks.

I followed this recipe to a tee so I'm just going to post the link and you can check it out for yourself.  I'm not sure exactly what the magic is in this recipe.  Maybe it's the 360 degree oven (random), maybe it's the parchment paper trick at the end.  Whatever it is, it works.

from this

to this - in 12 minutes flat!!!!

On a completely different note - I've been looking all over the internet for the past month to find the perfect wedding clutch.  I want something that is pretty, vintage, and small to hold things like lipstick, gum, and kleenexes for the my big day.  I've narrowed it down to the following three clutches that I found on Etsy.  As my friends, I'd like your input on the subject.  Let me know which one you like best, or if you have any other recommendations of things you seen that you think I might also like.  If you don't know what Etsy is, it's a wonderful free online community that people can go on and sell their handmade goods.  I've gotten a few things from different vendors and had great success.  I love the idea of something handmade that nobody else has.  Something that has a story behind it...  Here are my favorite clutches.  Which one do you like best?

choice 1 

choice 2

choice 3