Who is Michelle of Bad Girl Baking? Doesn’t matter. I love her. She chose Granola Grabbers from Baking from My Home to Yours for this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD). It just so happened that I pretty much had every. single. ingredient. For the week I decide to plunge back into TWD. So here’s a shout out to Michelle for that. I know she didn’t have me in mind, but…

And to top it off? I felt like supermom making home-baked cookies the day before the first day of school. I AM supermom.

On to the matter at hand and the diversions: my granola had cranberries in it. I had bulgur wheat but not wheat germ…And not quite enough of the Udi’s granola, so I finished it with a Kirkland (a.k.a. Costco) cereal…They are baking even as I type, so let’s see how all THAT goes.

The cookies went together quickly (thanks again, Bad Girl)–I needed this slide back into the routine, and this made it easy…I rotated the trays just like Dorie says…one thing I’ve learned from this baking is to NOT OVERMIX. In most of the recipes, Dorie warns against it, and following her advice, most of my “experiments” have turned out so delicate…I digress.

Here the cookies are just out of the oven…
and here they are all ready to be enjoyed…

What’s not to love about homemade cookies? Go be a supermom. Make these Granola Grabbers…

Who is Michelle of Bad Girl Baking? Doesn’t matter. I love her. She chose Granola Grabbers from Baking from My Home to Yours for this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD). It just so happened that I pretty much had every. single. ingredient. For the week I decide to plunge back into TWD. So here’s a shout out to Michelle for that. I know she didn’t have me in mind, but…

And to top it off? I felt like supermom making home-baked cookies the day before the first day of school. I AM supermom.

On to the matter at hand and the diversions: my granola had cranberries in it. I had bulgur wheat but not wheat germ…And not quite enough of the Udi’s granola, so I finished it with a Kirkland (a.k.a. Costco) cereal…They are baking even as I type, so let’s see how all THAT goes.

The cookies went together quickly (thanks again, Bad Girl)–I needed this slide back into the routine, and this made it easy…I rotated the trays just like Dorie says…one thing I’ve learned from this baking is to NOT OVERMIX. In most of the recipes, Dorie warns against it, and following her advice, most of my “experiments” have turned out so delicate…I digress.

Here the cookies are just out of the oven…
and here they are all ready to be enjoyed…

What’s not to love about homemade cookies? Go be a supermom. Make these Granola Grabbers…

It’s been a hectic summer. We hosted a German niece-in-law (Hi, Charly!), had a family trip to Colorado (the photo above is me at the Continental Divide. I loved it…), my mom was diagnosed with the big B cancer (she’s doing great), which took me to the Pittsburgh area not once, but twice, work picked up…well, you know the drill.

I hope you’re still stopping by now and then. I’ll be getting back to both Tuesdays with Dorie (if they’ll still have me) and to Barefoot Blogging. After all, the troops still need to be fed, right?

I hope you’ll also stop by my blog at VISITFLORIDA.com, where I’ve been named “Dining Expert.” I’m trying to introduce visitors to great dining experiences in Florida, but I don’t think I’m getting enough traffic–so please stop by and ask a question–no one has asked ANY questions yet, and I’m getting a complex…

In the meantime, check out the blog about Key Largo there, which is how I recently spent a Sunday…snorkeling and THEN eating…so you see, I haven’t given up eating…just cooking, apparently.

But school is back in session tomorrow (should have been Monday, but Tropical Storm Fay paid a visit) and hopefully routines will fall back into place…routines that include plenty of cooking. And blogging.

Welcome back.

It’s been a hectic summer. We hosted a German niece-in-law (Hi, Charly!), had a family trip to Colorado (the photo above is me at the Continental Divide. I loved it…), my mom was diagnosed with the big B cancer (she’s doing great), which took me to the Pittsburgh area not once, but twice, work picked up…well, you know the drill.

I hope you’re still stopping by now and then. I’ll be getting back to both Tuesdays with Dorie (if they’ll still have me) and to Barefoot Blogging. After all, the troops still need to be fed, right?

I hope you’ll also stop by my blog at VISITFLORIDA.com, where I’ve been named “Dining Expert.” I’m trying to introduce visitors to great dining experiences in Florida, but I don’t think I’m getting enough traffic–so please stop by and ask a question–no one has asked ANY questions yet, and I’m getting a complex…

In the meantime, check out the blog about Key Largo there, which is how I recently spent a Sunday…snorkeling and THEN eating…so you see, I haven’t given up eating…just cooking, apparently.

But school is back in session tomorrow (should have been Monday, but Tropical Storm Fay paid a visit) and hopefully routines will fall back into place…routines that include plenty of cooking. And blogging.

Welcome back.