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Oatmeal creme pie sandwich cookies: Tastes like sweet, gooey, nostalgia

April 3, 2023 by Susan Leave a Comment

These oatmeal creme pie sandwich cookies are a special treat that are filled with sweet gooey nostalgia. Brown sugar oatmeal cookies with a marshmallow-ey filling. They’re easy to make, too!

Sometimes you’re looking for a quick cookie recipe to knock out a sweet treat. Other times, you want to take the time to make something a little more involved. These special goodies are for those days. Not that they’re difficult. They’re cookies. But sandwich cookies simply have a few more steps…steps that are worth it.

I made this recipe a long long time ago, and then it drifted to the back of my recipe box. (Anyone else have a recipe box, or are you pretty much all digital now?) Somehow I didn’t make them again until last week.

My sweet daughter-in-law and perfect grandbaby spent the day with me recently. We made a couple of changes from the original that, I think, take them through the roof…and I think I’ll be making them more frequently now.

Oatmeal Bread: Two soft, easy to slice homemade loaves

October 11, 2021 by Susan 14 Comments

This simple homemade oatmeal sandwich bread smells amazing baking, is easy to slice, and soft and delicious to eat. You’ll be glad the recipe makes two loaves!

Sometimes you just want a good, sliceable, toastable, loaf of bread.

This is that loaf.

It’s perfect for slicing and serving fresh with just about any meal. We like it with butter, honey, or my dad’s homemade strawberry freezer jam. Mmmmmm…

It’s also totally delightful sliced and toasted with Nutella, or peanut butter, or lots of butter and cinnamon-sugar or more jam or honey.

I’m not particularly good at thinly slicing homemade loaves, but if you are…this would make fantastic saandwiches as well. Yum!

The Absolute Best Cinnamon Rolls

December 7, 2020 by Susan 11 Comments

This simple recipe can be made even by a complete beginner but is still my go-to recipe for the very best cinnamon rolls ever. Soft and gooey, with a sweet, maple-flavored frosting they are everyone’s favorite!

I’m about to tell you an embarrassing secret about myself: I kind of hate it when Christmas falls on a Sunday. Awful, right? I mean, it is Jesus’ birthday, after all. As a Christian I always feel like I’m supposed to say, “What better place to celebrate!” and ring a bell, or something.

But the reason is what’s so embarrassing: It’s brunch.

Christmas brunch is quite literally my favorite meal of the entire year. And we skip it when Christmas falls on Sundays (insert sad face)

White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Cookies

December 9, 2019 by Susan 4 Comments

Jam-packed with salty pistachios, tart dried cranberries and sweet white chocolate, this cookie is the perfect bite. It also looks beautiful on a cookie tray!

I made a cookie similar to these a lot of years ago for a work Christmas party and was told by one co-worker that they were the best cookies he’d ever had. They are kind of the perfect bite…sweet, tart, salty, rich. YUM!

They’re certainly perfect for Christmas with the red, green and white, and look pretty on a cookie tray. I think they’d make a lovely gift, too.

Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake

February 18, 2019 by Susan 16 Comments

An easy and delicious chocolate bundt cake that is perfect to bring to a potluck, make for a coffee date, after school snack, or just because.

No story about how moist and delicious this simple cake is. Sorry. No long intro about how leftovers are the best with a cup of coffee or an afternoon snack. Nope. Not even an anecdote about how it’s the perfect easy recipe to make for potlucks.

I will tell you a few things, though.

Pancakes from scratch that’ll make you swoon a little.

September 24, 2018 by Susan 5 Comments

These simple pancakes, made from scratch, are the tastiest pancakes I’ve ever made. This is the last pancake recipe you’ll need.

I used to think of pancakes as just a vehicle for syrup. Until I tried this recipe. No kidding, every time I make them, my husband pauses while he’s eating and says, “These pancakes are really good.”

It makes me giggle now, because he says it every-single-time.

And they are! Unlike a lot of pancake recipes I’ve made, these are actually tasty all on their own. (Not that I skip the syrup, mind you. I haven’t lost my mind.)