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5 March 2004 - Coffee-Time Snacks As I mentioned in an earlier entry, S.'s writing group was over on Wednesday evening, and I thought they might be a little peckish, so I decided to relax in my kitchen that afternoon. It was nice, because I'd started a new job on Monday and I hadn't cooked or baked since Saturday (when S. and I made dinner for my parents...maybe more about that later). So by Wednesday I was sort of going into a withdrawal and was missing my kitchen and baking just seemed like the proper thing to do. I had bought buttermilk on Saturday during our slightly over-sized grocery trip and really wanted to use it, so when I came across a recipe on Epicurious.com for buttermilk-molasses gingerbread I snapped it up and made a run for the kitchen on Wednesday morning. It was extremely simple to make and made the kitchen smell divine. I left it to cool on a rack on the counter and went out to run some errands. Of course, upon returning home I just couldn't fathom not having some sort of variety to offer to these guests I'd never met, so cookies were definitely in order. I was kind of counting on them wanting coffee -- don't all writers (myself included) drink coffee? Turns out no...BUT at the time I thought they would, and what goes better with coffee (other than chocolate) than peanut butter? So, peanut butter cookies it was. Another easy-to-make recipe that I've had on hand for years and probably only made once before. Everything was great, but the writing group wasn't that interested. One person didn't even like baked goods (if you can believe that!)...but, you know what that means...left-overs for S. and I. And you can bet I had gingerbread for breakfast with my coffee yesterday before work. Yum. |