Therefore, in compliance with the current mandate, I set out to find a recipe on the interwebs that would satisfy two rules: prep time measured in minutes rather than days, and since it was snowing and I wasn\u2019t about to trudge through waist-high drifts to get to the supermarket, one that only called for ingredients I had on hand \u2013 which in this case included oatmeal, chocolate, pecans and coconut (in addition to the universal flour, sugar, eggs, etc. one would anticipate as the conventional anchors of a cookie recipe).<\/p>\n
(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em> Evaluation from the measuring-cup-half-empty POV: German Chocolate Cake <\/em>is a delicious invention but these cookies did not live up to the promise of their name. They were quick to prepare, didn\u2019t involve a trek over the tundra to get to the supermarket, and were therefore pandemically approved, but I won\u2019t link to the recipe I found because, although they were okay, I suspect you can do better. Then again, given my initial constraints, what did I expect?<\/p>\n Evaluation from the measuring-cup-half-full POV: I saved a fortune because one can go broke buying decent cookies from the organic bodega across the street. It is my understanding that there are four rules which require strict adherence while living through a pandemic: mask wearing, hand washing, social distancing, and baking. Read on…. Continue reading
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\nAnd behold \u2013 German Chocolate Cookies.<\/p>\n
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\nStay safe, be well, and eat whatever it takes. \u2764\ufe0f
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