Cookies

Happy Saturday! I just got done baking Clementine's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for Dusty. I got the recipe from Dusty's mom who uses a slightly different recipe, adding in a cup of shredded coconut, upping the butter to a full cup and a half (2.5 sticks!),  and personally I also lower the amount of rolled oats to just two cups.  These cookies are to die for! Some other tips: chill the dough for an hour in the fridge or a 20-30 minutes in the freezer before baking and bake for just 8 minutes (if you have an efficient oven) the cookies will look undercooked when you take them out but let them sit for a bit and they will be heaven!

Williams-Sonoma Easter Egg

I would have loved to find that egg in my easter basket when I was a kid! You can find these eggs here.

Lent

Easter will be here in less than forty days and as such it is currently Lent (for Christians). It is traditional to give something up for Lent and this year I have decided to give up chocolate (gasp!). It is proving more difficult than I imagined. Chocolate is just in so many things that I love-- like cookies, ice cream, and Nutella! I'm sure that my waist line will thank me in the end but this is really hard! Are you giving something up for Lent?