Honey Oatmeal Sugar Cookies

Cook With Honey by Judy Collins

I was a little dismayed that I had already used Sugar, Sugar by The Archies and briefly considered using it again for this post anyway.  But then I wandered around my iTunes library and found this perfectly acceptable pairing from my Judy Collins collection.  Honey has been on my brain lately.  I'll be telling you why shortly.  But, in the meantime, click on the link in the song title and take a trip to 1973!

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity

to spend the day at my brother and sister-in-law's

bakery and cafe in Bountiful, Utah.

It's called Beehive Bakery and Cafe

and they serve delicious soups,

salads, and sandwiches as well as cookies,

brownies, pies, and all sorts of

goodies to satisfy your sweet tooth!

It was fun to be back in a 

commercial kitchen again!

Honey has been my principal sweetener 

the past several months and I've learned

to use it in both savory and sweet dishes.

My Honey & Spice Pork Roast  is an

example of one of the savory recipes

I've come up with.

And today's recipe is a sweet offering.

Berry Patriotic Rice Krispie Treats

Yankee Doodle Dandy by James Cagney
This was one of my favorite songs to sing when I was a little kid.  I mean, any song that has the word "doodle" in it is going to be fun to sing, right?  Just try to sing this and not feel happy!  And I am certainly happy and proud to be a Yankee.  Not as in the baseball team - but a true Yank!  I've been called a Yankee or Yank when I've been in the southern United States as I've always been a northerner.  I've also been called a Yank when traveling abroad.  And I own it loud and proud.  I hope you're celebrating this great nation this Independence Day!

This might very well be the most

dangerous post I've ever done!

I'm happy to report that my

eyelashes are working just fine 

and doing what they're put there to do!

Let me explain!