[Sca-cooks] steel cut oats - was haggis OOP

[Kathleen A Roberts]

> 1 cup McCann's Steel Cut Oats (available at Publix)

speaking of steel cut oats, i have had a brainstorm this 
week (during an intensive xmas cookie baking day thanks to 
a day off via snowstorm)...

i used toasted steel cut oats like finely chopped nuts in 
my oatmeal/dried berry cookies.  WOW!  nice crunch for 
those with nut allergies.  they went over VERY well at the 
office during the traditional sacrificial offering of the 
xmas cookie tray on the last day of work.

baking done, but now some decorating for the fancy 
presents for the husband's business contacts.   hey, the 
UNM office mice just snatfle them.  why decorate? ;)

list:  oatmeal and dried berry drop cookies, chocolate 
crinkles, jam thumbprints, gingersnaps, honey spritz 
cookies, peanut butter cookies, christmas spice cutouts 
(mini cutters, dusted in powdered sugar), sugar cookie 
cutouts (decorated).  i also make a green chili (you read 
that right) brown sugar cookie.   really tasty with some 
heat.  the chilies turn out like candied fruit after 
baking.  just add some finely chopped green chilies to 
basic sugar cookie dough, watching the liquid related 
consistency, of course.   still haven't gotten the  nerve 
up to try chipotle sugar cookies...

cailte
'tis the season

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"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which 
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Kathleen Roberts
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University of New Mexico
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