Remember these?
Blobs of chocolate and peanut butter and oatmeal... Who would have thought that something soooo good would take less than ten minutes to make? I have this vague memory of one of my brothers making these when I was a small one.
Now, something you should know- even through the difficult sibling rivalry of childhood, I've always had a bit of hero worship for my brothers. My oldest brother was seven (almost eight) when I was born, and my other brother was 5. They were both boy scouts, they both played soccer, they both eventually decided on a life of public service. Oldest Brother has worked in emergency dispatch for something like 20 years and has been trained as a hostage negotiator, along with some other pretty cool stuff. Youngest Brother has been in the volunteer fire department since high school, and has risen to the rank of Lieutenant. They've always been super-cool in my eyes, and I'm sure that I was the right little pest when I was a little kid, following them about, and swooning over their "ultra-hot" friends with my little girl friends.
Now, with a lifetime between that little girl and me, I wish that my brothers and I were closer, but I am glad that we are a close as we are.
Whenever I feel like I want a little taste of that feeling of being around my heroes, I whip up a batch of these cookies. They're super quick to make, and relatively mess free, and worth their weight in heart-gold.
