Author: Tad

  • Brown Butter Sourdough Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    Summary: I have been baking sourdough ever since the start of Covid. I have tried many recipes using sourdough discard, including cookie recipes, and have not been really pleased with any of them. That said, these are really good. I think Amy came up with a great combination to deal with the extra water contained…

  • Cinnamon Toffee Cookies

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    Most home-made cookies end up kind of uneven and irregular, even if they are carefully formed with a scoop. There are a few cookies that I make where, if carefully scooped, they come out almost completely uniform in shape and appearance. Snickerdoodles and Taku Ginger Cookies come to mind. I can now add another cookie…

  • Metal in the Eye

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    A 31-year-old woman came in with right eye pain, decreased vision and light sensitivity for eleven days. She had been pounding a screw driver with a hammer to try to open a lock. As she did so, a piece of metal broke off and hit her in the eye. She experienced a lot of pain…

  • Speculoos-Stuffed Oreo Christmas Sprinkle Cookies

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    Here is what I said in my posting for Cookies and Cream Pudding Cookies about using Oreos in homemade cookies: I had a bit of a hard time trying these because it just doesn’t make any sense, really, to buy lousy cookies, crush them and put them in your home made cookies, which you hope will…

  • Oatmeal Cocoa Nib Cookies

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      Yield: 18 Ingredients: ½ cup butter, at room temperature ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup cocoa nibs Directions: 1. Heat oven to 375. Line a baking…

  • Red Bag for a Red Bike

    We recently bought e-bikes. I wanted a bag custom-made to fit the bike basket as well as to match the bike colors.

  • Salted Caramel Cookies

      Recipe By: www.modernhoney.com Summary: Shari wanted to take cookies to Dennis and Ruth Packard, who are all loaded up to move back to Utah after being here for 50 years. She also wanted them to be simple to make because Hunter and Pippa were to help. These qualified in both ways. They are really…

  • Three Different Problems

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    Cat Feces A 51-year-old man came in by ambulance. When I walked in the room, I immediately noted a foul smell. An Emergency Medical Technician student working with me that day took the patient’s vital signs and then started undressing him so he could be fully evaluated.  When the student took the patient’s socks off,…