08/21/2026
So, my mom was having some challenges navigating the medical system today and she came over. I got her all sorted, but in the meantime I set a cup of tea in front of her (always seems to stop tears) then inundated her with sweets. She had a crookie (my test batch) and some other random pastries I had around. Then she went home with blueberry 🫐 pie, a caramel stuffed snickerdoodle, 2 everything bagels and 2 poppy seed bagels, some blackberry cobbler and a promise that chicken pesto and cucumber salad would arrive on her door step as soon as I could.
This is what happens when you show up at a baker’s house in the middle of a bake day crying. I solve emotional problems with tea and sweets. I’m sure neither the English or the French would approve of the crookie I started her off with, but that’s the way we roll here in the good ol’ US of A.
And mom heartily approved, so that’s what matters!
For anyone curious, crookies will be available at the Ponderosa Market in Pine this weekend. They are a combination of a very proper croissant (27 layers of butter folded in there) and a chocolate chip cookie casually shoved in the center and also plopped on top. No shortcuts here, the cookie and the croissant are assembled and bake at the same time. Mama didn’t raise a cheater. 😝
Cheers, 🥂
