I made Vanilla Chai bars from KAF today. The original recipe called for Sprouted Rye flour and I still had some in the freezer. I also have some of their chai spice left. I had everything else on hand or so I thought. I'd already run to the market twice today, so when I discovered I didn't have brown sugar, I decided to use what I have on hand which is a brand of pure cane sugar (less processed than white) that I use for my tea and such - I don't always use it in baking as it doesn't "melt" as well as regular sugar. I also left out the salt since I bought salted butter by mistake. The bars are as good as I remembered, but I think I will cut the sugar the next time and we liked the saltiness the butter added.

I hope that Joan and CWCdesign are doing ok with the storms moving into Georgia.

Ever since Joan baked the Oatmeal Scotchies cookies, I have been wondering if I could develop a healthier version that I could eat occasionally. I needed a distraction on Monday, and we were going to be out of cookies after today, so I checked and found a half bag of Nestles butterscotch chips in the second refrigerator that have been there since before I gave up saturated fat in butter and chips, which I think was four years ago. I tasted one, and it was fine. (I suspect they will never go bad.) I worked out a recipe, with avocado oil and water replacing the butter and baked a half recipe this afternoon. I will allow them to rest overnight, with the idea that, as with cakes, the flavor will develop during the rest. If we like them, I will post the re-worked recipe.

The chips give them about 1.45 g saturated fat per cookie. There is a bit of additional saturated fat from the egg, avocado oil, and sunflower kernels, but as these ingredients also contain healthy fats and nutrients, I did not include them in the overall tally.

So far so good here. The resort is open for business tomorrow. All of our team except me live in Brunswick and our opener is already nervous about the roads in the morning. Most likely I will be going in at 7 to open as i only live 5 minutes away. Today we had bands of rain off and on and the winds weren't too bad - tonight and tomorrow are supposed to be the worst. We still have power 🤞🏻it did flicker a few times.

Sorry about your tree Joan, but as you said, it didn't hurt anything - small blessings

We had used up all the sandwich buns in the freezer, so on Tuesday, I baked another batch of the Whole Wheat/Rye/Semolina buns.

Follow-up on the Oatmeal Scotchies: My version is very good, but I do miss that buttery taste and texture. I would still bake the revised version, as it at least gives the butterscotch taste.

I made a braided loaf, filled with a layer of lemon flavored cream cheese-sugar blend and then a layer of a thick blueberry sauce, and the finished braid sprinkled with crystalized sugar. I used to make treats like this to share with co-workers when I was working, and I miss the enjoyment I get from making something "fancy" to surprise friends. I have a small group of friends gathering here tomorrow, and look forward to sharing with them.

My husband used the last slice of bread at lunch on Thursday, so in the afternoon I baked three loaves of Whole Wheat Oat Bran Bread. Two loaves will go in the freezer. We are having cooler weather, so today was a good day to bake.