leftover oatmeal cookies – Four to Adore

Since we are feeding a family of six now, wasted food makes me cringe. Our grocery bill is high enough without also being wasteful. Unfortunately feeding toddlers with finicky palates means food gets wasted far more than I’d like. One day they’ll scarf a bunch of bananas then refuse bananas for six weeks straight. I do what I can to reinvent leftovers so we waste less. For instance, leftover taco meat becomes spaghetti and meat sauce, grilled chicken is great in quesidillas, and pot roast is perfect for French dip sandwiches. Some leftovers pose a greater challenge.

One of my favorite go-to breakfast meals poses such a challenge. The quads typically devour crock pot oatmeal. In fact, they love it so much I double the recipe to make sure we have enough for second, third, and sometimes fourth helpings of it. Yet, sometimes there is leftover oatmeal, which doesn’t keep and reheat well. Yesterday, I decided to try using it to make cookies. I searched Pinterest for such a recipe, but came up short. I ended up creating my own recipe, and ended up with rich, chewy cookies. The quads demolished them during afternoon snack- a clear indication of a keeper recipe.