Giddy's Galactic Bakery of Doom

Friday, August 28, 2026

Cooking Advice

Today's Cooking Advice

Set your slow cooker on low for 6 hours, or on high for less time.

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Grampa's Oatmeal Cookies

Grampa's Oatmeal Cookies

Mr. Giddy, aka Grampa, made the best oatmeal cookies ever. Soft and chewy, like oatmeal cookies should be. People who don't like oatmeal cookies, or oatmeal, or raisins, like these.

If you ask me, they don't seem so much different than a bowl of oatmeal, so feel free to eat them for breakfast. But only if you ask me and not a nutritionist.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)

1 cup packed brown sugar (213g)

½ cup granulated sugar (100g)

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1½ cups all purpose flour (180g)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1½ teaspoons cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

3 cup quick cooking oats (240g)

2 cups raisins (160g)

1. Heat oven to 350F. (180C)

2. Mix butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
(Use an electric mixer for crying out loud, it's the 21st century.)

3. In a separate bowl, stir the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon together.

4. Add to the butter mixture. Do it gradually with the mixer running on medium.

5. Stir in oatmeal.

6. Stir in raisins, if you're still using the mixer, so this on slow speed. It might get too thick and you'll have to stir it by hand.

7. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls (I use a cookie scoop) onto an ungreased baking sheet.

8. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

9. Cool on pan one minute, remove to cooling rack. Or a kitchen towel.

This makes about 40 cookies. Keep in a tightly covered container to keep them soft.

This was based on Quaker Oat's "Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies", the original recipe from the 80s, not the less tasty one they have now.

Spiked Hot Chocolate

I'm renaming this "WINTRY MIX" because the NWS's definition of wintry mix is not nearly as pleasant.

Spiked Hot Chocolate (AKA hot cocoa)

This is more of a suggestion, not a recipe.

Use your favorite hot chocolate mix.

Add some cream or half and half.

Add a shot of peppermint schnapps.

Top with mini marshmallows or some marshmallow cream. Toast it if you have a torch.

Seasoning Collection

SEASONING COLLECTION

If you don't want a jar of everything in your cabinet, you can make your own spice blends in small quantities. Or make large quantities, do what makes you happy. Just keep your ratios consistent.

Steak n' Shake Fry Seasoning (Copy Cat)