I called in sick last week.
No cookies were made. I’m telling you, I want off this ride that I’ve been on for 2 and a half months.
Today, I made the cookies I was going to make LAST week.
Soldiers rely on care packages. And what is Cookie Thursday is a Thing except a weekly care package to my coworkers in the OR? I keep coming back to healthcare is a war footing and healthcare workers as soldiers who are fighting the healthcare war.
This recipe I found when I was looking up war cookies. It is from Pinterest and the title of the pin is Action Vietnam Cookies. The blog this cookie recipe is from is Cookie Madness. The recipe was originally from a book called Food Writer’s Favorite Cookies.
Apparently, these cookies ship well and age well. The cookies themselves are made with no butter, instead with lard which helps with the shelf stability. I used Crisco.
They are an amalgam of bananas. oats, chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, cranberries, and coconut. They are seasoned with nutmeg and cinnamon.
When I dropped them off, several people were waiting. Because, you know, I missed last week.
I hope my coworkers feel taken care of with these weekly care packages.
I know that I feel more involved for having made them.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 