Welcome to the first Cookie Thursday is a Thing of 2026. The theme is “Why is there so much cheese?”. This is a repeat theme from 2023.
That’s all right. This is a repeat make.
When Pinterest parted ways with me in December I lost all my recipes. All of them. When I last checked I had over 3,000 cookie recipes. Some I had tried, some I wanted to try, themes I wanted to explore. All neatly categorized on a board.
Of course my appeal for reinstatement was denied.
But I know something they don’t. Y’all know something they don’t. My attention to detail is impeccable and my recall is above expectations. And my note taking and note retention is also none too shabby.
I will begin anew, aided by my notes and my memory and my newly developed research skills. See, the PhD program was good for something even as I struggle.
And Pinterest is just a place to dump and organize the data. Which I do. Well, did.
As the bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:9, What has been will be again.
Or as the US government said of in 1974 Steve Austin in the 10Six Million Dollar Man, “Gentleman, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster.” However, that might not be the best analogy in this technocrat moment.
The point is I can find recipes and my recall of past recipes is immense.
Enter this month’s first make, The feta spinach scone-let.
I actually have this one written down on a gown card.
This is an easy, quick make. Which is good because my ovens are limping their way to tomorrow’s finish line of new stove installation. Good, because it’s been chilling in my garage for 2 weeks.
I find using the bottom oven to be inefficient. It’s too big and takes too long to come up to temperature.
But these sconelets were amazing!
Bit of green, bit of cheese via scone delivery. There is a reason it ranks among the top 10 of CTIAT.
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