{"id":464,"date":"2014-12-14T00:31:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T06:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2014-12-14T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T06:40:09","slug":"pecan-and-oat-sandwich-cookies-bitten-word-cover-to-cover-2014-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"Pecan and Oat Sandwich Cookies (Bitten Word Cover-to-Cover 2014 Project)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Christmas songs keep running through my head today. One I heard at a restaurant last night: God Bless Us Everyone by Celine Dion. \u00a0The other is &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Christmas, I think I&#8217;m finally getting something! I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Christmas, my favorite time of year,&#8221; sung by the incomparable Larry the Cucumber. \u00a0Despite temperatures in the mid-70s today, it&#8217;s clear the Christmas spirit has found me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.com\/?attachment_id=470\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-470 alignleft\" title=\"Pecan Oat Cookies\" src=\"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pecan-Oat-Cookies3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pecan-Oat-Cookies3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pecan-Oat-Cookies3-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pecan-Oat-Cookies3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say these cookies scream Christmas, although they are pretty good. \u00a0I&#8217;ve never had molasses in oatmeal cookies, but it is a welcome addition, one I may apply to regular ole oatmeal cookies. \u00a0(Hold the raisins, please!) \u00a0I found the cookies to be pretty large, but if they had been any smaller they would have burned in the 10-minute cooking time. \u00a0Mine were completely done in 9 minutes. \u00a0I would also recommend chilling the cookie dough between batches. \u00a0The later batches spread all over the pan. \u00a0My caramel sauce also turned out grainy, which I&#8217;ll chalk up to user error, although it&#8217;s a problem I don&#8217;t usually have when making caramel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The flavor is pretty darn good. \u00a0I&#8217;ll give this recipe (found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/1094250\/oat-and-pecan-caramel-sandwiches\">here<\/a>) 7 out of 10 stars, and that&#8217;s being a little generous. \u00a0Sorry, Martha. \u00a0Don&#8217;t feel too bad. \u00a0I also made a ribeye steak tonight according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/1086327\/seared-porterhouse-steak\">your method<\/a>, and it gets 11 out of 10 stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Christmas songs keep running through my head today. One I heard at a restaurant last night: God Bless Us Everyone by Celine Dion. \u00a0The other is &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Christmas, I think I&#8217;m finally getting something! I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Christmas, my favorite time of year,&#8221; sung by the incomparable Larry the Cucumber. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}