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Oatmeal Raisin at Bob’s Red Mill

Posted by on Feb 20, 2012 in Oatmeal | 0 comments

Bob’s Red Mill Whole Grain Store
5000 SE International Way
Milwaukie, OR
$1.25

I’m not going to tell you to go out of your way for this one. But I will tell you to go out of your way for Bob’s Red Mill buckwheat, rye, coconut and malted barley flours, toasted pumpernickel kernels, 8 grain cereal, teff, sesame seeds, organic oats and about 300 (at least) other BRM flours, grains, pastas,spices, seeds and snacks sold at discounted, bulk prices. Because it’s a great deal when you’re restocking your baking supply larder (I always come away with at least 3 items I’ve never seen or heard of [green pea flour? Who knew?])-  and a pretty fun and easy field trip from Portland.

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Oatmeal Raisin at Grand Central Bakery

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 in Oatmeal | 0 comments

Grand Central Bakery
Various locations – Portland and Seattle
$1.65

Quite awhile ago I told you about the oatmeal raisin at New Seasons Market, a cookie that is baked on site at the New Seasons bakery –  from dough made by Grand Central Bakery.

The oatmeal raisin at New Seasons, however, is not the same oatmeal raisin cookie that you will find at an actual Grand Central Bakery. They are both very respectable versions of the oatmeal raisin category (one of my all time favorites, in case this isn’t obvious by now), but the one that Grand Central makes for their own bakeries wins my vote for 1st place between the two. I guess it only makes sense that Grand Central would send out their star player under their own brand. Sort of like Gap vs. Old Navy?  Maybe not quite, but…something like that.

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Hemp Seed Hazelnut Oatmeal with Carob at Laughing Planet Café

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011 in Oatmeal, Whole grain, Vegan | 8 comments

Laughing Planet Café
Portland – various locations (plus Eugene and Corvallis)
$2.50

Are you still here?  Because if it were me reading this post, I would have scoffed at “hemp seed”, my nose would have scrunched at “hazelnut”, and you would’ve lost me completely at “carob.”

And, as if it needed one more strike against it?  It’s vegan!

There is NO reason that this should be a good cookie.

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Maple Cream Pie at Whole Foods Market

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Oatmeal | 8 comments

Maple Cream Pie
Whole Foods Market – Portland (Pearl District store, only.)
apx $3 (sold by weight at $7.99/lb)

To erase any confusion straight from the get-go, this is NOT, in fact, a pie.  It is, as you can see, a sandwich cookie.  One big, fat, muthafuggin sandwich cookie. I do not know why things like this –  desserts that have nothing to do with pie (like whoopie pies, for example)  – get called “pie.”  Because it’s totally not pie.

What it IS is this:  a big ass cookie. Two large oatmeal cookies, to be specific – with an obscene (i.e., way too much) amount of maple-y butter cream filling.

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Oatmeal Rasin at The Dessert Tray

Posted by on Sep 7, 2011 in Oatmeal | 0 comments

The Dessert Tray
11950 SW Broadway St. – Beaverton
$1.50

This is a very good oatmeal raisin cookie.  Nothing tricky, nothing fancy. No golden raisins, no cranberries, no cherries, no apricots. No hazelnuts, no pecans, no coconut. And mercifully, no shitty, waxy white chocolate chips.  Nothing but straight up oatmeal, dark raisins, and a subtle hit of cinnamon.

It is very thick, and fairly soft – not crispy. A little bit moist and gooey in the center.

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