After shoveling snow on a cold winter day, nothing beats a warm cup of coffee and a few good cookies.
I rarely bake cookies so it was a good thing that I received samples of Dean's of Scotland Oat Cookies before the last big storm thanks to their US distributor.
I had to hide a few in a secret place otherwise the rest of the family might have devoured them before I had a chance to taste.
The legend goes that Helen Dean (below) started it all from her kitchen in Huntly, North East Scotland, back in 1975 with shortbread cookies.
I tasted two of their oat cookies, the Original and the Sultana & Heather Honey.
Call me a traditionalist. My vote goes to the plain Original one.
The crumbly, buttery taste is soothing, comforting.
My mother always had cookies around for when we came back from school. It was part of the day's rituals. Maybe I feel nostalgic for these moments.
It seems that Sultana, a white seedless grape, is a popular ingredient with British brands.