i'd rather be baking

I hope you’ve had a lovely Memorial Day weekend! This is the first one we’ve ever experienced without sticky-hot weather and sunburns…I don’t really know how to act.

We had a chilly, cozy weekend and stayed inside for most of it. I baked this bread for the second weekend in a row and it’s a dream. This is the ultimate look-like-you-know-what-you’re-doing bread and it could not be easier (or more delicious).

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I love a good oatmeal cookie. My absolute favorite are these — yes they’re store-bought, but my grandma always kept them on hand growing up and I have such fond memories of them! I get some pretty serious cravings for them from time to time, but sadly they’re not available in Oregon. I’ve been tempted to order some from Amazon many a time, but something about that just seems silly!

These oatmeal cookies…well, they’re entirely different, but Ryan pronounced them the best cookies I’ve ever made. I’m not sure about that, but they sure are delicious! Especially at 8 am.

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A couple of weekends ago we ran away to Seattle. It was one of those times when we were both exhausted and stressed, and it was either the perfect time to leave for the weekend or the worst timing ever. But we’d made the plan, the dogs were booked at the kennel (which we made it to about five minutes before closing time), so we got in the car and went for it.

Ruby was STOKED.

We stayed at the Sorrento Hotel and completely loved it. The fact that they upgraded us to a suite didn’t hurt. We’ll be back.

The fact that they had french press coffee in the room didn’t hurt either. Where has this been all my life?!

Pike Place Market…you have my heart. We could have easily eaten every meal of the weekend there, and we came pretty close.

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I need to talk to you…about tacos.

I could eat chocolate chip cookies or brownies with sea salt every day of the week — but in between I’d like a taco. Or a quesadilla…or a burrito. Basically I’d like to eat Mexican food for every meal if at all possible…and there are weeks when we come pretty close! I’ve definitely been known to throw some salsa in my eggs for breakfast.

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Sometimes you need a blueberry muffin…or three. We pretty much ate our way through the weekend, but we sure started on a healthy note!

These are certainly the healthiest blueberry muffins I’ve ever made, and very tasty as well. While I was making them Saturday morning, Ryan and I joked that if they didn’t turn out well we’d feed them to the dogs. I can assure you that they are both human and dog-approved.

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