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Have you ever had really crunchy oatmeal cookies? Unfortunately, I've never found one like that in the store. That's why I make them at home. The secret to crunchiness is to toast the oats well, use enough soda and don't knead the dough too much. I've made these delicious cookies today to share them with my sister and brother in law during a nice afternoon at their place. Everything tastes better when you have dear people to share with. But before I give you this recipe, let me tell you about the most relevant parts of my food-day :)

As every morning, I am fortunate to have a cup of good coffee, black, hot, and no sugar.

I made arepas for breakfast and filled them with ham and cheese.

We were supposed to visit my sister today at 1 p.m., but there was a delay of two hours. We ate some cookies at 1 p.m. or so we could wait until we had lunch at my sister's.

These orange polvorones are similar to meltaways; they're just a little heavier. As I was savoring them, it occurred to me that I should make some healthy but fun cookies to take to my sister's house. And so I did.

The recipe is below, just in case you wish to know.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cups sugar
• 100 gr margarine
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup all purpose wheat flour
• 1 cup oat flakes, toasted
• 1/2 cups seedless dates, finely chopped
• 1/2 cups coarsely crushed walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation:

1- With a paddle or a hand whisk, mix the sugar and margarine until you obtain an ointment.

2- Add the oat flakes (I toasted them well in the electric oven: 15 min at 300 degrees F.), the dates, and the walnuts. Mix well but not too much, just until all the ingredients are integrated.

3- Next, add the flour, cinnamon and baking soda. You don't have to be too picky; just pour everything in and mix.

The result is going to be a thick but light batter which will turn into a dough as soon as you let it rest for 10 minutes in the fridge.

4- Divide the dough into 8 portions and shape them into balls. Flatten each ball a little. Then put a half walnut on top of each ball and press gently--unlike me who broke a couple of walnuts.

5- Then you can put them on a baking tray which you don't need to grease. You'll see these golden brown cuties coming out of the oven in 20 minutes. Bake them at 300 degress F.

6- Remove them from the tray before they have cooled, but not immediately, as they are still very floppy as soon as they come out of the oven.

And this is one of the many ways you can make cookies if you wish to eat a snack that is healthier than regular cookies.

As soon as the cookies were completely cool, I put them in a plastic container to take them to my sister's. I saved two which I baked last for my husband because he loves them, and took six with us.

They were good...

I had prepared sautéed chopped tenderloin and julienned onion to accompany a pasta salad my sister had made.

The salad had ditalini, carrot, chicken breast, tomato, cheese, garlic, and mayo. Delicious!

We spent a lovely afternoon. We ate our lunch, ate the cookies as dessert with black coffee, and had a nice chat. We exchanged opinions on books, series and movies. At 6 p.m., it was time to go back home.

Once we were back home, I got to work in the studio, and three hours later I was done. I prepared dinner, which you can see below.

We assemble pita bread sandwiches. The fillings were omelet, ham, cheddar, toasted green banana sticks, and a sauce based on cream cheese, mustard, ketchup and onion.

And these were the highlights of my food-day.
I hope you have delicious and healthy meals today in good company :)