Gilding the cookie

There are as many oatmeal secrets in America as there are splattered recipe cards. Everyone seems to have a grandmother's trick or a magazine shortcut to oatmeal bliss. Me? Forget fancy training and hand-kissed organics, because I'd never abandon this pleasure: pulling back the Quaker Oats tab with a satisfying "whh-ch," getting a nice wholesome whiff, and then turning over the recipe to make Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies.

By Marilyn Naron, Oneforthetable.com