I’m not nearly the kind of cook who bakes another cake as soon as we’ve finished the first one. Well, I hope I’m not. But I’m married to a cookie monster with an inveterate sweet tooth who eats, on average, two or three servings of dessert a day. (Need I say he manages to stay on the thinner side, too?) That means there’s got to be something, actually more than one something confectionary available at all times. For breakfast, creature of habit that he is, he every day hits the homemade oatmeal cookie-ish granola topped with yogurt and fresh fruit but if there is, say, banana bread, then banana bread takes the place of the granola. And why not? As soon as the lunch plate is licked clean, he’s sussing out the cookie situation or slicing up a piece of cake or pie or tart or clafoutis–or whatever’s ready to eat. Ditto after dinner. And occasionally midafternoon.
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