Putting in Work

I've been promising my friend Don homemade baked goods for a while now, possibly over a year but with school and work, it was impossible to find time to put together a package and mail it out. However, I had a week off of school recently and used this opportunity to do just that. Don's a fun guy with a huge sweet tooth and so I had to make him something really special; Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch and Hazelnut Treats and Dark Chocolate & Pecan Oatmeal Cookies.

 Despite the use of marshmallows, the treats were the easiest to make while the cookies took me several tries. No matter what I did, they stuck to the baking sheet/aluminum foil/parchment paper and because they were so soft, they'd fall apart. I ended up dropping half a tablespoon of cookie dough into mini muffin liners and baking them that way. Finally, Success.

Recipes & more pictures after jump!