Welcome to my Kitchen

October officially begins the baking season on my calendar. Frosty mornings and cool days invite the warming of the kitchen with the heat and aromas of freshly baked breads, muffins, pies and cookies. Kathie Donahue shared her recipe for the Oatmeal Bar Cookies she brought to a recent gathering of quilters. She describes them as “tender, chewy; great as an energy bar or trail bar.”

These bars would be ideal for breakfast on the go or a mid-morning coffee break. You could substitute any small or coarsely chopped dried fruit for the raisins. Kathie’s baking hint is not to skip the parchment pape...