Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Combine:

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 C shredded unsweetened coconut
• 2 2/3 C flour
• 1 t salt
• 1 t cinnamon
• 2 C light brown sugar

Melt in saucepan:

• 1 C unsalted butter
• 1/2 C maple syrup
• 2 T corn syrup

Combine, then add to maple syrup mixture:

• 2 t baking soda
• 1/4 C boiling water

Add

• 1 t maple or vanilla extract

Then add:

• the dry mixture
• 2 C chopped toasted pecans

Roll into balls.  Flatten slightly.

18-20 minutes at 350


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Nutmeg's First Grooming

Here is Nutmeg before her first grooming.  This was an indoor shot.  

And here she is after. She is super-fluffed due to the blow-drying, but it has settled down into ringlets.  This was her professional grooming right before Christmas.  

 

A couple of weeks later, I redid everything -- it was way easier than I thought.  I recommend, if you are new to dog grooming, to get it done the first time by someone who has a clue, and then start doing touch-ups right away, while you can still see the lines of the first trimmings.