I had a peppy post all prepared for this recipe, but now it just seems dishonest to publish it.

Because I feel like crap right now. And all I feel like doing is stuffing my face with cookies and crying into my milk. Unfortunately, however, I can’t do that. I’m leaving for Peru in two weeks—where it’s summer and where I will have to wear a bikini. So, because I don’t plan on rolling the beaches of Lima like a mama bear going into hibernation, I must find innocent people to feed. Sniff.

The recipe I used is an amalgamation of ingredients and methods from Quaker Oats’ recipes for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Coconut Oatmeal Biscotti and this Oatmeal Cookie biscotti recipe from Baking Bites.(Gosh, I hope she doesn’t get mad at me for using and loving her recipes so much). On the whole, everything went according to plan. The…