I have always loved to bake. Hobby? Maybe. Definitely something I’m proud of.

Over the past year, I’ve ramped up the baking again, having taken a too-long hiatus while the kids were little.

And… maybe I’m a bit overeager ’cause I found a recipe for peanut butter and honey cookies on Pinterest, picked up cheap honey instead of the expensive, local stuff I prefer to use, and … wondered if the recipe should have flour in it.

After making it, I’m convinced that yes, that recipe wasn’t complete. After all, peanut butter, honey, baking soda, and an egg… what’s there to bind it together? What’s there to absorb some of the moisture?

Well… nothing.

It was too wet to put into a cookie sheet, so it went into an 8×8 baking pan. One of my All-Clads, in fact. I baked and baked and it rose and rose, and when the edges started to smell burned, I threw in the towel.

It’s soup.

Yeah, I hear you guys. “Stick to writing, Susan!”

I shall.

And when you see a character who makes a flourless peanut butter and honey cookie, you’ll know EXACTLY what inspired it.

In fact, I know just the character!