I was going to make cookies last weekend when I ordered an electric mixer off the Chinese Amazon. Little did I know, next-day delivery wasn’t going to be next day. Anyway, it came the day after that, on Monday, even though I had specified to deliver only on weekends. Fortunately, one of my roommates was home.

So now I have a mixer! I’m so tempted to just buy some whipping cream and make whipped cream, or beat some egg whites. Alas, I just used it to make my cookies this past weekend, which, thanks to the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Golden Week holidays, was shortened by the government to a mere one-day weekend. I am working on a Sunday so I can “earn” the holiday later. Is it just me, or do the Chinese not really understand the meaning of “holiday”?

Oh, right, my cookies. They were meh: good but nothing special. A tad bit too sweet, even though I skimped on the sugar (as I always do), but delicious with milk. I omitted raisins because I used granola leftover from when we made parfaits that had dried apples and blueberries, but I wish I hadn’t because it’s not like the apples and blueberries were very noticeable in the granola. Also, I got lazy and combined it with another granola mix with bits of chocolate instead of keeping them separate.

Main ingredients: Granola, sugar, butter, flour — all of which I had on hand.

Special flavorings: The recipe called for a teaspoon of vanilla, which would have been good, but I didn’t want to shell out the cash for it.

Total cost: 30 to 35 RMB ($5) for two dozen. Granola and butter are expensive. Plain oatmeal is much cheaper and probably better for oatmeal cookies anyway. Also, every time I make cookies, I’m always amazed by how easy and quick they are to make. I’ll totally be making some with regular oatmeal and raisins soon.