With just five ingredients (six if you count salt), they transform from a bowl of pantry staples into a cookie that looks like it belongs in a Parisian pâtisserie window. I want to caveat the "easy" ...

I was a happy little butterball when I was a kid. Sweets were my thing, desserts in particular. And chocolate desserts most of all. The one exception to the rule? My grandmother’s oatmeal ...