It was February. I wound up in Madison, Wisconsin. Yes, the MidWest. There was snow everywhere. There was fantastic and cheap Indian food. I was frigid frozen cold, trapped beneath a treeless, solid gray sky. Then there was the Madison Botanical Garden, an indoor tropical coffee plantation that sent my flat hair into luscious, curly frizz. And to top off the day in Madison, there was the Willy St. Co-Op and inside the Willy St. Co-Op, across from Jamerica, there was The Natural line of baked goods from the fantastic folks at La Campagne Bakery. Well, for 5 bucks we picked up a package of Chocolate-Oatmeal Cookies and were instantly hooked. A week later, from my PNW kitchen I am scouring the Interwebs trying to remember the name of this fine cookie's creator. The good folks at Willy St. searched their bread aisle for me and finally returned the name of La Campagne. I looked up the bakery and ordered 4 packages of chocolate oatmeal cookies. Few days later, all I get is 4 packages of CRANBERRY-oatmeal. So I complain and they send me free chocolate oatmeal cookies AND two packages of the best granola I have ever had. To my dismay however a main component to it is la beurre.
A few handfuls of their granola (which features almond, blueberries, cranberries, and raisins), fresh vanilla bean, a bit of graham flour, a gob of honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, chunks of firm apple, grated ginger, and the white of one egg made for the sweetest smoothest cookie to date. Thanks to the folks at La Campagne!
