Memorial Day Weekend can be one of the busiest of the season at the farmers’ market. Attendance depends on the weather and this weekend’s forecast is just about perfect: blue skies and temperatures in the mid 70’s. Our opening day on Mother’s Day weekend brought an estimated 25,000 people into the market and the crowd this Saturday will be about the same. Let me tell you…that’s a lot of people!
When the farmers’ market is busy it can be difficult for vendors to leave their booths to do a little shopping or to buy prepared foods for lunch. It isn’t unusual to find long lines of shoppers waiting to make a purchase at almost every booth so I often take snacks from home to get me through an energy slump. No market sales can be made before the 8:00 am opening bell but vendors are allowed to purchase from each other before then so that is usually when I do my weekly shopping. I like to pack some cookies with my market gear and chose this easy recipe for granola cookies. I make and sell granola in my booth so this was an easy choice but any granola would do nicely. The strawberries I bought last week were so sweet and juicy, not always the case with the first berries of the season, and I can’t wait to make a big strawberry shortcake over the holiday weekend.
Early Spring Flower
I filled my flower pots with new soil and they ready to plant. The red and white geraniums are my favorite.
Radish Mountain
This is one of my favorite early season market photos and I post it every spring. This mountain doesn’t last long before it disappears at the hands of eager customers.
First of the Season Strawberries
I’m thinking “Strawberry Shortcake”
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-1/2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2-1/2 cups granola
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar together using the paddle attachment of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Combine dry ingredients: flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to the butter and sugar mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in granola and chocolate chips and combine well.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet covered with parchment or a silpat. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheet and then transfer to wire racks.
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Granola Cookies
The Nutcracker in my booth welcomes holiday shoppers.
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I am amazed at the radish mountain! The cookies would be a hit at our house. We are lucky that our farmers market run all year here in Sarasota. Some of the booths close in the heat of the summer them open back up in September. Our strawberries have been over for a couple of months now…I miss them already!
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Your cookies look and sound wonderful Cathy. This is the first time I’ve seen granola cookies so I’m looking forward to trying the recipe.
Your flowers are gorgeous and the farmers market looks like the place to be. I’m making a trip to one tomorrow and can’t wait to see what they have. Have a great weekend!
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Cathy, enjoy your market and this weekend. We are hoping (fingers crossed) to make it to Beaverton this July as we will be traveling through Oregon. I need some of those roasted almonds so badly, that I will travel many miles for them.
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Great news, Susan. I hope you and The Trout can make it to Beaverton this summer. I would love to meet you and I know you would enjoy our farmers’ market. I’ll have some freshly roasted gebrannte mandeln waiting for you.
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Love Radish Mountain, so cool. I know I’d pick the radish that spills the whole thing 🙂
The cookies look amazing, I’d definitely love a few of them!
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I like things that are different. Sound very good.
laughing at the radish mountain and drooling over strawberries!
Bonjour Cathy,
These Granola Cookies sound delicious, a good picnic dessert too. Those strawberries look wonderful too – will be looking for a strawberry shortcake recipe!!
Have a good weekend,
Mimi
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Much success at the Farmer’s Market this weekend. The weather is suppose to improve and should be perfect for vendors and shoppers. Your cookies sound yummy!
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I’m sure it will be an exhausting day but I wish you the best of luck! I know it will be fun. The cookies sound great Cathy. Happy Memorial Day Weekend:@)
Looks like a great quick energy cookie! Good luck at the market.
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I hope your season at the farmers’ market will be very successful. I think granola cookies would be great anytime of the day…a little pick me up or just because they sound terrific.
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Bookmarked! They look wonderful Cathy. We have stuff going on this weekend but I hope to stop by your booth soon. xoxo
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The cookies look so good.a.s well as all the flowers and produce already..That mountain! Wow.
Have fun this summer Cathy..may you make many new friends!
I find that radish mountain amazing too! so do the cookies! I love looking at your photos on your market, I never fail to notice the vast differences every time I see your posts on your market.
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Those cookies look delicious! I remember that radish mountain. Love it!!!
Have a great holiday weekend!!!
XO Kris
Love the market shots. I was at our downtown Tacoma one today and regretted not having my camera with me. Love the radishes!!! I bought some today that were the hugest I’ve ever seen…the size of good sized plums. Yummy and spicy too! Hope you have a great market season 🙂
What a fantastic market you have there. I have nver heard of granola cookies before; they sure look tasty. Wishing you a great long weekend.
Rita
It is sadly getting too hot for our farmer’s market season, so a lot will be ending. Your market looks awesome, I love that radish mountain 🙂
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I love a nice soft and chewy cookie, Cathy! These sound so good!
I was amazed by that radish mountain! I can imagine it falling all over the floor if someone digs into it in the wrong place…lol!
Have a Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
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I love your nutcracker. That mountain of radishes is incredible. The strawberries look wonderful too. I would love a strawberry dessert this weekend. I had two out of my garden today – have to fight the birds for them.
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The nutcracker is so adorable. You’re certainly branding yourself with that one.
The radish mountin is wild. I can’t imagine the time it must take to get that done.
Your cookies look delicious, can’t wait to try them.
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That radish mountain is really cool! Love these chewy cookies. Marvelous!
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Love your pics and the cookies look delicious! I am pinning the recipe to try 🙂
lovely cookies and would love to visit your booth one day
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Thanks for the great photos and recipe! I’m a loyal reader of your blog and live vicariously through it. 🙂
I made your granola cookies on Friday with homemade granola I made last week with dried fruit and nuts. The cookies were so good that they’ve disappeared already!
Thanks again and keep up the great blogging!
I am a HUGE fan of farmer’s markets. I get the best produce and goodies at them! Thank you for sharing all those great pictures! I am amazed by the raddish tower!!!!
It would be so much for to someday be able to stroll up to your stand and visit!
I am not much of a baker, but I love to make cookies! Thanks for this great recipe! I can’t wait to bake this cookie!
Have a happy Memorial Day!
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What appetizing & tasty looking cookies! So big & beautiful even! 🙂
I love the radishes in the pic!
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