So there I was, getting ready to sift the dry ingredients for oatmeal cookies, thinking as I did so that recipes always seem to stint on nutmeg, which happens to be one of my favourite spices. In fact, I frequently make myself a bedtime hot posset of milk and water with a sprinkle of nutmeg on the top. I popped the lid off the nutmeg jar, shook out the stingy 1/4 teaspoon called for in the recipe, and...dropped the jar. On its head. In the sifter full of flour, sugar, cinnamon and cloves. I managed to retrieve most of it, but was left with at least 3/4 tsp. in the sifter. "Oh, well," I said. "Call it an experiment. Let's see how an abundance of nutmeg affects the cookies." Well, the results are in. There is a slightly peppery taste to them, but they are quite edible, and if I was asked to identify the "secret ingredient," I would not be able to pinpoint nutmeg.
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