1 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c butter
2 eggs
about 1 3/4 c canned pumpkin
2 c flour
2 c rolled oats (not quick oats)
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each salt, nutmeg, ginger

Mix all ingredients in large bowl. Stir until smooth.

1 c raisins
1 c chopped walnuts

Add nuts and raisins and mix until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoon on a parchmented cookie sheet (or several). Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes.

I am utterly very much a milk chocolate person. Without further ado, my favorites.
1. Scharffen Berger: Extra Rich Milk. 41% Cacao, $2.25/1oz. link
2. Seattle Chocolates: Meltaway Mint Truffle Bar. $3.50/2.5oz. link
3. Seeds of Change: Katahdin (recently discovered, but now discontinued?!). link
4. Chocolove: Raspberries in Dark Chocolate. 3.2oz. link
5. Rapunzel: Milk Chocolate with Nut Truffle Creme. link

Simplified Pie Crust of Awesomeness
(makes one crust - for the pie below, make 2x this recipe, roll one out for the bottom, cut one up for a lattice top)
1 1/4 c flour
1 T sugar
1/4 t salt
1/2 c (1 stick) unsalted butter
2 T cold water
Mix everything together, preferably with hands. :-)

Berry Pie Filling
(for 9-11in. pie pan)
"4 c" (1.5 bags frozen) fruit - blackberries, raspberries, or peaches
1/4 c flour
1 c (use 1/2-3/4 c if the fruit is really sweet) sugar
1 T lemon juice (crucial. really good if you use meyer lemons)
Mix everything together. Put in pie shell, cover with lattice top. Bake 15min at 450F, then 50-60min at 350F. Cool at least 15min and devour!

Srsly, this pie is really hard to mess up and awesome. My favorite so far is raspberries.