Barley Thumbprint Cookies

I’d never really gotten into thumbprint cookies until my former coworker Lauren Bushnell left me a package of her barley thumb-print cookies. I can’t remember what I did to receive the gift, but I remember thinking, That’s nice of her. Maybe Erik will like them. I absentmindedly tossed them into my bag and headed home. Then the bus was late, it was raining, and I was grouchy. When the bus finally arrived and I got a seat, I popped a cookie into my mouth and was stopp