Originally published in Yellowstone Valley Woman.
On 17th Street in Billings, tucked between two main thoroughfares is a small family run bakery, Caramel Cookie Waffles. For 22 years, the Boogmans Jan and his wife Judy have pressed, baked, and filled countless cookies. Two thin waffle-indented golden brown wafers, the diameter of a fist, sandwich a layer of caramel. From first bite to last, the cookie delicately crumbles only to be immediately enveloped with thick rich sauce. It then melts in the mouth and the memory with gentle flavors of cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla.