GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Who can resist these cookies?!?!?

There is nothing that brings us back to our childhoods like the heavenly taste of chocolate chip cookies.

I remember getting off the school bus and I swear you could smell those cookies as soon as the foot hit home soil.

Milk and cookies.  Frozen cookies stolen from the freezer.  Cookies in the field at harvest time.  Oh my, the memories a good old cookie can bring.

Unfortunately Mom caught on to the cookies missing from the freezer and that's when they were moved to the locked trunk of the car.  It was her final solution for keeping three "starving" children from depleting the baked goods 😆.

I'm not a fan of store bought cookies - actually I try to stay away from cookies - out of sight, out of mind they say.  Hubster on the other hand has alway had his three course lunch - sandwich, cookie and fruit.  He ran out of cookies the other day and the weather had taken a bit of a cooler turn so I whipped these up - fast, simple, very little clean up, PLUS I didn't need to go to the store.

WARNING:  These are likely not good for you!

Grandma's Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup margarine

2 eggs

1 cup of brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

Beat these all together.

Add:

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

Stir in 2 cups of chocolate chips

Bake at 375 degrees F. for 8 to 10 minutes.

When cooled hide in the trunk of your vehicle 😋.

'til next time,

QB

PEANUT BUTTER MARSHMALLOW SQUARES

This has long been a favorite for our family's festive gatherings.  The simplest of recipes to make and the most asked for in our household.  Enjoy!

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup of smooth or crunchy peanut butter

1 package of butterscotch chipits

Melt these three ingredients over low heat.  Set to the side to cool.

Add one package of colored or white mini marshmallows.  Usually if I have two packages of marshmallows on hand I will add a bit of the second package just so that there is not as much "goo" on the bottom of the cut pieces.  Some people like a lot of "goo", others not so much .... depends on your sweetness taste buds.

Pour the mixture into an 8"x8" pan sprayed lightly with Pam.  Set in the fridge or freezer for an hour or so and then cut into small, or big, squares.  Eat, refrigerate or freeze - anything goes with these!  Yummy!

'til next time

QB