Best Chocolate cookies ever.....

Yesterday, me and the kids made these cookies and for once, my chocolate chip cookies were not flattened pancakes and crispy! They were soft, chewy and FLUFFY! So good!

Thank you Jessica for the recipe! Here it is:
* 2 1/4 cups flour
* 1 tsp. baking soda
* 1 cup butter, softened*
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 3/4 cup brown sugar
* 1 tsp. vanilla
* 1 3oz. package instant vanilla pudding (to clarify: just use the dry pudding mix, don't actually make the pudding)
* 2 eggs
* 12 oz. chocolate chips


combine flour and baking soda; set aside.

combine butter, sugars, vanilla, and pudding mix and beat until smooth and creamy.

beat in eggs.

gradually add flour mixture.

stir in chocolate chips.

bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. (I pull mine out a tad under-done and then let them sit on the pan for a minute or so.)

And here is little miss just thrilled to have one for breakfast today!
 

 We woke up to rain again this morning! I am just loving this weather!

Labor day weekend...

I hope you all had a fun, relaxing weekend! I sure did. We spent Saturday and Monday at home doing some catch up with chores, visiting each other etc. Sunday we had a fun BBQ at a friends house, but guess where my camera was!? well it was there with me, but it didn't leave its perch on the counter the whole afternoon! Good visiting, good food and lots of fun with a few other families.

Yesterday, was another day of cleaning up, and relaxing. I did get a couple of my small spray paint projects done tho, I will post those another day!

So all in all it was a great weekend!

I will leave you today with this Yummy recipe that I got from my sister!

Almost Candy Bars.
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 bag of chocolate chips
1 bag of butterscotch chips
1 box of devils food cake mix
1 stick of butter

Mix the butter and the box cake mix together until crumbly, than spread it on a jelly roll pan. Sprinkle both bags of chips on top and than pour/drizzle the whole can of sweetened condensed milk over the top.  Bake at 350degrees for about 20 minutes.

They were so good! I made them for our BBQ. Thanks Jenny!

Homemade Pizza....

mmm... yummy! It is so quick and easy and everyone here just loves it!

Crispy crust, hamburger, pepperonis, sausage and cheese.




Here is the recipe (added for you Jenny)
1 package of Dry yeast
1 tsp. sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt

Mix the yeast and water until yeast is dissolved; add sugar. Add salt and flour and knead for 3-5 minutes. place in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise until double in size.

Sauce:
1 can tomato sauce (8oz.)
1 can tomato paste (6oz.)

Mix the sauce. Grease 2 jelly roll pans and spread 1/2 the crust dough on each pan. Let this raise for 10 minutes on the pans. Spread the sauce on each one; sprinkle lightly with salt, pepper and oregano. Sprinkle browned hamburger, sausage (or both)and pepporonis. You can also put mushrooms, olives or whatever else. Bake in the oven on 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Than add grated cheese and bake until cheese is melted!

(Or you can cheat, like I did a couple times, by just using the pizza crust in the can and ragu pizza sauce!)

I can't believe summer is almost over and school will be starting in just a few weeks! What are some quick and easy meals that you guys like to make during the school year? or anytime for that matter!

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