Three Bites of Sugary Goodness

It's Marti's fault.

She is my sister and she taught me 

how to make them.
I have made my girls memorize and perfect
the recipe starting at age 10.

It took years to perfect them.

Jeff calls them "Crisco Disks", yet he still eats them.

We make them every Sunday and invite any and all to join in the feast

starting at 7:00p.m.

Marti's Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup shortening

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

blend well then add:

1tsp. salt

1tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. water

blend well then add:

2 1/4 cups flour

add more flour until the dough is just past sticky and shiny.

Mix in 1 cup chocolate chips.

Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.

Bake on parchment paper 

(I use the medium Pampered Chef Cookie Scoop) 

at 350^oF for about 10 minutes.

Chalkboard Platter

You might say I'm a little obsessed with chalkboards right now.
It's true.

I bought a silver platter on eBay for $9.
I bought a pint of chalkboard paint

at OSH and painted several coats on the flat part of the platter.  

It sits on my kitchen counter on an easel and I use my favorite chalk pen

to write whatever I want.
Messages of encouragement, announcements,

menus, etc.  It's a pretty message center.

I've seen the center of porcelain trays painted too and the trays also

look great hung on the wall.

On Sunday I remind the family what is coming....

Stay tuned for another chalkboard post tomorrow!

OOPS!

I have just been informed that I left out the most important ingredient in Grandma Van Doren's bread recipe - SUGAR!!!  Please know that the recipe has been fixed and I'm so sorry if you have already made it.
Julie