Years ago my two nieces, Nancy and Linda, and I started baking cookies every week end right after Thanksgiving. We made thousands, ate some but gave most of them away. Andy and I and the boys would drive down to McConnelsville on Friday night and off we would go baking in our pajamas for comfort and fun. Then that got hectic and I started baking at home leaving a trail of cookies where ever I went. That was lonesome and when we moved to Many Branches I found a fellow baker across the street and for a few years we baked together. After that I was done with cookies for many years. My sister-in-law, Sally came to Columbus with a jar of Mrs. Field's cookies and I was hooked again. You know the story about that recipe I am sure. Well, it's a great recipe and I am baking it today for Alyssa and Brooks and their friends who will be coming home soon for Christmas. It only calls for a pound of butter and two bags of chocolate chips and five cups of oats and four cups of flour--it may kill my work horse mixer, but we are still going to plow through it once Andy gets back with the 4 jumbo eggs the recipe need, plus the usual additions for cookies. Everything is ready and waiting, come on Andy.
Below: My favorite dessert cookie, Butterscotch Dessert Cookie. Better the second day and beyond.
