Yummy Tummy time

My friend Carrie called me the other day to ask for the recipe for The World's Best Peanut Butter Cookies. You can read her blog about it, and see a lot of delicious pictures, and hear the story. My job in all of this is to post the actual recipe. First, a little back story.  This recipe came from a cookbook called "Cherished Recipe's" that was acquired by my mother at one of the many churches either her father or my father preached at sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's. I LOVE church cookbooks, because you never know what kind of hidden treasure they will contain. They almost never try to be healthy, and the recipes they contain are usually absolutely delicious in their unhealthiness. Since I grew up with this cookbook, I am especially fond of it. I even tried stealing it from my Mom's house when I first moved out. She noticed, and reclaimed it. Sad times. 

 Do any of you remember me mentioning in an earlier blog, Homeschool wonderworld, how I clearly remember cutting a recipe in half while I was studying fractions? This is THAT recipe. So, not only is it delicious, it is full of history. 

1 1/4 cup butter (the real stuff) 1 1/4 cup peanut butter (crunchy or creamy, depending on your mood) 1 1/4 cup white sugar  1 1/4 cup brown sugar  3 eggs  2 1/2 tsp vanilla  2 1/2 TBSP milk   2 1/2 tsp baking soda   1 1/4 tsp salt   4 1/2 cups flour  Hershey Kisses if so desired

Cream together all ingredients. Roll into balls and slightly flatten. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes. Top with Kisses immediately, and remove from pan to cool. If you prefer plain, they are plenty delicious without kisses. I sometimes put dark chocolate chips in and bake them like that. 

 Of course, since this is me, the health conscious diabetic, I usually use Splenda instead of the white sugar, and half the flour is freshly ground whole wheat. That still doesn't make them good for you, but a little less bad....