Now and Then by Nancy Kline: CHOCOLATE CHIP SHEET COOKIESWhen in a hurry and ru...

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: CHOCOLATE CHIP SHEET COOKIESWhen in a hurry and ru...: CHOCOLATE CHIP SHEET COOKIES When in a hurry and running out of time this is a good way to bake homemade chocolate  chip cookies in a h...

CHOCOLATE CHIP SHEET COOKIES

When in a hurry and running out of time this is a good way to bake homemade chocolate  chip cookies in a hurry.  It takes a lot of time to dip out the dough individually and get them all the same size so this is a quick remedy to that.  They may not be quite as pretty but they taste the same and they don't last long enough to matter what shape they are anyway.

 

I use the recipe on the chocolate chip package but you can use whatever you want.

 

This is what I used:

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup softened butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

12 oz. package chocolate chips

 

Prepare pan with cooking spray

Using a dampened spatula, spread the dough onto a 9 1/2 x 15 inch baking pan.  Use one with an edge to keep  dough from running over in the oven.  Bake at 350 degrees until brown, usually 15 to 20 minutes.

 

When cool cut into any size. 

 

Lesson in sodas:  Baking Soda causes dough to spread

                             Baking Powder causes dough to puff

 

Mix, Bake and Share

 

 

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS Sweet Autumn Clematis is a b...

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS Sweet Autumn Clematis is a b...: SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS   Sweet Autumn Clematis is a beautiful vining plant that blooms in the fall.  It is nicely fragrant and is love...

SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS

 

Sweet Autumn Clematis is a beautiful vining plant that blooms in the fall.  It is nicely fragrant and is loved and visited by thousands of bees.  When it blooms it is covered with small star shaped white flowers. It is very invasive and will climb on anything.  It thinks the gingerbread trim on my house was cooked up just for it. 

It is supposed to be cut back in the spring but we cut it back in the fall hoping to slow it down. 

 

 

 

The vines in our yard love to climb on the old leaning arbor that will not stand up straight.  We have had it propped up so many times only to find it wanting to lean like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.  We feel embarrassed to ask the grandsons to stand it up again for fear they will not come back to see us. 

 

The Sweet Autumn Clematis is absolutely beautiful when it blooms but is quite a task to cut down and tow away in the fall.

 

Sweet Scents and Happy Bees for a Few Weeks!





Now and Then by Nancy Kline: EMPTY NEST AGAINSixty one years later! After fou...

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: EMPTY NEST AGAINSixty one years later!  After fou...: EMPTY NEST AGAIN  Sixty one years later!  After four kids, ten grandkids and ten great grandkids (and one more on the way) we are ba...

EMPTY NEST AGAIN



Sixty one years later!  After four kids, ten grandkids and ten great grandkids (and one more on the way) we are back to the empty nest.  We have gone through this empty nest syndrome so many times.  Our first child was born nine months after our wedding and the last one came twelve years after that.  We also had the honor of housing husband's father for ten years along with all four of the children.  We thought we had an empty nest when the last one left for Pepperdine University but that didn't last long.  Before he finished college the grandkids started popping out.  We have had kids of some kind in and out for so many years.  They have all decided to leave the nest for good and let us enjoy a few years to ourselves. 

The ones that moved out this weekend have been with us for three years.  We had the mom, dad, their one daughter and two sons plus a dog and two cats.  We had a ball the whole time but the big old house seemed too quiet over the weekend with no noise and messes.  Believe it or not we even miss the neighborhood kids ringing the door bell and eating all our snacks and drinking all the milk and colas. We watched the three kids grow up so much.  Daughter is now a teen ager and boys have grown up to be very independent twelve and nine year olds.   

We will have to get used to each other again.  We will be busy repainting and getting all the little fingerprints off the walls and wood work.  Plenty of work to do!

 

The older we get the faster the time flies!

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: GOOEY BUTTER CAKE This is a very gooey and delici...

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: GOOEY BUTTER CAKE This is a very gooey and delici...: GOOEY BUTTER CAKE    This is a very gooey and delicious quick cake.  It disappears quickly so you don't have to worry about ho...