one big cookie!

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“I’ve invited a few friends over for Cookie Baking Day!!”

 

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“My friend Helen said to come prepared to eat cookies. Well…I’m ready!”

Since Helen has invited so many “friends” to join us I guess we had better prepare for a larger crowd this month!!

And what better way than with one LARGE COOKIE!

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COOKIE CAKE

1 cup crisco

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 tea baking soda

1/2 tea salt

1 package (12 ounces) chocolate chips (I like Hershey’s Best!)

Heat oven to 375.  Mix shortening, sugars and egg.  Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff).  Stir in chocolate chips.

Spray round aluminum pan lightly with baking spray.  Place entire chocolate chip mixture in center of pan and begin to flatten/press evenly, until dough is within 1/2 inch of edge(s). (Dough will spread to edge during baking.)

*Recipe can also be made for individual medium-size cookies. Drop dough instead by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake until light brown, 8 to 10 minutes. (Centers will be soft.)

Makes 1 round cookie-cake

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6 dozen medium-size chocolate chip cookies.

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“Wait, so you mean if someone ‘dresses up’ they can expect bigger cookies to be served?”

“If so, I sure do hope this will work!!”

nibble, nibble, nibble…

crumbs on the plate.

nibble, nibble, nibble…

it’s almost too late!

Hurry-Up!

Or you’ll miss the last bite

of something that is great!

hugs n’ blessings to ALL the friends who joined us this month to share in Cookie Baking Day!

Happy National Doggie Day too!

God Bless Our Love.

(Music by: John Lennon)

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Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love

I searched all the

dictionaries to find

the meaning of life

but I found nothing.

But when we got

married and I looked

into your eyes, I

found everything.

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Spending our lives together
Man and wife together
World without end
World without end

 

To my wonderful husband…

Who has shown me

what love really is.

Who is the reason for my happy days

& the comfort in my sad ones.

Who cheers my successes

& comforts me in my failures.

I am so proud to be your wife.

And…I LOVE YOU.

 

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Grow old along with me
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through
For our love is true
God bless our love
God bless our love

these 30 (anniversary) hugs n’ blessings are just for you!

forever and always…

me

(Photos taken by Jared Don at Maynard Vineyards in Northeast, Pa!)

california wine-crush!

it’s the monday giggles: (And in honor of ‘Our Lady of the Grapes’…)

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Photo courtesy of Pinterest

novinophobia: (noun)

the fear of running out of wine.

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1 grape cluster = 1 glass

75 grapes = 1 cluster

4 clusters = 1 bottle

40 cclusters = 1 vine

1 vine = 10 bottles

1200 clusters = 1 barrel

1 barrel = 60 gallons

60 gallons = 25 cases

30 vines = 1 barrel

400 vines = 1 acre

1 acre = 5 tons

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Daniel Susco in his interesting article

Have Another Glass : 7 Weird Facts about Grapes & Wine outlines for us…

people have been growing grapes for 8,00 years,

Noah grew them,

the oldest grape-producing vine is in Slovenia,

the oldest known winery is from 4000 B.C.,

red wine may help prevent heart disease,

Ancient Greek wine was very strong,

*an entire bottle of wine can fit into a Starbuck’s Trenta Cup.

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(*I may have made that last one up myself.)

hugs n’ blessings and may your giggles burst more than your wine skins!

“Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”  Matthew 9:17