Cookies, anyone?

I began my love of baking (and eating!) cookies when I was about 9 years old.....I remember I would ask my mom if I could make some and she always seemed willing to let me, and then there was a rule put into place: If I asked to make them, I had to clean up the mess. If she asked me to make them, then she would clean up the mess. Early on I learned that you DO NOT exchange baking soda for baking powder. YUCK. The cookies in the photo above are a heirloom recipe of my grandma's. She got the recipe from Mrs. Hanson.  I love them. They are a bit "bland", but soft and I could eat several dozen in a sitting. Luckily, the recipe makes about a million. I have about 8 different sugar cookie recipes that produce cookies of different characteristics. Want a sugar cookie that holds an imprint well? I have it. How about one that tastes pretty good, and holds a pretty good imprint? I have that one too. Want one that just tastes absolutely the best? I have it. Want one that is poofy? Got that one too. How about one that makes the best frosted valentine hearts? Yep. A fairly decent collection of cookie cutters is in my pantry. As a young mom, I learned that one of the things I could do with one arm and hand while holding an infant in the other arm was make and bake cookies. And eat them. Contrary to what one might assume, I am much heavier now that I don't bake cookies almost everyday than when I did. So there. My recipe files contain approximately 91.67% cookie recipes. I can look through my recipes and am reminded of family and friends based on who shared each recipe with me. I love to make cookies for almost every kind of get together; wedding showers, baby showers, open houses for birthdays, celebrations and farewells. The more cookies, the better! Cookies freeze well, at least for a couple weeks or so. So bake up a batch or two of cookies and stick them in the freezer! I use to sneak into our basement storage room when I was young and raid the freezer there.  Frozen cookies taste great! Oh, and I almost forgot....when my kids set up "lemonade stands" in the neighborhood, they would also sell homemade cookies. It was a successful business venture. While living in student housing, one of my friends and neighbor told me that her pediatrician told her that a homemade oatmeal cookie was very wholesome! Add that to some ice cream and you have a well rounded snack!