Taxes and Peanut Butter Cookies
Dear Gentle Reader,
The shadow of the IRS has begun its annual invasion of our home. Tax preparation is truly one of my least favorite responsibilities. How about you?
I don’t mind (too much) going through the slips of paper enumerating deductions and income, or tallying everything up, or plugging in the numbers so the tax accountant can arrive at a figure.
But what drives me up the wall is misplacing one of those crucial slips of paper. "I had it a minute ago. It was right here! What in the world could have become of it?"
Eventually the errant piece of paper turns up—maybe in the wrong file folder, or under another piece of paper… I’m sure you’ve been there and done that, too. So stressful. This year Dick has been really supportive and helpful in starting out on this tax project. For example, this morning we found an inconsistency in a bank’s figures, so he volunteered to go to the bank tomorrow and get to the bottom of it.
Now, on a happier note, I’m going to divulge to you my recipe for scrumptious peanut butter cookies! As a child, I was sometimes taken to the home of an elderly (60s?) cousin when my parents went out of town. This dear woman, named Etta, would serve peanut butter cookies that melted in my mouth. For years and years I tried without success to duplicate them. It’s too bad that my boys are grown and none of our grandchildren live nearby, for I truly think that this recipe produces cookies as good as Etta made!
Ingredients
1 cup chunky peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup flour (on the generous side)
1 teaspoon baking soda
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix peanut butter, sugar, egg and salt together. Measure flour and add the baking soda to the flour. Then combine the flour mixture with the peanut butter mixture. Roll the dough into balls the size of a walnut and place on an ungreased baking sheet. You can use a fork to press down each ball (or make a crisscross pattern if desired.)
Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes.
Peanut butter effectively lowers cholesterol, I understand. A friend of mine had very high cholesterol, which she attributed to the fact that she’d stopped eating peanut butter. When she began eating a teaspoon daily, her cholesterol dropped back to normal levels. Probably plain peanut butter is healthier, but the cookies are more enjoyable.
Let me know if you try the recipe.
The shadow of the IRS has begun its annual invasion of our home. Tax preparation is truly one of my least favorite responsibilities. How about you?
I don’t mind (too much) going through the slips of paper enumerating deductions and income, or tallying everything up, or plugging in the numbers so the tax accountant can arrive at a figure.
But what drives me up the wall is misplacing one of those crucial slips of paper. "I had it a minute ago. It was right here! What in the world could have become of it?"
Eventually the errant piece of paper turns up—maybe in the wrong file folder, or under another piece of paper… I’m sure you’ve been there and done that, too. So stressful. This year Dick has been really supportive and helpful in starting out on this tax project. For example, this morning we found an inconsistency in a bank’s figures, so he volunteered to go to the bank tomorrow and get to the bottom of it.
Now, on a happier note, I’m going to divulge to you my recipe for scrumptious peanut butter cookies! As a child, I was sometimes taken to the home of an elderly (60s?) cousin when my parents went out of town. This dear woman, named Etta, would serve peanut butter cookies that melted in my mouth. For years and years I tried without success to duplicate them. It’s too bad that my boys are grown and none of our grandchildren live nearby, for I truly think that this recipe produces cookies as good as Etta made!
Ingredients
1 cup chunky peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup flour (on the generous side)
1 teaspoon baking soda
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix peanut butter, sugar, egg and salt together. Measure flour and add the baking soda to the flour. Then combine the flour mixture with the peanut butter mixture. Roll the dough into balls the size of a walnut and place on an ungreased baking sheet. You can use a fork to press down each ball (or make a crisscross pattern if desired.)
Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes.
Peanut butter effectively lowers cholesterol, I understand. A friend of mine had very high cholesterol, which she attributed to the fact that she’d stopped eating peanut butter. When she began eating a teaspoon daily, her cholesterol dropped back to normal levels. Probably plain peanut butter is healthier, but the cookies are more enjoyable.
Let me know if you try the recipe.
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