Chocolate Chip Cookies!

This recipe is from the butter flavored Crisco can, doubled. One batch never seemed to go far so I always doubled it....I was turned on to this recipe by my Mom, Linda Dukes. Sometime in the late 80's, early 1990's I believe......

She started making these as Christmas gifts in the 80's. They are unbelievably good and disappear fast at our house.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 ½ cups butter flavored Crisco
2 ½ cups firmly packed light brown sugar
4 tbsp. milk
2 tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs
3 ½ cups self rising flour
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups coarsely chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts-optional)
**if nuts are omitted add 2 more cups of chocolate chips**

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

Cover cookie sheets in parchment paper

Combine Crisco, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed til well blended.

Add eggs and mix well.

Gradually add flour and mix well.

Stir in (by hand) the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheets and bake at 375 degrees for (Chewy Cookies) 8-10 minutes (Crispy Cookies) 11-13 minutes.

*Do not overbake*
**Bake only one cookie sheet at a time**

Cool on sheets 2 minutes and remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

My Mom's Nanner Pudding!

Yes, this is the recipe for the most requested dessert I have ever made!

5 C. Milk

2 lg. boxes Vanilla Instant Pudding

2 lg containers of Cool Whip, thawed

1 Can Condensed Milk

1 large box Vanilla Wafers

1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

5 bananas

**a VERY LARGE mixing bowl

**a VERY LARGE serving dish

Mix the pudding and milk in the mixing bowl for two minutes and set aside.

Pour and spread out all but 10 vanilla wafers in the bottom of the serving dish and slice all 5 bananas over them. Set aside.

To the pudding add the can of condensed milk and 1 tbsp vanill extract, mix well.

Mix in 1 container of thawed cool whip and pour over the wafers/banana mix.

Spread the last container of cool whip over the op of the pudding mix and crumble the reserved vanilla wafers over the top for decoration.

It is ready to eat at this point or keep in the fridge til ready to serve.

*Sometimes I make this and break it down into 3 smaller pans because it makes A LOT. In that case I put more bananas in each pan.