Mom's "Forgotten Cookies"

 I can NEVER thank my Mom enough for raising me in a home where

she took pride in cooking and baking for her family.

With (7) kids in the home, my Dad teaching school,

Mom worked as a teacher's aid  everyday,  then came home

to teach Tap Dancing and Acrobatics's classes.

I remember there being at least 2 (hour long)
 classes each day after school.

*And YES all 7 kids danced! Even the boys!*

  With Both parents busy,.... my Mom was VERY CLEVER!!

She came up with a plan to not only lighten the 
stress of the preparations of meals but also made 
them into a learning experience for we children as well.

The "Great Mom Idea" as I now call it,
 was a simple way of teaching (us kids)

how to plan, plus prepare a meal. 
With there being (7) day in a week ....and (7) kids... 
each child was giving a day where they were in charge 
of choosing what they wanted to fix for Dinner.

Some of the younger siblings were "paired" up with an older sibling.

Usually that made it so Mom was in charge of weekend meals.

(You remember those Sunday Roast dinners!  
YUM!- she was smart in this too....I am sure she didn't 
want to have Hot Dogs as the Sunday Dinner! ha,ha)

 Anyway we then had to write out the menu  and make a list

of what was needed in order to make that dish.
 If we didn't have it in the pantry it was our job to make 
sure it was on the shopping list.

You get the idea of just how SMART this was!

Some of the siblings hated this, you could always tell who 
wanted to make dinner as easy  as possible 
with no effort put into it. 
That is when the dinner was hot dogs or frozen pot pies. 
Then there were others who would want to

learn how to make a casserole or enchiladas. 

And to this day I am still the one who LOVES to
cook or bake for family get togethers. 
My Mom says she didn't teach us how to cook.

Yet ALL I know I learned from her. 
She is a WONDERFUL example to me!

I will always be eternally grateful for her guiding hand in my life.

Now what does this have to do with this cookie recipe?

Well just giving you a little bit of a "peek" inside my Mom's busy life.

I remember Mom making these cookies around Christmas time.

Usually starting them later in the evening,... with all of us kids

 wanting them to hurry up and be done before we had to go to bed.

 NEVER HAPPENED!

Mom would place them in the oven then start getting us all ready for bed.

The next morning we all would want to have a cookie!

Mom would act all worried and upset telling us that she had totally

"forgotten the cookies" having left them in the oven all night.

Low and Behold.....they didn't burn! Turned out Perfect!

So go ahead and make up a batch of the cookies tonight

for your family then totally "Forget" them!

Forgotten Cookies
*This will make 2 doz. 1 inch cookies*
2 Egg Whites
1/8 tsp. Salt
2/3 C. Sugar
1 C. Mini Chocolate Chips
1 C. Chopped Nuts-*optional


Preheat Oven to 350
In mixing bowl start beating your egg whites and salt on high
until stiff. Keeping mixer on high speed slowly add in the sugar
a little at a time until gone.  Then you fold chips and nuts in.
You can now either "pipe" or drop them onto a foil lined
and lightly sprayed sheet pan. Finally TURN OFF the oven.
Place the cookies into the oven, and forget them for at least
6 hours or over night. NO PEEKING!!


Moments and Memories,
Lark