Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

My gma recently took an old family favorite peanut butter cookie recipe and spiced it up by adding some oatmeal to the mix. From now on I don't think i'll ever make peanut butter cookies again w/o adding oatmeal. It makes the cookies so chewy and adds more flavor and texture to what was already a great cookie.

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
Beat thoroughly.
Add: 2 beaten eggs.
Add:
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups quick oats
2 tsp. soda
Drop onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Mormon Champagne

My mom came up with this yummy drink for my sister's bridal shower this summer. I also recently served it at another bridal shower this fall and both times it got rave reviews. It's so simple and it's even better to make extra so you can sip on leftovers for the next couple of days!

INGREDIENTS
1 (2 liter) bottle grapefruit flavored soda (Fresca), chilled
1 (64 fluid ounce) bottle Welch's white grape juice, chilled
8 oz. jar maraschino cherries plus 1/2 the juice

DIRECTIONS
Combine above ingredients and serve.

Halloween puffed treat

My mom shared this recipe with me TWICE while we were visiting in WA for apple harvest. Although I was blatantly ignoring my health while consuming this tasty treat, we polished off the first bowl so fast I was secretly hoping she would make a second batch, and i wasn't dissapointed. During the next 3 weeks I whipped up 4 more batches but did force myself to share most of it because the guilt was slowly rising...but it really is that good!

INGREDIENTS
2 cubes butter
1/2 cup light karo syrup
1 1/3 cup sugar

Cook over medium heat to soft ball stage (constantly stirring). Pour over 1 1/2 bags of Chester's puffs (buttered flavor).