PIZOOKIES

The boys LOVE it when I make these...I feel like a rotten mother, what kind of a mother would let her children put this in their bodies?!! Yeah, it's horrible for the body, but GREAT for teenage relationships:) I use Patsi's chocolate chip cookie recipe---the best I've ever made. You make the cookies gigantic, top with vanilla ice cream, then caramel and chocolate sauce...immediate love for the cook...and I LOVE being loved. So yep, I make them and serve them up with a smile. I've put the recipe here for you Michelle...this will keep Laddie in class.

PATSI'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 6-8 dozen

1 lb. butter softened in microwav

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

cream and then add:

2 tsp vanilla

4 eggs

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

4 1/2-5 1/2 cups flour (more sticky dough=flat cookie, longer dough refrigerated= better

consistentcy, soft and chewy after cooling)

2 bags chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds (I also like to add toffee bits when I have them)

Mix well, refrigerate at least 3 hours, drop on ungreased cookie sheet by the spoonful, Bake at 375 degrees. Form large Pizookie cookies by hand making about baseball size.

for 7-8 minutes