A Visit up North With the DaUgHter...and Best ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla ( I have used other flavors as well chocolate/butterscotch is really good too. I even discovered Cheese cake instant pudding as well!)
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 12 ounces milk chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Combine the flour and baking soda. Set aside.
3. Mix the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, pudding mix, and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Add the eggs and mix well. Gradually stir in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips and the chopped nuts. Drop from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets about 1 inch apart.
4. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes.

Elliot and I decided to pack up the car and head up north to visit Alison to watch her teams volleyball match against Alaska. We had some time to kill before the game so we took off and played! Did some shopping at REI and the College store. Had a nice Mexican dinner and then off to the game we went.

Dropped off home made cookies and the fixens for brownies to the girls. Alison and Hal switched rooms around and now have a third room mate (Emily) in a new dorm room upstairs. Once there was two and now there are three.

Elliot and I drove the girls to the grocery store for milk and dropped them off at the dorm and headed home. Already miss her....Oh and we won! (Sorry Carl and Jackie)

Alison, Elliot, Hal and Emily after the game.

Elliot, Alison and Hal

The twins are happy to see each other.

Alison and Andrea --- From high school buddies to College buddies. More like big sister to Little Alison.