Tomorrow is back to school

for so many.

With this in mind, I had an urge

to bake cookies.

This is a recipe that my

mom often made.

She called them Dad's Cookies,

I don't exactly know why they are

called that but they were

always good and a favourite recipe.

When mom was getting feeble and

couldn't manage her housework as well anymore,

we hired a sweet young Amish girl to

come and help her for one day a week.

We soon discovered that mom had all the

housework done before she arrived

and insisted that

they bake cookies together instead

of housework!

The grandchildren sure didn't mind

this change in plans as there

were ALWAYS lots and lots of their

favourite cookies when visiting 

Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Dad’s Cookies

This recipe was written in her own

hand writing and passed on to each of us!

½ Cup Butter                                                                              

½ Cup Shortening (she used Lard)

2 Cups Brown Sugar

2 Eggs – beaten

1 tsp. Vanilla

2 Cups Sifted Flour

1 tsp. Baking Soda

½ tsp. Salt

2 Cups Rolled Oats

1 ½ Cups Coconut

Drop on baking sheet and press with a fork.

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 10 minutes.  Will make 8 dozen small.

I used a small ice-cream scoop and this made

approx. 40 large cookies (3" round).

I had some left-over smarties from 

our weekend ice-cream dessert

so I added some before baking the last batch.

Maybe I'll deliver them to our

neighbours who have

3 sweet children heading

back to school tomorrow morning?

Becky, did I ever make cookies for you

for your first day of school lunch??

Dad's Cookies and Mom's baking Apron

Till next time ...... how is your Labour Day going?  We just heard the news that our beloved St. Jacobs Farmer's Market building burned to the ground during the night - such a terrible loss to this community and to the vendors!