I am sitting here enjoying a truly sweet and delicious orange (thank you, God), and remembering that I wanted to tell you about the best peanut butter cookie recipe.
No, seriously.
I did a Google search for "the best peanut butter cookie recipe" and I found this one over at Alaska from Scratch, which I have to agree lives up to the name.
When I made mine, I flattened them a bit with the classic fork crisscross and then sprinkled some coarse salt on them before baking.
Able Baker Dana says it took them "over the top".
However, what took them over the top for me, was finding a way to make them non-fattening without altering the recipe one bit!
You simply enjoy one and then...
... make some taped shut take-home packs for the grandshoots, to keep them from howling when it's time to leave Pretty and Poppa's (I'm sorry, but I secretly love that they want to cry when they have to leave).
Then use the rest to make tied-shut give-away packages for whatever people happen to be part of your life for the next few days.
Today has been a beeeeautiful spring-like day, and I took advantage of the weather by spending hours scalping the front lawn, cleaning up flower beds, and cutting back some herbs and decorative grasses.
Also, Prince Charming sent some lawn-care guys by to take a look at our 'weed situation' and give us a quote for spraying.
Three guys in a big truck pulled up, measured up our lawns, spoke kindly to me, and said they'd be back to spray on Wednesday.
They were eating peanut butter cookies when they drove off.
I really liked that.