My dear friend and college roommate came to visit last week. I haven't seen her in two years, but you'd think it had only been two days. We really can pick up right where we left off. She brought some cookie dough ready to pop in the oven. I mean, is there anything better than cookies straight out of the oven???
So we put some on a cookie sheet--just enough for us and the little ones--and sat and talked about life, about the Lord and about all that has been happening in our lives.
And she so sweetly left the remainder of the cookie dough behind (and the recipe for me to share with you here--I can assure you this warm, gooey goodness is a recipe you just have to try!). But the delicious cookie dough is not all she left behind: even as the smell of warm oatmeal cookies wafts through the air in my home, so does the sweet aroma of Christ, left by a friend who rejoices in knowing the same Father in heaven who first brought us together so many years ago and so mercifully still overflows our cups each time we see each other now.
Kara's Oatmeal Cookie Recipe:
1 c. shortening
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (she usually puts in more like 1 TBsp)
1.5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
(Mix above in first and then add oats!)
3 cups quick oats
Form into loaf and refrigerate then slice and bake at 350 degrees for 11 minutes