{"id":304,"date":"2018-11-22T00:23:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T00:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/?p=304"},"modified":"2018-11-22T00:23:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T00:23:11","slug":"giving-thanks-and-baking-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/2018\/11\/22\/giving-thanks-and-baking-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving thanks and baking cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised, I am posting this week\u2019s recipe pre-Thanksgiving early so people can enjoy their loved ones. Or, at least tune out of the world wide web for a few days.<\/p>\n

My recipe this week is my Grandma Crippes\u2019 pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I\u2019ve made them many, many times before, and I almost get them wrong every time.<\/p>\n

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Grandma’s pumpkin chocolate chip cookie ingredients.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s because the recipe I use is on an index card my grandma gave me years ago when I asked for some of her favorites. It\u2019s carefully hand-written before her arthritis got too bad for her to even cook anymore.<\/p>\n

But her wonderful absent-mindedness that I have frustratingly inherited means that the ingredient list doesn\u2019t mention eggs, even though one of the first directions is to cream crisco and sugar, and then add eggs. It doesn\u2019t even say how many.<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s plural, I\u2019ve assumed two eggs for years, and the recipe comes out right so it works either way.<\/p>\n

Now that grandma\u2019s gone, those recipes are among my most prized possessions. Especially since these days, most loving notes are typed instead of carefully — or not-so-carefully — handwritten. (And get off my lawn, you kids.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

As I think about this year, and because of my natural pessimism (another Crippes trait), I mostly remember the worst things about it. There\u2019s no doubt it\u2019s been a challenging year, not just for the country but also for my loved ones and for myself.<\/p>\n

But this Thanksgiving as we\u2019re literally giving thanks, I am also reminded that it hasn\u2019t been all bad. My sweetie, myself, my Pookie, and a couple of our kitties have had some health scares this year, but everyone\u2019s mostly OK managing chronic conditions. Not everyone is still with us, but so many still are.<\/p>\n

Not every goal for the year has been achieved, but there\u2019s still time. So, I\u2019ll stop wasting my readers\u2019 time, and let them get to work giving thanks, visiting loved ones, remembering those who are gone, and — hopefully — baking cookies.<\/p>\n

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Nom nom noms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I did:<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n