Mary's Unbeatable Chocolate Chip Cookies

So I heard stories of these cookies for about a year before Mary would relinquish the recipe :) Evidently, she used to make them for Mark and other friends and take them to school in high school. My cookies were never good enough for Mark til I got this recipe; now he loves them! You can put any kind of chip you want in them, but we like a combo of chocolate and butterscotch the best :)

Ingredients:
2 ½ cup flour
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 cup Crisco
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tsp. Pure vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 pkg. (10-oz) choc. Chunks

Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Add Crisco and mix until blended. Add sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, and chocolate. Bake 8-10 minutes until the edges of the cookies begin to look slightly chewy. Makes approx. 28 medium sized cookies.
**Mary likes to throw in a little peanut butter, oatmeal, or nuts into the batter for variation 

Mary's Corn Fritters

For some reason, this is a Peterson family tradition when it snows :) Mary introduced it to us when they got "snowed in" at our house and it seemed like a good tradition to start :) I think they are good for breakfast, too :)

Ingredients:
1 cup flour

2 eggs
1 tsp. baking Powder

½ cup milk
1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. oil
1 can whole corn

Directions: Blend dry ingredients. Mix eggs, milk, and oil. Add moist ingredients to dry ingredients and beat until smooth Add corn. Turn stove on medium and heat more oil in pot. Drop batter by spoonfuls into oil until golden brown. Eat hot with syrup!

This recipe is part of Kelly's SUYL side dishes

Super Baked Ziti

My dear friend Mary Vargas gave me the idea to make all my pasta recipes more rich and creamier by mixing a can of Alfredo sauce with the tomato sauce. Oh, its so good!!!

Ingredients:
1 box ziti noodles
1 can spaghetti sauce
1 can alfredo sauce
1 Cup shredded cheese
*Can add 1 lb browned ground beef, sausage, or meatballs

Directions:
Boil noodles. Mix alfredo sauce and spaghetti sauce together. Add noodles. Pour into baking dish, top with cheese. Bake for 20 minutes at 350