For the Neighbors

We live in a very little farming community where nearly everybody is related to you or has known you since banana clips were cool. Most of our neighbors therefor have either babysat our children, borrowed us sugar or some kind of tool, sold us some type of animal food, or helped pull a calf or two in years past. In response to try to show them how much we care for and appreciate them we decided to put together some little home made gift packages for Christmas this year. The kids helped me bake some homemade cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting and some chocolate chip cookies and Rob and Trent delivered them.
We also included some of our homemade goats milk soap.
To finish it all off Alexis helped me make up some little cards out of 3x5 note cards, a simple computer program, and some extra red checked material. On one side we wrote a little Merry Christmas note. On the other side we included the recipe for the cookies.

Terri's Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1- 3oz pkg instant vanilla pudding

2 1/4 cup flour

1 tsp soda

chocolate chips

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Combine ingredients in the order listed. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Absolutely delicious! This recipe come from an old friend and has been one of our favorites for years. These are also wonderful with chocolate pudding and vanilla chips; or chocolate pudding and butterscotch chips. Enjoy!