Cookie Salad

1 sm pkg instant pudding
1 cup buttermilk
1 12 oz Cool Whip
Stir together until smooth.

Add:
1 quart strawberries, slice
2 cups seedless red and/or green grapes
2 bananas, sliced
2 golden delicious apples, diced
2 red delicious apples, diced
3 kiwis, diced

Stir until fruit is evenly coated. Crumble and mix in 1 frozen package striped shortbread cookies just before serving to avoid a soggy salad.

Brown Sugar Bumps

Also known as Peanut Butter Princess Cookies...

Ingredients:
¼ cup butter or margarine melted
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup peanut butter
1 cup oatmeal

In medium bowl, mix brown sugar with butter. Add peanut butter and stir until smooth. Stir in oatmeal. Place small spoonfuls of mixture onto waxed paper. Let them set for 20 mins.*

*Sometimes I like to place spoonfuls on a paper plate and make stacks with waxed paper and keep them in the fridge. ☺

Grandma Johnson's Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

Ingredients:
5 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 1/3 cup smashed bananas
2/3 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup shortening
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup nuts

In a small bowl, mix bananas, milk and vanilla. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix shortening, sugar and eggs. Sift flour, baking flour, baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately to banana mix. Add chocolate chips and nuts. Bake on a greased cookie sheet 10 minutes at 350°.