Tasty Tuesday: Treats from Mom

For Easter my mom made each of us a family cookbook filled with wonderful recipes that remind us of home. My mom is by far the best cook I know. I don't know how she managed to always have homemade meals on the table, even after deciding to go back to work full time when we were teenagers. Below are some of my absolute favorite desserts from mom.

Reeses Cookies:

1 1/2 stick softened butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1tsp vanilla
2 eggs 2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup semin-sweet chocolate chips

Cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time and beat.
Add flour and baking soda and beat until creamy.
Fold in chips.
Drop by the tsp. on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees

Key Lime Pie:

9 inch graham cracker pie crust
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
6 oz non-dairy whipped topping
1/4 cup key west lime juice
1/4 cup lemon juice

Mix sweetened condensed milk with non-dairy topping until well blended.  Add key lime juice and lemon juice to mixture.  Blend well.  Pour into graham cracker crust.  Refridgerate at least 3 hours before serving.  Top with a dollop of whipped topping.