Cookies, Cookies, Cookies

It's family reunion time.  What are you taking?  Did you have to run to the store to make you favorite yummy?  Food storage isn't always about being prepared for an emergency sometimes it's about surviving a stressful morning without an extra trip to the store.

Here are a few of our favorites.
  
Snickerdoodles
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp cinnamon

 Cream butter and sugar, add eggs.  Add dry ingredients (except sugar and cinnamon). Chill dough several hours.  Form 1 inch balls, roll in cinnamon and sugar.  (Don't flatten).  Bake at 350 degrees for 9 to 10 minutes, for a crisp cookie. (7-8 for softer cookies).          
  Peanut Butter Bars
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 sugar
1 1/2 brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups rolled oats
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cup peanut butter


Mix well first 7 ingredients.  Then add the next 3 .  Spread in pan (about 18" x 26") and bake for 10 minutes at 325 degrees.  It will be barely brown.  Remove from oven and quickly sprinkle 16 oz. chocolate chips on top.  As they melt, spread evenly over top.  When cooled, frost with peanut butter frosting

Frosting
1/4 cup peanut butter
powdered sugar
evaporated milk

Frosting:  Add sugar and  milk to the peanut butter to make an easily spreadable frosting. 

**Another way to top these is to cool 5 minutes, then spread with peanut butter, cool 1 hour and frost with chocolate frosting.

Stock up prices - Just to give you and idea of what it might cost to get these ingredients in your pantry or freezer.

Costco 2/2012
Oats 10 lb - $7.39 (.05 an oz)  *LDS Home Storage Center 25 lbs - $15.35 (.038 an oz)
Peanut Butter 2 - 48 oz $10.99 (.11 per oz)  *$1.76 a pound - Smith's is $2.50
Butter 4 lbs $6.99 ($1.90 a pound)
Evaporated milk 12 - 12oz cans $11.59 (.96 per can or .08 per oz)
Powdered Sugar 4 lbs $3.45 (.86 a pound)
Vanilla 16oz - $6.79 (.42 an oz)
Brown Sugar 25 lb - $14.99 (.60 a pound)
Flour - 25 lbs - $7.19  ( .29 a pound) *LDS Home Storage Center 25lbs - $13.30

Baking Soda 13.5 lbs - $5.99  (.44 a pound)

Baking Powder 5lb - $9.99 (2 a pound)

Sugar 25 lb - $16.35 (.65 a pound)*LDS Home Storage Center 25lb - $15 (.60 a pound)