cookies and memories

I have a write-in recipe book. It's got one of Boynton's hippos on the cover. As one might expect for a book I've had since I was somewhere in the late single-digits, it's mostly cookie recipes. It is old and faded and stained, making it hard to read. I've put off typing them up, but I think now's the time. Here's the first in a possible series of modern recipes.

When I was about 17, I lost a bet with my boyfriend, Jimmy. I don't recall what the debt was, but as a result of it I owed him a batch of his favorite cookies. I got this recipe for oatmeal cookies from his step-mom's mother, Grandma Rogers. I've made some additions and changes, but I still think of this one as hers.

( Grandma Roger’s crisp oatmeal cookies )