M & M Cookies

1 cup softend (room temp.) unsalted butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups self-rising flour
2 cups (14 0z bag) real size M & M's (not those little mini ones)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla extract. Add flour. Stir in M & M's. Drop by teaspoonfuls (again, I use my Pampered Chef medium scoop which makes this process soooo easy) 2 inches apart and bake 10-12 minutes.

*These do not last more than a day at our house!

Fresh Fruit Ice Cream

Now that summer is here, you can bet that we will be making home-made ice cream. This is the recipe that I have always used and it is very good!

3 cups (1 1/2 pints) Half-and-half
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 cup pureed or mashed fresh fruit (bananas, peaches, strawberries)
1 tbls. vanilla

Mix and freeze in ice cream freezer according to your freezers directions.

*To make Vanilla Ice Cream
Omit the fruit and increase the half-and-half to 4 cups.

(I double this recipe to fit our ice cream maker.)