Cookie Sticks

...I have eaten so many many of these in the last 24 hours... Let's just say that I like them a lot.
Butterless.

Ingredients:                                                                    Makes approximately 3 dozen                   
1/2 cup vegetable
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar (I usually always add a little less sugar, so I didn't pack it)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup semisweet, or milk chocolate, chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped almonds or walnuts, optional

~ Preheat oven to 375 F.
In a bowl combine the sugars, oil, egg and vanilla; mix. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Gradually add to sugar mixture.
On a greased baking sheet, spread dough into 3 x 15 inch strips (if you bake two on a sheet, spread them about 3 inches apart).
Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts, if desired, over dough and lightly press down into dough.
Put into preheated oven, and bake for 7-10 minutes (depending on how runny the batter is, and if you want them crisp or not). They are done when they are firm and brown around the edges, but still slightly soft in the middle.
Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes, cut into 1 inch strips with a serrated knife and place on a wire wrack to continue cooling.

Quiche Lorraine

Yum! I recently made this; it's very simple to put together--the longest part, for me, was the pie crust!

Ingredients:
4 eggs
2 cups milk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. chives
pinch nutmeg
2 Tbs. flour
1/4 lb bacon
1 1/2 cups of grated Swiss cheese

~ Preheat oven to 375 F.  One 10 inch pie crust.  Cut bacon into 1 inch pieces. Cook in a skillet until fat is rendered out, but not crisp. Drain on a paper towel. Sprinkle shredded cheese in the pricked pie shell (pricked with a fork, knife, etc.). Add cooked bacon on top of the cheese.

In a blender combine: eggs, milk, salt, pepper, chives, nutmeg, flour ; blend. Pour this on top of bacon and cheese.

Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until solid in the center.
Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.