Little Sara had always loved her grandmother’s chocolate chip and walnut cookies that annually appeared around Christmas. Sara considered herself at eight years old, a cookie connoisseur: cookies being Sara’s favorite food in all the world.
Sara had tasted all kinds of chocolate chip cookies but Grandma’s were far and away the very best of all…by a mile!
Then one Christmas time, Sara asked her grandma…”How come your cookies are so much better than anyone else’s on the planet?”
Her grandma smiled and whispered in Sara’s ear…”There is a secret ingredient!”
“Oh….my….” said Sara.
Then Sara’s grandma said…”Tell you what! This year why don’t you help me make my cookies….just you and me?”
“Oh Gran…that would be wonderful. Then I can learn your secret!”
Well, they got out the butter and flour and chocolate chips and walnuts and the sugar and lined up the ingredients on the kitchen table.
Then when grandma put the mixer on the table with a large bowl she asked Sara…”Ready to begin?”
Then Sara whispered..”Ah…sure gran….but where’s the secret ingredient?”
“You’ll see!” replied her grandma smiling down at Sara.
After the mixing and beating and adding of the items on the table, and then dropping each measure of dough onto a cookie sheet and pre-heating the oven, Sara and her gran popped the cookies into the stove.
With the oven light on Sara watched the “famous” cookies bubble and turn brown until the bell on the timer went off.
Sara’s grandma took the cookies out of the oven and set them on the counter to cool and after a few minutes picked up two and gave Sara one.
With grandma’s arm around her waist Sara and her gran took a bite and Sara said…”UUUMMMM….the BEST gran….but what is the secret ingredient?”
Her smiling grandma kissed Sara on the forehead and answered ” it’s LOVE!”