Chocolate Chip Cookies (Final)

Every family has its own traditions that create many memories. Most of these family traditions are about food. Some families have a secret recipe, or make certain foods for the holidays. With all family traditions comes memories and feelings about them too. People always remember the way the atmosphere felt, the smells that were in the air and the people that surrounded them. Even though some family traditions I experienced when I was younger were simple they were just as remember able.

When I was younger my family was no exception to having family traditions. Some of those traditions were more fun and interesting than others but they always brought memories. One family tradition my family had that was most memorable for me was about my Grandmother. When my siblings and I were younger we would always spend our holiday brakes at my Grandmothers house. She was the typical Grandma; she was very nice, caring, had short white hair, called me sweetheart, had glasses, and loved to bake. Every time I walked into her house I always felt like I was stepping back in time, especially when I walked into the kitchen; everything looked like it was from the forties or fifties. While I was over at her house we would make many amazing deserts like banana bread, sugar cookies, and fudge but my favorite was simply chocolate chip cookies.

Making all kinds of different deserts for the holidays was very important to my Grandmother. She always thought that people should enjoy the food they were eating so she always put her heart and soul into what she was making. By helping her she gave me the same outlook on food. Whenever it was time to start making chocolate chip cookies I would get very excited and start getting all of the ingredients together. My Grandma would have me stir, which I thought was the best part of making the cookies. I will always remember how no matter how hard I tried I would always make a mess when stirring the flour and how Grandma never got mad. While the cookies were baking I would sit on a stool and watch the cookies bake through the window. After the cookies were made my Grandma and I would get creative; sometimes we would make ice cream cookie sandwiches, and clown cookies which were always fun to make. Then there were times that my Grandma and I would just sit at the table with our cookies and milk and watch the snow fall. I will always remember the warm loving feeling I felt on those days.

Now that I am older I don't get to have baking days with my Grandma as much as I would like to but we will always have memories of our fun times together. I will never forget the smell of the freshly baked cookies, how much fun we had making the cookies, and how much we loved spending time together. The sound of Christmas music that played in the background while we were baking still plays in my head, along with the mental picture of how happy my Grandmother looked when we were baking. Through having this tradition with my Grandma I hope to carry on my own memorable traditions with my family.

Traditions are important to have with family, no matter what those traditions might be. having traditions with family bring a strong bond between family members. I loved my tradition of making cookies with my Grandmother and it was something that brought us closer together. Some traditions are more creative than others, some are more interesting than others, and some are simple but it doesn't matter as long as they create life long memories like mine did.