Peanut Butter Chewies

Ingredients:

·         2 jars of peanut butter

·         A box frosted flakes

·         1 bottle of corn syrup

·         2 cookie sheets

Preparation:                                                         

In a huge pot, start off melting the peanut butter. Once the peanut butter is melted, began adding the corn syrup. Keep stirring until the peanut butter and corn syrup is evenly mixed then began to add the frosted flakes. Remember only add about ¾ of the box or however much is needed to cover all of the peanut butter.

“Good morning Dad Happy Thanksgiving Eve”, I said.

“ Good morning Mya would you like to help me make peanut butter chewies for Thanksgiving?”

“Sure, of course I would love too,”I responded.

Immediately, my dad and I go to Wal-Mart to gather all of the ingredients and supplies needed to make peanut butter chewies. Once in the store , my dad and I always will split up the list so it will take a shorter time to gather all of the items we will need. When in Wal-Mart my family look like cats and dogs fighting because Wal-Mart checkout lines are always backed up, so we are always trying to get in and out.

Once we have made it back to the house, my mother and sister are sitting in the living room watching TV or upstairs talking because neither of them really like going to the store unless they have to. After my dad and I have gotten in some comfy clothes, we began to cook. First, we get out this huge brown and gold pot. Then we turn the stove on med high (300-350) and start to add the peanut butter. While the peanut butter is melting, my dad and I are laughing about memories in the past when my family would gather together for Thanksgiving. We laugh so hard that tears would run down our cheeks like water running out of a sink.

As the peanut butter melt, the smell of the aroma of the peanut butter fill the house causing everyone’s mouth to water. Once the peanut butter is melted, we began to add in corn syrup. After the peanut butter and corn syrup is mixed, we began pouring the frosted flakes into the mixture stirring continually.

While finishing up, I start to take out cookie sheets to put the peanut butter chewies on. When putting these on the cookie sheet, make sure you shape them into a circle shape. Eventually, when the pot is empty, place them into the freezer. By this time I am singing some type of hip hop song and dancing to it in the kitchen. My dad would be in the TV searching for some football to watch. When football is on, my dad is in heaven. Soon after they have been in the freezer for a good 30-45 minutes, my dad would call my name for me to check on the peanut butter chewies.

“Mya, may you check on the peanut butter chewies?” asked my dad.

“Yes sir,” I would respond.

Excited that the peanut butter chewies are finished my dad, mom, and sister all began to come grab a peanut butter chewy. Peanut Butter Chewies are always wonderful to make for my family because it brings us together. It’s always great to spend time with your family because life is so short. In life you have to live every moment like it’s your last, and making peanut butter chewies will forever be a moment I will keep locked in my heart.