Bob's cookies

I felt it was time to post this recipe online.  It's not anything new.  It's basically praline grahams, but I wanted somewhere permanent to put it instead of in my Christmas cookie binder.  Maybe one day, my kids will be like "I want to make Bob's cookies" and they can just come here and make them.  Also, I wanted to tell the story of Bob's cookies.

These cookies first entered my life when my dad met my stepmom.  She always bakes during the holidays.  Her top cookies are peanut butter blossoms, potato chip cookies (another recipe I need to post), and these cookies.  They get the name because she specifically made them for a family friend named Bob and Bob looked forward to these cookies every year.  His eyes would light up when he saw that cookie tray and he always went fright for one cookie.  After he had his cookie, he would have us all gather around the fridge in his house and take a Christmas picture. 

I'll never forget one year, the family dogs got into the holiday cookie trays for family and friends and I thought my stepmother was going to kill them.  However, she was fine once she realized there were enough cookies to make some kind of a tray and enough Bob cookies that survived. 

When I finally was into the holiday spirit and making cookies of my own, I asked my stepmother for the recipe and started making these on my own.  They are so simple and honestly a great cookie for kids to help in the kitchen with.  My father in law instantly fell in love with these cookies and I used to make them for him. 

Bob, unfortunately, came down with Alzheimer's and we stopped seeing him around the holidays.  My father in law passed two and a half years ago.  However, there is always someone in the family that loves these cookies. My husband and son are two of them.  But they will always be 'Bob's cookies' to me.

Bob's Cookies (aka praline grahams)

1 cup of butter (or margarine)
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of crushed walnuts for almonds
Graham crackers (usually 1 1/2 sleeves of a box)

Preheat oven to 375.  Melt butter and brown sugar in a pot over the stove.  Stir in nuts.  Layer graham crackers on a cookie sheet close together.  Then pour the melted butter mixture over the crackers.  Bake for 10 mins (but keep a close eye on them to keep them from burning).  Take out and cool completely.  Cut cookies out and store in an airtight container.