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     Cookie or Biscuit, no matter what you call them . . . these wholesome home baked tea time treats are a favourite with kids of all ages.  When my children were growing up I always made sure there was a nice homemade snack for them to come home to at the end of the school day and homebaked treats to put into their packed lunches.   I know I was blessed to have had the luxury of being able to stay home during their growing up years and in all honesty I would never have had it any other way.  I know it meant we didn't have a whole lot of money for holidays and fancy cars, and stuff, but . . . I always kind of felt like I was giving my children the priceless gift of having a mother at home.      I can remember being frustrated at times as the things I baked seemed to evaporate as into thin air . . . but oh . . .  what I wouldn't give to have a house full of children again with all of the blessings, noise and activity that ...