Frozen grapes will cool off a glass of unchilled wine without watering it down and diluting the flavor.

Frozen grapes will cool off a glass of unchilled wine without watering it down and diluting the flavor.

Can you believe it’s almost Labor Day? It seems like I just had the pool opened and now I’m thinking about calling the pool guy and setting up a date to have it closed. Sigh.

I was doing a little pre-fall cleaning of my dining room table/home office desk the other day and unearthed several kitchen hacks readers had sent me or told me about and some I had jotted down from cookbooks, TikTok and Facebook. I’ve tried most of them — and they work! My comments below are italicized.

I also came across a recipe for Cool Whip Cookies that is right up my alley these days — few ingredients and not much work!

One 8-ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed

One 18.25-ounce package cake mix,  chocolate, red velvet, lemon, etc.

1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease baking sheets.

Beat together the whipped topping and eggs together. Add the cake mix and continue to mix. Dough will be thick.

Drop by teaspoonfuls into a bowl of confectioners' sugar and roll to coat. Place cookies on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 8 minutes.

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Margaret Button can be reached via email at mombutton7@gmail.com.

Margaret Button writes about food for the Berkshire Eagle.

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