2/25/2008

Peanut Butter Cookies

entry by Maren Stafford

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp. milk
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda

Preheat oven to 375. Cream first 6 ingredients. Mix in remaining dry ingredients. Drop heaping teaspoon fulls on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with fork in criss-cross pattern. Bake for 7-8 minutes until set and just begining to brown. Cool on baking sheet. Store immediately in air tight container to make sure they stay soft. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Easiest Snickerdoodles Ever

entry by Martha Tew

1 box yellow cake mix
2 tsp. canilla
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs

1/2 cup sugar + 2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 373 degrees. Mix vanilla, cake mix, oil, and eggs. Place sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Form cookie dough into 1 inch balls and roll in cinnamon/sugar. Place on baking sheet nd bake for 8-10 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

entry by Rebecca Lainhart {mom's recipe~Vickie Winkle}

Cream the following:
2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup shortening {I prefer butter flavored}
4 eggs

Sift together & add to above mixture:
4 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt

Stir in:
2 tsp. vanilla
12 oz. chocolate chips
Nuts {optional-pecans are best}

Bake at 350 for about 11 minutes, until cookies are light golden bown. {I bake the cookies and then leave them on the cookie sheet to cool while the next sheet of cookies is in the oven. Not over baking them and cooling them on the cookie sheet makes the cookies even better! Also, sometimes I reduce the amopunt of flour by about 3/4 cup and then add 1 cup of oatmeal instead.}

The Easiest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

entry by Jennifer Fullmer

Ingredients:

1 Spice cake mix
1 Can of pumpkin (29 oz)
1 Bag of chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix everything together and drop by rounded teaspoon fulls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack. They'll be gooey inside and might look uncooked until they cool. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

2/15/2008

Skor Bars

entry by LuAnn Webster

2 and 1/3 cups flour
2/3 C brown sugar
3/4 C butter
1 egg
2 C chocolate chips divided
1 C chopped nuts
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 and 3/4 C skor bits

1. Heat oven to 350, Grease 9x13 pan
2. Stir together flour and brown sugar in large bowl. Cut in butter. Add egg; mix well. Stir in 1 and 1/2 C cholcolate chips and nuts. Reserve 1 and 1/2 C mixture
3. Bake 10 min. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over hot crust. Top with 1 and 1/2 C toffee bits. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture and remaining 1/2 cup chips over top.
4. Bake 25 - 30 min. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 C toffee bits. Cool completely.

2/13/2008

Wilton Sugar Cookies

entry by Rebecca Lainhart

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extrat
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 375°F. Cream butter and sugar, add egg and mix. Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth. Refrigerate dough 2 hours. Roll out dough 1/8 in. thick on lightly floured surface {use powdered sugar instead for a special touch}, dip cutters into flour {powdered sugar} before each use. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Place on cooling rack for 5 minutes, remove from sheet and cool.