Cookies

[Apple]

jsjjkelly's Booze Cookies

(jsjjkelly's notes) Here's my family's favorite. No matter where we are, and no matter if we have our stuff or not (thanks military), we try and make these every year at Christmas. So easy and so good

Booze Cookies
3 1/2 cups flour
3 egg yolks and 2 whole eggs
2 tblspn sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 pint sour cream
1 shot whiskey (if you don't have it, send your hubby next door to someone who does. Most people will gladly give a shot away!)

- Beat the eggs and whiskey
- Mix flour then the rest of the ingredients in.
- Mix the dough stiff enough to roll thin. You can add some flour in if it's too sticky
- Cut into rectangular strips. Make a slit into the center and pull one corner of the rectangle through the slit. (These definitely aren't the prettiest of cookies, so don't worry if yours look different)
- Fry in the deep fat fryer at 425 degrees. Cookies will float when they're done
- When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar

* be careful not to store them in an airtight container. They'll become soggy if you do....

Enjoy!
Shawn in FL

[Apple]

From Anne_in_VA
I'm in!
This is one my mom got from a friend who was born in Scotland.

Authentic Scottish Shortbread Cookies

2 cups butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add 3 to 3-3/4 cups flour and mix well. Sprinkle board (surface) with some of the remaining flour and turn the dough out onto the surface. Knead for 5 minutes, adding enough flour to make soft dough. Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 3x1 inch strips. Prick with a fork and place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 325 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes.

[Apple]

Also from Anne_in_VA

Anne’s Butter Cookies
– makes over 100 small cookies

1 lb. butter (do not use margarine or shortening)
1 cup ground almonds
4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
Confectioner’s sugar

Preheat oven to 300°
Mix the first four ingredients together by hand until the dough is soft and pliable. Take a small piece of dough and roll between your hands until it resembles a small log. Place the log on an ungreased cookie sheet and form into a crescent.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until a VERY light brown. Remove from cookie sheet and roll in confectioner’s sugar while still warm.
Store in an airtight container when cool.

[Apple]

Also from Anne_in_VA

This one is my favorite Christmas cookie. I make several batches to give to friends and family!

Barbara’s Sugar Cookies
2 cups sugar
3 eggs (lightly beaten)
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
4 cups all purpose flour + 1 handful flour
½ lb. butter (not margarine)
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla (not imitation vanilla flavor)
Granulated or Confectioner’s sugar for rolling out dough

Mix the sugar and eggs together until light and foamy. Add the butter and vanilla and beat well. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until well combined. Form dough into a ball, wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator until hard (overnight).

Next day – preheat oven to 300°
Scatter a small amount of sugar on the surface you will roll the dough out on. Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out about ¼ of the dough until it’s very thin (1/8 inch). Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes or until set and the edges just start to get light brown. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly on the cookie sheets before removing them to wire racks to cool completely.
When cool, you can frost or leave as is. Store in an airtight container.

[Apple]

Haystacks Part One from Cronewitch

Mix a can of salted peanuts and a bag of chinese noodles, the hard kind. Melt a bag of chocolate chips and drizzle over and mix with your hands or large spoon. Place in globs on waxed paper and let the chocolate gets hard. Quanity of ingrediants doesn't matter much try 12oz of each and adjust if it seems too much chocolate. If you don't like chocolate you can use butterscotch or peanut butter flavored chips but consider all three if you have more people. They go fast since they are sweet, salty and crunchy.

Haystacks part two...from me, apple
I use Butterscotch chips in mine, with or without the peanuts. When you use Chocolate you can also add mini-marshmallows.

These are great for last minute "oh, yeah, mom--I'm supposed to bring cookies...I can usually make them in around 5 minutes!

[kadee]

from k65....

NO BAKE COOKIES (taste more like candy)

These are sold around here in delis/bakeries and they are EXPENSIVE there. I got the recipe from the deli in a grocery store where I used to work! They made their own back then, now they come in already packaged.

3 1/2 C sugar
1/4 + 1/8 C cocoa
1/8 C karo syrup (white/clear)
1/2 C milk (I use 2%)
Combine this in a 3 qt. pan & bring to a boil. Don't panic, it will liquify. Cook for 2 min. and then add...
1 C creamy peanut butter
1 stick of butter
1 1/2 t vanilla
3 C Oats...Oatmeal oats...quick or regular, doesn't matter.

Stir it well until the butter & pnut butter are dissolved & the oats well mix & coated.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool. Enjoy. Store in airtight container.

I just did this & got 45 "cookies"...you could make them smaller than mine & get a whole bunch! Mine are about the size of a small orange.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Hmmm...Apple, those Haystacks kind of sound like the no-bakes DH's stepmom makes, and then I see K65's recipe. They must be good, because her (stepmom's) dish gets emptied quickly when being passed around.

[Apple]

k65's no bakes were one of my favorites when I was in High School, they really are good! The one I used didn't use the karo syrup or peanut butter, but I'm definitely liking the peanut butter addition.
Had the haystacks for the first time at a Christmas cookie bake for the youth group fundraiser (we'd sell a plate of cookies and a carol--I never went on the singing trips, but I always helped do the baking). They're fast, easy and good.

[Apple]

Peanut Butter Kiss cookies
from Taste of Home

I've been making these for years and just put a batch in the oven, house is starting to smell really good! --apple

"Things don't get much simpler than Dee Davis' take on a traditional treat. "These are great for little ones, and they keep adults guessing as to how they can be made with only five ingredients," writes the Sun City, Arizona baker.

24 Servings Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min. + cooling

Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon Spice Island® Pure Vanilla Extract (ETA: I just noticed the "plug"--obviously any vanilla extract will work...)
24 milk chocolate kisses

Directions
In a large bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla; beat until blended.
Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until tops are slightly cracked. Immediately press one chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.

Editor’s Note: This recipe does not contain flour. Reduced-fat or generic brands of peanut butter are not recommended for this recipe. "

[so1970]

what does cream peanut butter and sugar mean? i am assuming you just stir or mix till creamy but im not really a cook so just guessing.

[so1970]

i must be doing something wrong my cookies are rather soft.

[Deleted]

Jan 5, 2011 13:56:14 GMT -5 so1970 said:

what does cream peanut butter and sugar mean? i am assuming you just stir or mix till creamy but im not really a cook so just guessing.

Yes, you use a mixer to blend the peanut butter butter and sugar together.

[Deleted]

Jan 5, 2011 16:28:09 GMT -5 so1970 said:

i must be doing something wrong my cookies are rather soft.

They should firm up after cooling down. But they have to be soft in order to put the kiss in them.

[Apple]

so1970--did they firm up for you? Rose was right in that you beat them and they should firm up when they cool down. Hope it worked out for you--it's one of my favorite easy cookie recipes!

[so1970]

yes cookies were tasty thank you

[so1970]

next question.....why did you have to cream the sugar and peanut butter before adding the egg and vanilla? why not just throw it all together and mix?

[Deleted]

To make sure that all the "liquids" are well blended before adding the dry ingredients.

[so1970]

thank you

[moxie]

NO BAKE COOKIES (taste more like candy)

I grew up on these.

[Anne_in_VA]

Stained Glass Cookies – Makes about 60 cookies

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ cup finely chopped nuts (unsalted)
2 ½ cups all purpose flour
¾ cup finely chopped red and green candied cherries
½ cup finely chopped pecans (unsalted)

In a medium mixing bowl, cream (beat) the butter and sugar until light and fluffy; blend in the milk and vanilla. Stir in the flour, chopped cherries and chopped pecans. Form dough into two 8 inch rolls (I usually chill the dough slightly at this point as I find it’s too soft to roll).

Place the chopped nuts in a shallow pan and roll each dough roll in the nuts to coat the outside. Wrap each roll in plastic wrap or waxed paper and chill thoroughly – preferably overnight.

When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375°

Cut each roll in ¼” slices. Place each slice on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove from the cookie sheets and cool on wire racks.

[Anne_in_VA]

Dennis’s Gingersnaps - makes about 25 cookies

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon each: ground cloves, ground cinnamon, ground ginger
3 teaspoons baking soda
¾ cup soft shortening (Crisco)
1 cup granulated sugar (regular sugar)
1 egg, slightly beaten
¼ cup light molasses
Additional granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 350°. Sift the flour with the salt, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and baking soda into a medium bowl.

Cream (beat) the shortening until light and fluffy, gradually adding 1 cup sugar. Blend in the egg and molasses; then add the flour mixture and stir until well blended.

Shape a piece of dough into a 1” ball; roll in more sugar. Place 3” apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each ball with your fingers and sprinkle on more sugar.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand a minute or two before removing from the sheets. Store in an airtight container

[Anne_in_VA]

Joe Froggers - makes about 18 cookies

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground allspice
2 Tablespoons rum
1 cup dark molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened

Stir together the flour, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and 1 ½ teaspoons salt. Mix the rum and 1/3 cup of water. Combine the molasses and baking soda. Cream (beat) the sugar and butter, add half the dry ingredients and half the water mixture, then half the molasses mixture, blending well after each addition. Repeat. Chill the dough for several hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375°

On a well-floured surface, roll the dough out to a ¼ inch thickness. Cut with a 4-inch cutter or 1-pound coffee can. Bake on greased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes (watch carefully so the cookies don’t burn). Remove from the oven and let stand a few minutes; then remove from the cookie sheet.

[Anne_in_VA]

Oatmeal Lace Cookies (aka Florentines)

2 ¼ cups quick cooking rolled oats
1 ½ cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine – melted

Mix the above ingredients together until well blended and let stand overnight at room temperature so that the oats will absorb the butter.



The next day:

Preheat the oven to 375° - grease cookie sheets

To the oat mixture, add and mix in well:

½ teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 Tablespoon molasses
1 egg (slightly beaten)

Drop by half-measuring teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on a well-greased cookie sheet. Bake, one sheet at a time for 6 to 7 minutes, or until golden brown. Let stand ½ minute. Remove quickly with a spatula and place on a wire rack to cool. If desired, you may roll each cookie quickly around the handle of a wooden spoon – if cookies get too hard, return to the oven for 30 seconds.

To make Florentine Cookies

½ package chocolate chips
finely chopped nuts (optional)

Make basic cookie recipe. When cookies are cool, melt ½ package chocolate chips and spread on the bottom of the cookies with a pastry brush. If desired, you can sprinkle with chopped nuts. Let cookies cool, chocolate side up on wire racks or waxed paper.

[Anne_in_VA]

Orange Cookies
Ingredients
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 can cooked carrots
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
Place shortening and sugar into a bowl. Cream the sugar and shortening until it is well mixed. Add the two eggs and vanilla. Beat the mixture until it is a light pale yellow and the texture is light and fluffy.
Open up the can of cooked carrots. Drain the carrots, place the drained carrots into a separate bowl. Mash the carrots with a fork or potato masher. After the carrots are mashed add them to the creamed sugar and shortening. Mix the mixture making sure that the carrots are thoroughly mixed in.
For extra-light cookies sift the flour, baking powder and salt altogether. (This step can be omitted but for the extra-light cookies I recommend sifting the dry ingredients together before adding the dry ingredients to the cookie dough.) Place all the dry ingredients into the cookie mixture at one time. This is the last time for stirring the cookie dough, so stir the mixture till everything is blended well.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. While the oven is heating up use a teaspoon to drop the cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet. When the oven is heated to 375 degrees place the cookies in the oven, baking from 10 to 12 minutes. The cooking time will depend on the oven. The cookies are done when they turn a light brown. Do not over bake the cookies.
While the cookies are baking you can make the frosting. This frosting is what really brings out the flavor of the orange cookies.
Frosting ingredients:
• 1 orange
• Powdered sugar
Grate the orange peel into a bowl. Cut the orange in half and squeeze the orange into the bowl, getting as much juice as you can. Into the bowl of orange juice and orange peeling add the powdered sugar a little at a time. Continue to stir until the frosting is on the thin side of consistency.
Remove the cookies from the oven and place them onto a cooling rack. Frost the cookies while they are still warm. Enjoy eating while the cookies are still warm.

[Jaguar]

From ~ mcmurraychick

Melt In Your Youth Mouth Peanut Butter Cookies

........ my kids love them, and they are good for you.


cant find the recipe section, but its really easy.

1 cup self rising flour
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

mix well. roll into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar. flatten with fork. bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

[mmhmm]

Christmas Strawberries

2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored Jell-O® (I use 1 1/2 pkg strawberry and 1/2 pkg lime)
1 cup ground pecans
1 cup flaked coconut
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (2.25 ounce) jar red decorator sugar
green food coloring
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Combine all ingredients except red sugar, food coloring and almonds. Refrigerate for an hour. Form into strawberry shapes and roll in red sugar. Dip almonds in green food coloring and arrange them like leaves on the berries.

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For those looking for Christmas Cookie Recipes (and other baking recipes as well), click the link below - then click Christmas Cookies in the menu on the left hand side of the page in the Archive section (theres 25 recipes in this Christmas Cookies section alone). These two pics are just a couple of the many recipes they have for cookies & other dishes - there's hundreds of cookies/desserts & other recipes listed under different categories:

therecipegirl.blogspot.ca/2008/11/christmas-cookies-and-candy-25.html

[mmhmm]

Crystallized Ginger Cookies

1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp clove
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
1/3 cup granulated sugar

Oven at 350 F. I use silicon mats for these so the bottoms don't burn.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream sugar and butter until fluffy. Add egg and molasses and beat until smooth.

Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and baking soda. Stir dry ingredients into batter (The batter is thick, so I use my fingers). Add crystallized ginger and work evenly into dough. Form dough into walnut-sized balls. Place granulated sugar on a plate. Dip balls into sugar. Place sugar-side up on cookie sheet about 3 inches apart, as the cookies tend to spread when baking. If the dough gets too sticky, refrigerate for a few minutes.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cracked on top, slightly firm and golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

[thyme4change]

Apple - I will make your whiskey cookies for my husband and his buddies who drink whiskey together.  Can you clarify what this means?

Make a slit into the center and pull one corner of the rectangle through the slit.

I'm having trouble picturing it.  Am I making a little ball of dough?

[Apple]

Jun 24, 2013 16:41:05 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Apple - I will make your whiskey cookies for my husband and his buddies who drink whiskey together.  Can you clarify what this means?

Make a slit into the center and pull one corner of the rectangle through the slit.

I'm having trouble picturing it.  Am I making a little ball of dough?

The original recipe wasn't mine, but this is how I see them...