Recipes

Snickerdoodles from Jill Kounovsky

Snickerdoodles from Jill Kounovsky

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Ingredients

Makes about 36 cookies.

Instructions

  • In large mixing bowl, cream ¾ cup sugar and butter or margarine with a wooden spoon.
  • Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  • Stir in flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
  • Mix well with spoon.
  • In a small bowl, combine the 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon.
  • Grease 1 or 2 cookie sheets with shortening.
  • Shape dough into 1″ balls, roll each in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
  • Bake 8-10 minutes at 375º.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • ½ pound butter
  • 2 ¼ cups brown sugar
  • 2/3 1 ½ pound can peanut butter (1 7/8 cups)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
  • 9 cups oatmeal
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Karo syrup
  • 12 oz. chocolate chips
  • 4 teaspoons soda
  • 12 oz. M & M’s candy

Instructions

  • Bake 12 minutes at 350º.
  • Do not overbake (no flour)!
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Cranberry Cookies

Cranberry Cookies

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Ingredients

about 8 dozen.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375º.
  • Measure flour, baking powder, soda, and salt into a bowl; stir with a fork to mix.
  • Cream butter and sugars in a large bowl until fluffy; beat in egg, milk, and lemon juice.
  • Stir in flour mixture, a little at a time, until well blended; stir in cranberries and walnuts.
  • Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, about 1″ apart, onto greased cookie sheets.
  • Bake 15 minutes, or until firm and golden.
  • Watch to make sure bottoms don’t get overdone, especially when using dark pans.
  • Remove from cookie sheets to wire racks; cool.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit / Fruit

Date Cookie Roll

Date Cookie Roll

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Ingredients

Filling:

Instructions

  • Roll dough ½-inch thick and spread filling, then roll like a jelly roll and chill.
  • When ready to bake, slice.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Rocky’s Pumpkin Cookies

Rocky’s Pumpkin Cookies

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cream shortening and sugars until fluffy.
  • Add eggs, pumpkin, salt, and vanilla; mix.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and spices.
  • Add to mixture.
  • Add raisins, dates, coconut, or nuts as desired.
  • Drop by teaspoons on greased cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 375º for 8-10
  • minutes.
  • Enjoy.

Notes & Wine Advice

I always double this recipe. The cookies only get better each day if they last that long!
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Pumpkin Cookies from Deb Stanley

Pumpkin Cookies from Deb Stanley

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Ingredients

Frosting:

Instructions

  • Cream sugar, shortening, and all other ingredients, flour and raisins last.
  • Bake at 375º for 6-8
  • minutes.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Ginger Creams

Ginger Creams

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Mix in order given.
  • Drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes.
  • Frost with icing of 2 cups sifter powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 3-4 tablespoons cream, and 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Ginger Snaps

Ginger Snaps

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cream together shortening and sugar.
  • Beat in eggs.
  • Add molasses and sifted dry ingredients.
  • Roll into 1″ balls.
  • Dip into sugar, press flat.
  • Bake at 375º 15-18 minutes.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Grandma Stanley’s Oatmeal Cookies

Grandma Stanley’s Oatmeal Cookies

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • First boil raisins–do not drain until you have taken out the 5 tablespoons water.
  • Mix ingredients in order.
  • Put soda in cup and add raisin water, then add to ingredients.
  • Add drained raisins and walnuts.
  • Drop on greased cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350-375º for about 13
  • minutes–check after 10 minutes.
  • Makes 3 dozen.

Notes & Wine Advice

These are a great favorite in the Stanley family.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit

Swedish Hugs

Swedish Hugs

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Mix butter, brown sugar, 1 egg, chopped almonds, spices, vanilla, baking powder, and flour.
  • Roll into walnut size balls.
  • If you have trouble rolling balls, refrigerate for a couple of hours first.
  • Dip one side of ball in beaten egg and then in sugar.
  • Place that side up on greased cookie sheet.
  • Press a blanched almond into ball top.
  • Bake in 350º oven until lightly browned, 14-16
  • minutes.

Notes & Wine Advice

Don’t overbake.
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Course; Coockies / Biscuit
Cuisine; European / Sweden