Cookie Recipes

Cookie recipes I have used through the few years. I hope you enjoy! I've made additions and notes where called for.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 pkg. (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Put aside.
3. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add oats and mix well. Slowly add the oat mixture to the butter mixture, mix. When well mixed, add the chocolate chips and stir to distribute them evenly.
4. Drop the batter by heaping tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten the dough slightly with the back of a spoon or fork. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks.

Makes 3 dozen large cookies

Shortbread Cookies

These rich shortbread cookies make wonderful Christmas gifts.

Ingredients

• 1 pound salted butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 1/2 cups flour

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until fluffy and light. Stir in the flour, a little at a time, until the mixture is very thick. Rub the mixture through your fingers until it resembles small crumbs. Press the dough firmly into two ungreased 8-inch round pans, cake pans will work.
3. Take a long cutting knife and run it across the dough lightly making indentation like you were cutting it into wedges. You can also use the tines of a fork to do this. It will look like a wagon wheel pattern.
4. Bake at 325 degrees F. for one hour or until golden brown. Do not overbake. Remove the pans from the oven, and while still warm, cut the cookies into wedges to make individual pieces and cool on wire racks.
5. The trick to making tender shortbread cookies as I was told, is not to handle the dough too much.

Makes 16 large wedge-shaped cookies.

Gingersnap cookie

You can add more or less of the spices, depending on your own taste.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup margarine or butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 Tablespoons molasses
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon clove powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
• granulated sugar

Method:

1. Sift together the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and set aside.
2. Mix the margarine (or butter) and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add molasses and egg.
4. Beat well.
5. Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and chill the dough for an hour or two, or until firm.
7. Roll the dough into small balls.
8. Dip them in granulated sugar and place each ball 2-inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
9. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 minutes.
10. The cookies will flatten out.

Makes about 4 dozen.