Recipes List: 12/01/06

Brown Sugar Cookies

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbsps. hot water
4 cups flour
1 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Cream sugar and butter, add eggs. Mix soda and hot water, add to mixture, mix well. Mix flour, baking powder and salt and add to mixture one cup at a time. Add vanilla. Chill batter thoroughly. This is a very soft dough, but it can be handled nicely if chilled. Roll and cut. Bake lightly at 350 degrees, do not overbake. Makes a soft cookie.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 cups flour
1 cup chocolate chips, raisins or nuts
Mix in order given. Bake 15 minutes at 375°. Enjoy!

Tea Cookies

Tea Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups plus 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and salt. Beat well. Beat in oil and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and mix in. Makes a very soft dough. Drop by scant teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Oil bottom of a glass — dip into a dish of sugar — flatten cookies on pan. (One oiling will do — the oil in the cookies will take care of it). Dip in sugar before every cookie.

Bake for 8 minutes at 350°. Makes 7 dozen. Store tightly covered.

Banny’s Southern Cream Cookies

Banny’s Southern Cream Cookies
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
3 eggs — beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sour cream
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups black walnuts — chopped
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Cream together the shortening and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla and sour cream; mix well. Stir in the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda to make a stiff dough. Add chopped nuts.
Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet. Mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a saucer. Grease the bottom of a jelly glass. Dip into the cinnamon/sugar and gently press the cookies to flatten the balls of dough.
Bake at 350°F for 10 to 15 minutes or until centers are done. These cookies travel and freeze well.

Owl Cookies-'Cookies Recipes'

Owl Cookies

Yields:2-3 Dozen Cookies
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:In medium bowl mix the first three ingrediants. In large bowl cream together all other ingrediants. Blend flour mixture into butter/sugar mixture. Divide dough into two equal parts. To one part, add enough unsweetened cocoa to make dough dark brown. Divide white dough into two equal parts and roll each intoa log. Divide brown dough into two equal parts and roll out. Place white dough logs on rolled out brown dough and wrap brown dough around white log. Cover wrapped logs and chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove one cookie log from refrigerator and slice into two halves. Put one half back in refrigerator. Slice other half into 6-8 equal slices. Place each slice onto lightly greased cookie sheet and pinch two ears at top of each slice. Repeat with rest of logs.

Use Chocolate chps or raisins for eyes and halved pecans for noses. Bake for 10 minutes until dough is slightly browned. Move from baking sheets to racks to cool.