Lard Cookies

Ingredients & Directions ———————COWPOKES’ COOKBOOK; ACE REID——————— 1 c Lard 9/16 c Sugar 1 c Buttermilk 9/16 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 1 ts Nutmeg 1 Heaping teaspoon baking -powder 3 c Flour (or enough flour to -make a soft dough which -will -hold together for -rolling) Melt lard; then cool until lukewarm. Sift […]

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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Margarine 3/4 c Brown sugar 3/4 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 pn Vanilla powder 2 c Flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 2 c Chocolate chips Cream butter and sugars. Beat in eggs. Combine dry ingredients. Blend. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake at 375* for 12 minutes or […]

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Pignoli Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 lb Almonds; ground fine 2 c Flour, or a little less 1 c Butter -(See NOTE) 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Pine nuts, chopped 1 ts Vanilla Granulated sugar 1/2 ts Salt Sweetened milk, optional CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR together until very soft. Then carefully blend in the ground almonds, […]

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Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate-chip Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Soy margarine; softened 1 1/2 c Tightly packed brown sugar 1 c Table sugar 1 Ripe; mashed banana 3 ts Vanilla; (be generous) 2 tb Water or soy/almond/rice -drink 1 3/4 c All-purpose or whole-wheat -flour 1 ts Baking powder 2 1/2 c Rolled oats; (quick oats -work well) 2 […]

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Fruitcake Cookies – House Beautiful

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Mixed diced candied citrus 1/4 ts Grated whole nutmeg -peel 8 tb (1 stick) unsalted butter, 1 c Dark seedless raisins -slightly softened 1/4 c Chopped mixed dried pears, 2/3 c Firmly packed dark brown Dried apricots, golden -sugar -raisins 1/4 c Dark molasses 1/3 c Bourbon whiskey 1 lg […]

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Lady Bird Johnson’s Lace Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Coconut 1/4 c Corn syrup 1/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed 1/4 c Margarine 1/2 ts Vanilla Mix flour with coconut. Combine syrup, sugar and margarine in saucepan. Cook over medium heat. Stir until well blended. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Blend in flour mixture. Drop […]

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Best Butterscotch Cookies

Ingredients & Directions COOKIES 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1 1/2 c Dark brown sugar 1 c Salted butter 2 lg Eggs 2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Chopped walnuts 1 c Walnut halves 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour -GLAZE- 8 oz Caramels 1/4 c Heavy cream Cookies: preheat oven to 300. In […]

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Pfeffernuesse (pepper Nut Cookies)

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Flour, sifted 1/4 ts Nutmeg (“Yuch!”, Grandma 1 ts Baking Powder -always “forgot” to add it) 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Mace 1/2 ts Cinnamon 3 Eggs, beaten light 1/4 ts Allspice 3/4 c Sugar 1/4 ts Ground Cloves (done by hand, Juice and grated rind 1 -if poss, for […]

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Vegan Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 Sticks butter or margarine 1 3/4 c Sucanat 2 Eggs (or equivalent -replacer) e.g. ener-g egg -replacer 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 1/4 c Whole wheat pastry flour -(organic if available) 1 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt (optional) 1 Bag (1-1/2 cups) barat -choclate chips Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 […]

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Zebra Cookies – Country Cooking

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c (1 1/2 sticks) butter or 2 ts Vanilla -margarine, softened 2 1/4 c Unsifted all purpose flour 1/2 c Sugar 1 1-oz square unsweetened 2 lg Eggs -chocolate, melted & cooled 1. In medium-size bowl, beat together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in flour until soft dough forms. 2. […]

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