Praline Cookies #1

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Flour 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 2/3 c Solid shortening 1 Egg 1 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Valilla 1/2 c Chopped pecans -BROWN SUGAR GLAZE- 2 tb Butter 1 1/2 -(up to) 2 1/2 tb Milk 1/4 c Brown sugar 3/4 c Powdered sugar […]

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Peanut Butter Honey Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shortening 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Peanut butter 2 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Honey 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/2 ts Salt 1 Egg 3/4 c Raisins (optional),* * washed and drained Ice Box Cookies Ice box cookies are a boon for the busy person […]

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The Best Peanut Butter Cookies Ever

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Brown Sugar 1/2 c Granulated Sugar 1/2 c Butter 1 Egg 1 c Peanut Butter 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking Soda 1/2 c All-Purpose Flour 1/2 ts Vanilla Preheat oven to 375?F. Sift the granulated and brown sugars together. Beat the butter until soft. Add the sifted sugars gradually […]

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Grandmother Gana’s Cookies^

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 3 tb Sweet milk 1 ts Vanilla 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cream of tartar 2 1/2 c Flour Beat together butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs. Add milk and mix well. Add vanilla, baking soda, cream of tartar and flour. […]

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Richard’s Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Milk 1/4 lb Butter 6 tb Unsweetened cocoa 1 2/3 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 3 c Rolled oats Put the milk and butter in the saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa & sugar. Stir well. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Beat in vanilla extract and rolled oats. […]

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Praline Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Light brown sugar, packed 1 tb Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 Egg white, stiffly beaten 1 ts Vanilla 2 1/2 c Pecan halves Add 1 teaspoon vanilla (no more) to stiffly beaten egg whites, fold in the brown sugar, flour and salt, and add the pecans. Place either small clusters, […]

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Refrigerator Nut Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 3 c All-purpose flour 1 c Butter or margarine,softened 1 ts Salt 2 Eggs 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Finely chopped nuts These refrigerator nut cookies take on a different flavor by substituting brown sugar to make butterscotch; cinnamon to make cinnamon slices; or […]

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The Best Peanut Butter Cookie

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 lb Butter; salted, (2 sticks) 1 c Firmly packed dark brown -sugar 1 c Granulated sugar 1 c Extra-crunchy peanut butter; -preferably Jif 2 lg Eggs 2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Roasted salted peanuts; […]

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White Drop Cookies^

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sugar 1 c Shortening or lard 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla pn Salt 2 ts Cream of tartar 1/2 ts Baking soda 2 1/2 c Flour Cream sugar and fat. Add eggs and beat well. Add vanilla, salt, cream of tartar, baking soda and flour. Drop and form with fork […]

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Rich Cookies From 1845 Cookbook

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Sugar 2 Eggs well beaten 1 c Milk or water 1 ts Nutmeg 1 c Butter 1 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt Flour enough to stiffen Dough for easy rolling Preheat oven 375 F. Cream sugar and butter, beat in eggs – well beaten and a little flour and […]

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