Eight-trick Butter Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Pillsbury’s Best All Purpose -Flour*, sifted 1 ts Soda 1 ts French’s Cream of Tartar 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Butter 1 1/2 c Confectioners’ sugar; sifted 1 Egg; unbeaten 1 ts French’s Vanilla Candied cherry half or -Funsten’s Walnut Ha BAKE at 400 degrees. MAKES 5 to 6 […]

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Christmas Cookie Bonanza Part 2

Ingredients & Directions 1 Recipe Basic Cookie Mix 1 lg Egg 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder CHECKERBOARD SQUARES melted chocolate or chocolate icing and white icing In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg and vanilla. At low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough. Divide dough in half; […]

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c Butter or margarine — softened 1/3 c Vegetable oil 1 1/4 c Brown sugar 1 1/4 c White sugar 2 lg Eggs 2 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c Whole wheat flour 1 c Cocoa 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 2 […]

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Christmas Butter Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Sifted all-purpose flour 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/8 ts Salt 1 c Butter or margarine; -softened 1/2 c Sugar 1 Egg; slightly beaten 2 ts Vanilla extract Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Work butter in a bowl until creamy; gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg […]

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Rubber Stamp Sugar Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 3/4 c Sugar 1 lg Egg 1 tb Milk or cream 1/4 ts Salt 2 c Flour 1/4 ts Nutmeg OR 1 ts Vanilla extract Cream butter and sugar together. Beat in egg, then milk. Add vanilla. Blend salt and nutmeg into flour. Mix flour into dough. Knead, then […]

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Eggnog Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1 1/4 c Granulated sugar 3/4 c Butter; softened 1/2 c Eggnog 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 lg Egg yolks 1 tb Ground nutmeg Preheat oven to 300F degrees. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, […]

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Christmas Cookie Bonanza (22 Varieties) Part 1

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour 1/4 c Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Butter, softened From McCall’s magazine Dec 1991 BASIC COOKIE MIX In large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt; mix well. With pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Place in airtight container; store […]

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Dough

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Roasted Oregon hazelnuts 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour; plus… 2 tb All-purpose flour 1 pn Salt 3 tb Unsweetened cocoa 1 c Unsalted butter — room temperature 1/2 c Sugar 1 lg Egg Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Finely chop hazelnuts with 1/2 cup flour and salt in food processor. […]

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Christmas Butter Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Soft butter (real butter -only) 2 tb Vanilla 3 c Flour 2/3 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1/2 ts Salt Cream butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar. Gradually stir in vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Blend in flour and salt. Mix well. Wrap dough […]

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Rubber Stamp Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter 1 c Brown sugar (not packed) 1/4 c Molasses 1 lg Egg 2 1/4 c Flour 1/2 ts Cinnamon 2 ts Powdered ginger 2 pn Ground cloves 1 pn Cayenne pepper Cream butter and brown sugar together. Stir in molasses, then egg. In seperate bowl, mix flour with spices. […]

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