Hartshorn German Christmas Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Sugar 1/2 ts Salt1 3/16 c Shortening 2 Eggs 1 c Milk 1 tb Hartshorn *** 1/2 c Boiling water 2 ts Vanilla Flour to stiffen 1 oz Anise seeds * Hartshorn can be obtained at your pharmacy. It is ammonium crystals 1. Mix sugar, salt, shortening, eggs,and milk. 2. […]

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Boiled Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter or margarine 1/2 c Milk 2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Cocoa 2 1/2 c Rolled oats Put butter, milk, sugar and cocoa into saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring often. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in rolled oats. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Makes about […]

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Hickory Nut Drop Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Sugar 4 c Flour 1 c Shortening; beat well 1 ts Baking soda 2 ea Eggs 1 ts Baking powder 1 c Milk; sour 1 c Nuts; chopped Or 1 c Raisins; chopped 1 c Buttermilk Sift soda and baking powder in with flour. Note: Combine remaining ingredients, mix well. […]

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Molasses Cookies #2

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Molasses 1/2 c Butter 1 Egg 1 tb Ginger 2 ts Baking soda 1 c Sour milk 4 1/2 c Flour From: HENDERSD@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu (Dawn M. Henderson) Date: 31 Mar 1994 05:18:15 -0500 From the Sweet & Slow cookbook by Patricia B. Mitchell. Put molasses and butter in a deep graniteware […]

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Hand Print Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 pk Refrigerator sugar cookie -dough rolls Flour for board and rolling -pin Heavy card-type paper or -cardboard Various icings in tubes from -supermarket Various candies for -decorating cookies Cut each sugar cookie dough roll in half. Form each into a ball and flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and […]

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Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Dark brown sugar – firmly -packed 1/2 c White sugar 1 c Salted butter – cold and cut 2 lg Eggs 2 ts Vanilla extract 2 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions: Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a […]

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Eggless Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Sugar 1 ts Baking soda 1 c Shortening 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Milk; sour Flour; to roll out Note: No directions. Cream sugar, shortening. Add sour milk, soda and salt. Stir in enough flour to make a stiff dough which can be rolled. Roll out, cut, bake in 425 […]

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Molasses Cookies #1

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Soft margarine 1 c Brown sugar 1 Egg 1/4 c Molasses 2 1/4 c Flour 2 ts Soda 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 ts Cloves 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Ginger Granulated sugar From: Elizabeth Harris chlamy@acpub.duke.edu Date: 28 Mar 1994 09:18:11 -0500 Can’t remember where I got this one – […]

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Hamburger Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Vanilla frosting 12 Vanilla wafers 2 tb Green-tinted coconut 6 Chocolate-covered round mint – cookies or patties Honey, warmed Sesame seeds For each hamburger cookie, spread 1/2 teaspoon of frosting on flat side of one vanilla wafer. Place one teaspoon coconut and one mint cookie on frosting. spread flat side […]

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Black Pepper Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Butter 1 ts Freshly ground pepper or -black pepper 3/4 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground cloves 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 c Castor sugar 1 Egg lightly beaten 1 1/2 c Self raising flour 3/4 c Good cocoa Heat oven to 190 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheet. Cream butter, pepper, […]

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