Grandmother’s Brown Sugar Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Brown sugar 3/4 c Shortening 4 ea Eggs 5 c Flour 3/4 ts Baking soda 3/4 ts Cream tartar 1 ts Vanilla Flour to make a soft dough. Roll, cut and bake in quick oven. Note: Quick oven is probably around 425 F. Yields 1 Servings

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World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Granulated sugar 3 c Flour 1 c Brown sugar 3/4 ts Baking soda 1 c Butter 3/4 ts Salt 1 tb Vanilla 3 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 Eggs, slightly beaten 1 c Chopped nuts (optional) This recipe is said to have come from a famous cookie maker. So make, […]

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Mincemeat Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Shortening;margarine or but 3/4 c Sugar; brown 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 Egg,well beaten 2 3/4 c Flour, sifted 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 c Milk or cream, sour 1/2 c Mincemeat Cream together shortening, sugar and vanilla. Beat until fluffy. […]

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Grandma’s Unsweetened Rolled Oat Cookies

Ingredients & Directions -COOKIE- 1 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 1/2 c Rolled oats 1 ts Baking soda 1/2 c Shortening 1/2 c Hot water FILLING 2 c Chopped dates 1/2 c Water 1/4 c Granulated sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract Combine flour, oats, and baking soda. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. […]

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Rock Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2/3 c Butter 1/2 ts Cloves 1 c Brown sugar 1 ts Baking powder* 2 Eggs 8 oz Raisins 2 c Flour 8 oz Chopped dates 1 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1 c Chopped nuts * dissolved in a little warm water This mildly spicy cookie will be a big hit with everyone […]

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Milk Chocolate Florentine Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2/3 c Butter or margarine 2 c Quick oats, uncooked 1 c Sugar 2/3 c All-purpose flour 1/4 c Corn syrup 1/4 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 ts Salt 1 pk NESTLE Toll House milk -chocolate morsels (11.5 oz) Preheat oven to 375’F. Melt butter in medium saucepan over low […]

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“painted” Sugar Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Unsalted butter 250 mL 1 c Sugar 250 mL 1 Egg 1 1 ts Pure vanilla extract 5 mL 2 c All-purpose flour 500 mL 1/2 ts Baking powder 2 mL 1 pn Salt -ICING AND PAINT- 1 1/2 c Sifted icing sugar 375 mL Food colouring 1/4 c Water […]

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Grandma’s Sugar Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Shortening (part butter) 2 c Sugar 2 lg Eggs 5 c Flour 2 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 2 ts Baking powder 2 ts Nutmeg 1 c Milk Lighter and fluffier than most sugar cookies. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat shortening, suugar and eggs together until light and […]

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Benne (sesame Seed) Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Benne (sesame) seeds 1/4 ts Salt 1 1/2 c Brown sugar, packed 3/4 c Butter or margarine, melted 1 c All-purpose flour 1 Egg 1/4 ts Baking powder 1 ts Vanilla Known as sesame seeds in most of the country, “benne” is the name southerners learned to call these seeds, […]

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