Best-ever Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter; melted 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/4 c White sugar 1 Egg 1 ts Vanilla 3/4 c Flour, all purpose 3/4 c Wheat germ 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts -Salt 1 c Chocolate chips 1 c Raisins “A few years ago, then Premier David Peterson’s wife Shelley shared the […]

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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 Directions Cream sugar and butter, beat in eggs – well beaten and a little flour and nutmeg. Dissolve the […]

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Mexican Wedding Cookies Ii

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Confectioner’s sugar, divide 1 c Butter, softened 3/4 c Finely chopped pecans 1/2 ts Vanilla extract 2 c All-purpose flour 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat together 1 cup of the sugar, butter, […]

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Peanut-butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter or margarine; -softened 1/2 c Creamy peanut butter 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Packed light brown sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/3 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1 3/4 c Semisweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Combine the softened […]

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Basel Honey-spice Cookies (basel Leckerli)

Ingredients & Directions 2/3 c Clover honey 2/3 c Granulated sugar 1 tb Kirsch (cherry brandy) or -orange juice 2 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground cloves Finely grated peel (yellow -part only) of one Large lemon 1/4 c Finely chopped candied lemon -peel 1/4 c Finely chopped candied -orange peel 2/3 c Finely […]

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Chewy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 md Bananas 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/3 c Butter or margarine; -softened 1/3 c Sugar 1/3 c Light brown sugar; firmly -packed 1 lg Egg 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Milk chocolate chips 1/2 c Walnuts; coarsely chopped Preheat oven to […]

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Hazelnut Cocoa Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3 lg Egg whites, room temp 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4 c Chopped hazelnuts (from Fitness magazine) Preheat oven to 300, line cookie sheet with parchment paper. With an electric mixer, beat the egg whites in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar […]

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Helpful Hints For Cookies

Ingredients & Directions See below * Butter should be brought to room temperature beore using. You can put butter in the microwave for approx. 20 seconds to soften (remember, because the microwave wattages vary, the time given is approximate) * Melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in your microwave (in microwave […]

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Chewy Molasses Oat Crackles Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour* 1 c Quaker oats; (quick or old -fashioned, uncooked) 2 ts Baking soda 2 ts Ground ginger 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Ground cloves 1 c Firmly packed brown sugar 1/3 c (5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon) -margarine; melted 1/4 c Unsweetened applesauce […]

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Hamentashen Or Rolled Cookie Dough

Ingredients & Directions 2 Sticks margarine 2 ts Vanilla 2 c Sugar 1 ts Salt 4 c Flour 4 ts Baking powder 2 Eggs Cream sugar and margarine ,add eggs and vanilla then add flour salt and baking powder. Roll out and cut with glass or whatever shape you want. Fill with filling and pinch […]

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