Heat oven to 350. Have sheets ready. Mix flour & soda. Beat butter, sugar, egg & vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until well blended. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mix. Beat just until blended. Stir in coarsely chopped nuts & chips. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheets. […]
Cookies
Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies
Heat oven to 375 F. In large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until thoroughly blended. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. With mixer at low speed, beat into […]
Mexican Wedding Ring Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar, add vanilla, flour and nuts. Blend well. Form in balls the size of a nickel, roll and shape like crescents or as desired. Bake 10 to 12 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet until just slightly browned. When cool roll in powdered sugar or shake a few […]
German Filbert Cookies
Mix all together. Form into small crescents. Bake for approx 10 min at 300 degrees. Should not brown. Dough may be frozen. To finish, cookies may be dipped in icing sugar, or chocolate or as desired.
Spiced Prune Cookies
Mix butter, sugar & egg. Blend flour, soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon & cloves. Add to sugar mixture; blend in milk. Add prunes, mixing well. Chill 1 hour. Heat oven to 400. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls on greased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes.
Snack Mix Bars
Grease 13×9″ pan. In large bowl, combine cereal, pretzels, peanuts and M&Ms. Melt margarine in large saucepan over low heat; add peanut butter and marshmallows. Heat until smooth and completely melted, stirring occasionally. Pour over cereal mixture; toss to coat. With wet fingers, press mixture evenly in greased pan. Cool completely. Cut into bars.
Dry Baking Mix
Sift or mix ingredients. Cut in lard till mixture resembles fine meal.
Chocolate-walnut Biscotti
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the walnuts on a cookie sheet and toast until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool and then chop coarsely. In a double boiler over simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter together. Remove from the heat and stir until smooth. Let cool for 10 minutes. Sift together the […]
Black-eyed Susans
CARAMEL FILLING 1/2 c Light caramels 1/4 c Evaporated milk 1/4 c Butter 1/4 ts Vanilla 1 c Sifted powdered sugar 1 c Pecans, chopped CHOCOLATE ICING 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips 1/4 c Evaporated milk 2 tb Butter 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Sifted powdered sugar COOKIES: Cream butter, gradually add powdered sugar, creaming […]
Kolaches (or Kolacky)
These are very simple, but you will find NO better cookie anywhere! On the down side, they do require advanced preparation (overnight is best). Included are a couple of filling recipes, but a can of pre-made will work too. (Apricot is best) When rolling out dough, try to keep it as chilled as possible. To […]
