Killer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 6 dozen

Wet mix
1 c butter or margarine
1 c vegetable oil
1 c EACH brown sugar white sugar
1 egg beaten
1tsp Vanilla
Flour mix
3 1/2 c flour
1 tsp Salt
1 tbls baking soda
1 tbls cream of tartar
Accessories
2 c chocolate chips (12 oz)
2 c oatmeal
1 c rice crispies
1. Create all mixes.
2. Add flour mix to wet mix slowly. Add accessories.
3. Roll into small balls, place on a non greased pan.
4. Bake 350 12-15 minutes.

5 Minute Cookies

1 stick butter
2 c sugar
3 tbls cocoa
1/2 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 c dry oatmeal

Optional 1/4 c of:
Peanut butter
Diced apples
Nuts
Marshmallows

1. Melt butter in saucepan and add sugar, cocoa and milk.
2. Stir and bring to boil. Boil only 2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Add vanilla, oatmeal. Stir quickly and drop onto greased cookie sheet until cooled.
***If adding optional ingredients, must add more oatmeal too. ***

Lacey’s Carrot Cookies

1 1/4 c sugar
1 c oil
4 eggs
3 c grated carrots
2 c flour
2 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
Orange peel
powdered sugar
OJ

1. Mix all (but last three) ingredients together.
2. Pour into pan. Bake at 350 for 45-50 min
3. Top with glaze made from last three ingredients.

Sugar Cookies

2 eggs
1 c butter
2 c sugar
1 c sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp soda
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 c flour

1. Mix all together and chill for 2 hours.
2. Cook at 350 for 8-10 min.

Chewy Chocolate Cookies

1 ¼ c butter
2 c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 c flour
3/4 c cocoa
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
1 cup finely chopped nuts (opt)
1. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla.
2. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Blend into creamed mix.
3. Stir in nuts. Drop by tsp’s onto ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 350 for 8-9 min. Cool on sheet until set (1 min); remove to wire rack to cool completely.

**Do not over bake. They’ll be soft; they’ll puff up during cooking and flatten in cooling.**

Snickers Bar Cookies

4 dozen

1 c butter
1 c creamy peanut butter
1 c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
60 mini snickers
1. Combine butter, peanut butter, and sugar in mixer on medium-low speed until light and fluffy. Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Mix flour, salt, baking soda.
2. Cover and chill dough for 2-3 hours. Unwrap all snickers.
3. Remove dough from fridge. Shape 1 tsp of dough around each candy. Place on greased cookie and bake at 350 for 10-12 min. Remove when cracks form on top.
4. Cool on baking rack.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mix together:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup applesauce
Add:
• 2 eggs, beaten (or just add one egg at a time and mix thoroughly)
• 2 cups canned pumpkin
• 2 tsps vanilla
• 2 tsps milk
In a separate bowl, stir together:
• 4 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tsps baking powder
• 2 tsps baking soda
• 2 (generous) tsps cinnamon

Add dry ingredients to wet, then stir in 1 12-ounce package chocolate chips. I prefer semi-sweet, Josh likes milk chocolate, so in this one, I will allow for either taste (in most cookies I demand semi-sweet!)
Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 10 min. Makes 4 1/2 to 5 dozen cookies.

Ginger Cookies, II

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten well
4 T molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsps baking soda
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 T ginger (2 tsp is better)

Preheat oven to 350. Cream together the shortening and the sugar. Beat in egg and molasses. Sift together dry ingredients and fold them into shortening mixture. Take small portions of dough, form into balls, roll in sugar. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 350 for 7 to 8 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen small cookies. Store in an air-tight container.