Overnight cookies

I have decided to have two recipes for each day...the second recipe will be dessert...who doesn`t like dessert.....

Overnight Cookies
Mrs. L. C. McClallan

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 egg, well beaten
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup nutmeats
4 cups flour

Combine ingredients and shape into roll. place in refrigerator overnight. Slice and bake in hot oven.

Applesauce Cookies

Ohh applesauce......

applesauce cookies
Mrs. John Billaci

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 cup applesauce
2 1/4 cup sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup nutmeats

Cream shortening, sugar and egg. Add applesauce and blend in flour, slat and spices. Add raisins and nutmeats and drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 375 degrees.

Maraschino Cherry Bars

Who doesn't like Maraschino cherries?

Maraschino Cherry Bars
Mrs. Alice Smith

1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup butter, melted

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add brown sugar, oatmeal and butter .Mix well. press firmly into ungreased 9-inch square pan.

TOPPING

1 /4 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup nutmeats

combine all ingredients thoroughly. Spread over base mixture and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and cut into bars.

Lemon Cookies

Yes, I like Lemons...but not with out some sugar....

Lemon Cookies
Mrs. Irene Brown

2 cups flour
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
pinch of salt
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups sugar
4 Tablespoon lemon juice

Cream butter; ad sugar, salt and flour and mix thoroughly. Press into 9 x 13 -inch pan. bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees or until light brown. Remove from oven.

Combine eggs, sugar and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Pour over baked ingredients and bake 25 minutes longer. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes then sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Cut into squares.

Cookie Jar Favorite

Here is the second recipe for the day...dessert Thursday....

Cookie Jar Favorite
Mrs. Irene Brown

2 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup nutmeats, chopped
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

Sift flour and measure. Sift with soda, spices and salt. Add raisins and nutmeats. Cream shortening and add suygar gradually. Beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add dry ingredients, alternately with applesauce. Drop by Tablespoon onto cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Makes 50 medium cookies

Chocolate Chip Bars

Chocolate chips...yummy

chocolate chips Bars
Mrs. Laura Baughman

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup margarine
2 egg yolks
1 Tablespoon water
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour

Mix ingredients in large greased pan. Pat mixture down in pan with spoon or by hand. Bake 12 minutes or until lightly browned at 350 degrees.

TOPPING

2 egg whites
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chocolate chips

Beat egg whites until stiff; fold in brown sugar and chocolate chips. Spread on bars and bake about 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Melting Moments

Melting moments will be here soon with the falling snow.....

why not make cookies before that time...

Melting Moments
Mrs. Mary B. Mann

1/2 cup corn starch
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup flour, sifted
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup flaked coconut

Sift together cornstarch, confectioners sugar and flour. Blend in butter until soft dough is formed. If desired, chill dough. Roll into small balls 1/2-inch in diameter. Roll in coconut. Flatten with floured fork. Place on greased baking sheet 1 inch apart. Bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned at 300 degrees. Makes 3 1/2 dozen

Snappy Turtles

These could also be considered a candy to a point....but we will say they are a cookies.


Snappy Turtles
Mrs. Frances Spalding

1 1/2 cups enriched flour
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon maple flavoring

Sift together flour, salt and soda. Cream butter or margarine, and add brown sugar slowly. Add 1 egg and 1 yolk. ( Reserve white) Beat well. Blend in vanilla and maple flavoring. Add dry ingredients gradually. Dough will be soft. Chill, if desired.
Arrange 5 pecan halves, for each cookie, to resemble head , feet of turtle. Mold dough into balls. Dip bottom into egg white and press lightly onto pecan halves. Use 1 rounded teaspoon dough . Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool. Frost.

Chocolate Frosting

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
1 Tablespoon butter or margarine
1/4 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar

Combine first three ingredients, in top of double boiler. Heat over boiling water until melts. Remove from heat . Add powdered sugar and blend.

Shortbread Cookies

These are yummy....

Shortbread Cookies
Mrs. James Flack

1 pound butter
1 cup sugar
4 to 4 1/2 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar together. Mix in 2 cups flour and stir in remaining flour with spoon. Pat dough out in cookie sheet and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325 degrees. Cut while hot. Cool before removing. add nutmeats or chocolate chips, if desired, before baking.

Chip Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

I know it should read chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, but that is how the recipe is titled chip chocolate oatmeal cookies.

Chip Chocolate oatmeal cookies
Mrs. Bingo Turner

1 1/2 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
 1/4 cup water
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 teaspoon black walnut flavoring
2 cup flour
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 cups quick cooking oatmeal, uncooked

Combine ingredients in order listed. Blend well. Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Take out before they seem quite done. Makes 8 to 10 dozen cookies.

Add chocolate chips to them before baking of course ...I think the person who submitted this recipe forgot them way back in 1968.

Golden Drops

Here is a cookie recipe using apricots

Golden Drops

1/2 cup dried apricots, finely cut
1 cup canned crushed pineapple with syrup
1/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup coconut
1 Tablespoon orange rind, grated
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine apricots and pineapple. let stand several hours. Blend in butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Stir in oatmeal, coconut, orange rind and mixed fruit. Stir in dry ingredients and combine well. Drop from a teaspoon on greased baking sheets. Bake about 12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chcolate Cookies

I love chocolate......

Chocolate Cookies

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter, melted
1 1/.4 cup sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 cup nutmeats

Mix brown sugar and melted butter together. Add sifted flour, soda, beaten egg, milk and chocolate and nutmeats. Bake on greased and floured cookie sheets 9 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Frosting

1 square unsweetened chocolate
2 Tablespoons hot water
3 Tablespoons butter
Confectioners sugar

Combine chocolate , hot water and butter. Add enough confectioners sugar to spread easily.

Spicy Refrigerator Cookies

I think we will have two recipes a day again this week....We are still in the year 1967 recipes.


Spicy Refrigerator Cookies

1/2 stick margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 1/4 cup flour, sifted
1 cup nutmeats, finely chopped

Cream sugar, margarine, egg and flavoring. Sift dry ingredients and add to mixture. Add nutmeats. Form dough into 1 1/2 inch rolls. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate. Slice very thinly and bake on greased sheets 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Dough maybe frozen. Makes 4 to 5 dozen.

Peanut Butter cookies

This recipe doesn`t have too many ingredients.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter, crunchy
1 teaspoon vanilla

Beat egg and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 cup peanut butter and continue beatin. Stir in remaining peanut butter. Add vanilla. Bake 6 to 8 minutes at 375 degrees. Chopped peanuts maybe added. ( there is no flour in these cookies).

Oatmeal Cookies

2 recipe for today

Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal
3/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
nutmeats, if desired

Cream shortening and sugar and add eggs. sift flour , soda, cinnamon and salt. Combine with oatmeal. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to sugar and shortening mixture. Add raisins and nutmeats. Drop by teaspoonful on greased baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350 to 375 degrees.

Half Way Cookies

Here is a cookie recipe, second recipe for Friday..

Half Way Cookies

1 cup shortening
1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon water
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
chocolate chips
2 egg whites
1 cup brown sugar

Combine shortening, sugar , 1/2 cup brown sugar, egg yolks, water, flour, salt, baking powder, soda and vanilla. Spread on a cookie sheet and press down to cookie thickness. Sprinkle with chocolate bits. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Cut into squares when cool

Spice Cookies

These would be good to keep on hand for those snacks after school.

Spice Cookies

1/4 cup light syrup
1/4 cup dark syrup
1 Tablespoon molasses
1/4 cup sugar
3 Tablespoon butter
1 Tablespoon milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 egg
3/4 cup raisins, cooked

Combine syrups and molasses and heat to boiling point. Add sugar, butter and milk. Sift together flour, soda, salt and nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice. Add to mixture. add egg and raisin. Mix well. Roll each teaspoon of dough in sugar and place on buttered cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies

I love chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies.

Chocolate chip Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
3 cups oatmeal
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup nutmeats

Cream together shortening, sugars and eggs until fluffy. Sift together flour, soda, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture and beat well. Add oatmeal and vanilla and chocolate chips and nutmeats. Mix well. Drop by round teaspoons on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes about 4 1/2 dozen.

Peanut Brownie Drops

mmmm dessert!!!!!

Peanut Brownie Drops
Mrs. Charles Spalding

1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups peanuts

Melt butter or margarine and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in flour and add peanuts. Chill dough at least 2 hours. drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake 12 to 16 minutes at 350 degrees. Cookies should be spring bacvk when touched lightly. Makes 4 dozen.

Fruitaroons

Here is another recipe that calls for fruit cocktail.

Fruitaroons
Mrs. Robert Spalding

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 cup shortening
1 egg, unbeaten
2 Tablespoons sour or sweet cream
1 1/2 cups toasted coconut
1 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1 cup ( 1-pound can) fruit cocktail, well drained
1/3 cup nuts, chopped
1/4 cup marachino cherries, chopped

Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Cream well brown sugar and shortening. Blend in egg and cream. Add dry ingredients. Stir in coconut, oatmeal, fruit coctail, nutmeats and marschino cherries. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake 15 to 18 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 3 dozen.