Wednesday, August 26, 2020

COOKIES!!!

Monster Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward

2 eggs

Heaping 1/2 Cup brown sugar

1/2 Cup white sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 TBS light corn syrup

1 tsp soda

1/4 Cup butter (1/2 a stick)

3/4 Cups peanut butter

2 1/4 Cups oats

1/2 Cup chocolate chips

1/2 Cup M & M's

Mix ingredients in order given.  Drop by teaspoon on to cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 for 9 minutes.  Do not overbake.

Donna's Oatmeal Cookies - Marissa Carlson - Arcadia Ward 

3/4 Cup shortening

1 Cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 Cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 Cup water

1 Cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3 Cups quick oats

1 Cup raisins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat shortening, sugars, egg, and vanilla together until creamy. Sift together flour salt and soda.  Add to creamy mixture.  Blend well.  Add raisins.  Stir in oats 1 cup at a time.  Drop by the spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake for 11 minutes.

Double Tree Chocolate Chip Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward
Ingredients

    ½ pound butter, softened (2 sticks)



    ¾ cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
    ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
    2 large eggs
    1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
    ¼ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
    2 ¼ cups flour
    ½ cup rolled oats
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    Pinch cinnamon
    2 2/3 cups Nestle Tollhouse semi-sweet chocolate chips
    1 ¾ cups chopped walnuts

How to make them

Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes.

Add eggs, vanilla and lemon juice, blending with mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, then medium speed for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl.

With mixer on low speed, add flour, oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, blending for about 45 seconds. Don’t overmix.

Remove bowl from mixer and stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.

Portion dough with a scoop (about 3 tablespoons) onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Space about 2 inches apart.

Preheat oven to 300°F. Bake for 20 to 23 minutes, or until edges are golden brown and center is still soft.

Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for about 1 hour.

Cook’s note: You can freeze the unbaked cookies, and there’s no need to thaw. Preheat oven to 300°F and place frozen cookies on parchment paper-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake until edges are golden brown and center is still soft.

 

Compost Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward

Step 1

Combine the butter, sugars, and glucose in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and cream together on medium-high for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the egg and vanilla, and beat for 7 to 8 minutes.

Step 2

Reduce the speed to low and add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. mix just until the dough comes together, no longer than 1 minute. (Do not walk away from the machine during this step, or you will risk over mixing the dough.) Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

Step 3

Still on low speed, add the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, graham crust, oats, and coffee and mix just until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Add the potato chips and pretzels and paddle, still on low speed, until just incorporated. Be careful not to over mix or break too many of the pretzels or potato chips. You deserve a pat on the back if one of your cookies bakes off with a whole pretzel standing up in the center.

Step 4

Using a 2 3/4 oz ice cream scoop (or a 1/3 cup measure), portion out the dough onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Pat the tops of the cookie dough domes flat. Wrap the sheet pan tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 1 week. Do not bake your cookies from room temperature— they will not bake properly.

Step 5

Heat the oven to 375°f.

Step 6

Arrange the chilled dough a minimum of 4 inches apart on parchment- or silpat-lined sheet pans. Bake for 18 minutes. The cookies will puff, crackle, and spread. After 18 minutes, they should be very faintly browned on the edges yet still bright yellow in the center. Give them an extra minute or so if that’s not the case.

Step 7

Cool the cookies completely on the sheet pans before transferring to a plate or an airtight container for storage. At room temp, cookies will keep fresh for 5 days; in the freezer, they will keep for 1 month.


 S'more Cookie Bars - Ginger Daines - Arcadia Ward

8 x 8 (16-20 pieces)

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup butter, soft

1/4 Cup brown sugar

1/2 Cup sugar

1 egg room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/3 Cup flour

3/4 Cup graham crumbs

1 tsp salt

2 king size bars of Hershey Chocolate (8.5 oz)

1 1/2 Cup marshmallow fluff

 

Directions

1.  Grease pan/preheat oven 350

2.  Cream butter and sugars; beat in egg and vanilla

3.  Combine dry ingredients and add slowly to wet.  Beat a little.  Divide in half, press 1/2 into bottom of 8 x 8 pan.  Reserve the rest for the top.

4.  Lay chocolate out side by side on the dough.  Spread fluff on top of chocolate.

5.  Flatten bits of remaining dough with hands and lay on top of the fluff to generally cover top.  Gaps are fine.  Bake 30 to 35 minutes till lightly browned, cool several hours before cutting.  I waited 8 hours.

Dream Bars - Ginger Daines - Arcadia Ward 

2 Cubes soft butter

1/2 Cup sugar

1/2 Cup cornstarch

2 Cups flour

Blend well and press into a 10 x 15 sheet pan.  Bake at 300 for 15 minutes.

4 eggs

1/2 Cup brown sugar

4 T. flour

1/2 t baking powder

2 T vanilla

2 Cups chopped walnuts

1 Cup flake coconut

Mix together well, pour on top of crust and bake for 15 minutes more, then turn oven to 350 for 5 additional minutes or until set.

Frosting

1 Cube soft butter

1 pound box powdered sugar

8 oz cream cheese

1 t. vanilla

Beat together and frost bars when cool.  Slice into desired sized bars.  (Ginger made a note about the frosting - half this amount should do.)

 

 Salted Toffee Chocolate Squares - Ginger Daines - Arcadia Ward

Ingredients

Ingredient Checklist

Directions

Instructions Checklist
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place graham crackers in a single layer on sheet, edges touching. Sprinkle toffee bits and almonds over graham crackers.

  • In a small saucepan, bring sugar and butter to a boil over medium-high. Reduce heat and cook at a rapid simmer, swirling pan occasionally, until mixture is syrupy, 2 minutes. Immediately pour over graham crackers. Bake until sugar topping is bubbling, 12 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate and salt over graham crackers. With a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut into 2-inch squares. Let cool completely on sheet on a wire rack. (Store in an airtight container, up to 1 week.)

 

Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies - Ginger Daines Arcadia Ward

  • 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1¼ cups old-fashioned oats, such as Quaker
  • 3/4 pound bittersweet chocolate, such as Lindt, chopped in chunks
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries
  • Fleur de sel

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 3 sheet pans with parchment paper.

In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. On low speed, add the vanilla, then the eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl again.

Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Mix in the oats. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Don’t overbeat it! With a rubber spatula, stir in the chocolate and cranberries until the dough is well mixed. With a 1¾-inch ice cream scoop (or two spoons), scoop round balls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans. Sprinkle lightly with fleur de sel. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until nicely browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.

 

 

Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
(quick and easy...made in a sheet pan...feeds a crowd!)

Sugar Cookie Bars:                                            Frosting:

1 cup butter (softened)                                     1/2 cup butter (softened)
2 cups sugar                                                      3 Tablespoons milk
4 large eggs                                                       2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons vanilla extract                                4 cups powdered sugar                                     
4 3/4 cups flour                                                 food coloring
1 teaspoon salt                                                   sprinkles for topping, optional
1 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg.  Mix in vanilla.  Beat in flour, salt, and baking soda until well combined.  Spread and press dough onto a 18"x13"x1" half sheet pan, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.  Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until just golden brown, let cool completely.  In a large bowl using a hand mixer, combine all frosting ingredients and beat until light and fluffy.  Spread frosting in an even layer on the cooled cookie bars and top with sprinkles, if desired.  Slice into bars.

    Janet Klementich  
   Temple City Ward
 
Root Beer Float Cookies
(If you crave root beer floats, you will love these!)

Cookies:                                          Frosting:

1 cup butter                                                          4 cups powdered sugar                                     
2 cups brown sugar                                               3/4 cup butter (softened)
2 eggs                                                                   3 Tablespoons milk
1 cup buttermilk                                                    1 teaspoon root beer extract (or concentrate)
1 teaspoon root beer extract 
   (or concentrate)*
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda 
1 teaspoon salt

* Root beer extract is hard to find.  I suggest calling before you go to the store, or better still, order it online at Target or Walmart.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  In a mixing bowl cream butter and brown sugar.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in buttermilk and root beer extract.  Combine flour, baking soda, and salt.  Gradually add to the creamed mixture.  Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.  Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.  Remove to wire rack to cool.  In a mixing bowl, combine all frosting ingredients.  Beat until smooth and frost cooled cookies. 


Connie Klementich
Temple City Ward
 

 

Cake Like Oatmeal Cookies -    Ginger Mott - Temple City Ward

Oven 350

In order mix:
1 cup sugar (brown, white, or mixed)
1 cup butter
2 eggs (beaten)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp ground ginger
2 cups flour
2 cups oats
nuts and raisins ad lib
Bake 10 minutes

 

Sugar Cookie ( 3 doz.) - Nancy Grace - Temple City Ward


1 cup butter
 1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 T. milk
1 t. vanilla
3 cups flour, 
3 t. baking powder

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, milk and vanilla, cream well.
Add flour and baking powder sifted together. Mix all and chill for 10 minutes.
Roll and cut desired shape.
Bake at 400* for 6 to 8 min. (depending on oven)
Cool, frost and decorate

 

 

Grandma Warner’s Molasses Cookies - Alecia Canonic - Temple City Ward
2 Cups Molasses 
1 Cup Shortening 
1 Cup Sugar
2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
1/4 Teaspoon ginger
1 Cup hot water
Pinch of salt
7 Cups Flour

Mix all ingredients together, lightly flour surface, and roll out dough to 1/4” thickness, cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 350° preheated oven for five minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy

 

Silo Cookies - Eva Garcia - Temple City Ward


 

Ingredients

  1. 2 sticks unsalted butter (room temperature)
    1 cup packed light brown sugar
    3/4 cup granulated sugar
    2 large eggs
    2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon kosher salt
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 1/2 cups rolled oats
    1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
    1 1/2 cups peanut butter chips
    1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, blending in between each one. Then, add the vanilla and beat until mixed.
  3. Whisk together dry ingredients including the flour, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Slowly add to the mixer and beat until incorporated. On low speed, add the oats, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and walnuts. Beat until mixed, about 15-20 seconds.
  4. Scoop dough onto one baking sheet in two inch balls. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  5. On second baking sheet, set dough three inches apart and bake until browned, 13-15 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies -   Barbara Terrill – compliments of Bonny Terrill Bolander’s kindergarten class in 1975 – they made them in class one day and Bonny came rushing home with 4 of them to share with her family. Then and there we declared them the Official Terrill Family Cookie! The best thing about them is that you can literally toss all the ingredients into a bowl and mix them up all at once – and it will work! Or you can follow tradition and cream the shortening and sugar and mix the dry ingredients, etc. I never have with this cookie!
Also, a can of pumpkin has two cups, so I ALWAYS double this recipe, not sure why I don’t just
give the doubled amounts!
1 cup sugar, 1 cup shortening, 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 cups flour, ½ tsp
baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp nutmeg, ½ tsp salt, 1 cup chocolate
chips.
Mix together – drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 12 to 15
minutes.

Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies  - From Karen Schultz, Monrovia Ward
1 ½ c. + 1T. flour
1 T. cocoa powder
1 ¼ t. ground ginger
1 t. cinnamon
¼ t. ground cloves
¼ t. ground nutmeg
1 t. baking soda

Sift all above in medium bowl. Set aside.
½ c. unsalted butter, softened
1 T. grated peeled fresh ginger (or ginger paste)
½ c. packed dark brown sugar
¼ c. molasses

7 oz best quality semi sweet chocolate
in ¼ “ pieces or chips.
¼ c. granulated sugar

Put butter and grated ginger into bowl, mix on medium
speed until lightened --about 4 minutes. Add brown sugar; mix
until combined. Add molasses; mix until combined. Mix in flour mixture
gradually. Mix in chocolate. Transfer dough to plastic
wrap and pat to 1” thickness. Refrigerate til firm.
Preheat oven to 325. Roll balls in sugar and place
on parchment lined baking sheet. Bake til surface
cracks slightly, 10-12 min. Recipe makes about 2 dozen.
 
Pistachio and White Chocolate Pudding Cookies - From Melissa Foutz - Temple City Ward

Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Servings 2 dozen cookies
Calories 2263kcal

Ingredients
1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
3.4 oz instant pistachio pudding mix 1 box
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
1 egg room temperature
1 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pistachios
green or blue food color optional

Instructions

  • Whisk together flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  • Cream sugars and butter together until light and fluffy.
  • Add in egg and vanilla and beat until well blended.
  • Gradually stir in dry ingredients. Add food color if desired for a deeper green.
  • Fold in chocolate chips and pistachios. Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 325F.
  • Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease.
  • Scoop out rounded tablespoons of cookie dough and place on the prepared cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes or just until they are set. If you see any brown, pull them out.
  • Remove from the oven gently press a few white chocolate chips into the top of each cookie.
  • Let cool on the baking sheet for several minutes before moving to a rack.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Notes

If you want thicker cookies, bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes.


Browkies  - Provided by Megan Finlay - Duarte Ward

I love how this combination of a brownie and cookie can easily be changed based on your mood and the season, based on which baking chips you use. I like to use salted caramel chips in the fall, mint chips at Christmas time, white chips in the spring, and peanut butter chips in the summer. Ingredients 1 Cup Butter, softened 1 Cup White Sugar 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 2 Eggs 2 tsp Vanilla 2 1/4 Cups Flour 2/3 Cup Cocoa 3/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 2 Cups Baking Chips (any kind, white, mint, peanut butter, chocolate etc.) Directions Beat together butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy, then add dry ingredients and mix well. Finally, add the baking chips until well combined. Scoop into balls and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes just until set.   

 

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES - Provided by Becky Carter - Arcadia Ward

From: http://blog.bitsofeverything.com/2012/09/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

1 spice cake mix
1 bag chocolate chips
1 can pumpkin, (15 oz)
Mix the pumpkin and the cake mix together, and then add the chocolate chips. Using a standard size cookie scoop, scoop the dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. 


 Swig Sugar Cookies - Sue Cornwall

Swig Sugar Cookies {Copycat Recipe}


Ingredients

Cookies:

  • 1 cup butter (8 ounces, 16 tablespoons), softened
  • 3/4 cup neutral-flavored oil (canola, vegetable, grapeseed, etc)
  • 1 1/4 cups (9.25 ounces) granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup (3 ounces) powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (see note)
  • 5 1/2 cups (27.5 ounces) all-purpose flour (I use unbleached)
  • Granulated sugar for pressing the cookies

Frosting:

  • 3/4 cup (6 ounces, 12 tablespoons) butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 cups (24 ounces) powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons cream or milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (or 325 degrees F for convection bake) and line several half sheet pans with parchment paper.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a bowl using a handheld electric mixer), add the butter, oil, granulated sugar and powdered sugar. Sprinkle the baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt across the top of the sugars (don't add the baking soda and cream of tartar in one lump or it might clump while mixing). Mix until well-combined and super creamy, 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  3. Add the sour cream, eggs and vanilla and mix until well-combined, 1-2 minutes, again scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  4. Add the flour and mix until no dry streaks remain and the mixture is evenly combined; don't overmix.
  5. Scoop the dough into about 3-tablespoon sized portions (I use a #20 cookie scoop) and roll into balls. Place several inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Add about 1/2 cup granulated sugar to a shallow dish or bowl. Lightly spray the bottom of a flat-bottomed glass with cooking spray and dip the bottom of the glass into the sugar. Press each cookie into an even thickness dipping the bottom of the glass into the sugar between each press (no need to spray it again with cooking spray after the first time). The edges of the cookie will ruffle out a bit. It's really up to you how thick or thin to press the cookies. I like them between 1/4- and 1/2-inch thick.
  6. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until just set. Try not to let them get golden on the edges or very much on the bottom - that means they've baked too long and they may be dry and crumbly instead of creamy and soft.
  7. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  8. For the frosting, in a medium bowl (can use a handheld or stand mixer) combine the butter, sour cream and vanilla. Mix until thick and smooth and creamy, 1-2 minutes. Add the powdered sugar and cream (or milk) and mix until well-combined and creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add additional cream, if needed, to adjust the consistency of the frosting so it is thick but still soft and spreadable.
  9. Frost the cooled cookies and decorate with sprinkles, if desired.

Peanut Blossom Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward

 1 3/4 Cups flour

1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 Cup sugar
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup shortening
1/2 Cup peanut butter
1 egg
2 TBS milk
1 tsp vanilla
48 chocolate candy kisses

Combine ingredients in large mixing bowl.  Mix at low speed until dough forms.  Shape dough into balls using a rounded teaspoonful for each cookie.  Roll balls in sugar.  Place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 for 8 - 10 minutes.  Top each cookie with a candy kiss.  Press firmly until it cracks around the edge.  Put back in oven for 1 minute.  For a variation use the same dough and place the balls in small muffin tins.  Bake for 8 minutes then place a small reeses peanut butter cup in the middle. This really gets people's attention. 
 
 Nutella Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup sugar plus additional sugar to roll cookies in
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 8 tbsp unsalted softened butter 1 stick, 4 ounces
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup smooth peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup Nutella

Instructions

  • Fill a ziploc bag or piping bag with Nutella, snip a corner off and then squeeze out Nutella about a teaspoon of Nutella on a parchment lined cookie sheet. (I use a half cookie sheet so it fits in my freezer). Freeze for about 30 minutes until solid.
  • Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the sugars and butter until light and fluffy about 2-3 minutes. Add in the egg to the butter mixture and stir to combine. Mix in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Stir in salt, baking soda and flour until well combined.
  • Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place your thumb in the center of each to create an indent. Place one Nutella "kiss" into the center. Cover up with more cookie dough. And then roll in sugar. Place on baking sheet and flatten with fork.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Notes

  • Be sure to measure your flour correctly. Over-measuring your flour is going to result in a dry, crumbly cookie. 
  • Use room temperature butter. By softening your butter properly  will allow the sugar to punch tiny holes into the butter incorporating air into the dough. Cold butter won’t allow this to happen. So room temperature, unsalted, and you’re good to go.
  • Don’t forget to take those eggs out early too. You also need a room temperature egg as well. Remember you want your ingredients all playing along well together. So a cold egg and room temperature butter just don’t play nice on the playground together. You’ll end  up with butter that starts to seize up in your bowl. My trick? Put your eggs in a bowl of warm water for 5 to 10 minutes and you’re good to go.
  • Flatten those cookies a bit. These cookies won’t spread much, so you want to help them out a bit and flatten them a bit. I prefer the fork criss cross method, but even a quick flatten with the palm of your hand will do the trick. Have you read my post on why your cookies spread too much? 
  • Recipe and picture from Boston Girl Bakes 

Thumbprint Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward


3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3 1/2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash 7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut Raspberry and/or apricot jam Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until just combined, and then add the vanilla. Separately, sift together the flour and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar. Mix until the dough starts to come together. Dump on a floured board and roll together into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (If you have a scale, they should each weigh 1-ounce.) Dip each ball into the egg wash and then roll it in coconut. Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the coconut is a golden brown. Cool and serve.
 
Hillary's Cookies - Sue Cornwall - Monrovia Ward
1 1/2 Cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 Cup shortening
1/2 Cup sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 Cups oatmeal
12 oz. package chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350.  Combine flour, salt and baking soda.  Beat together shortening, sugars and vanilla until creamy.  Add eggs, beating until light an fluffy.  Gradually beat in flour mixture and oats.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop batter by well rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.  Bake 8-10 minutes until cookies are done.
 
 

 

 

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