Wholewheat Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cube light margarine

1/2 cup applesauce

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2-2 cups whole wheat flour

2 cups oatmeal

Cream sugars and butter. Add egg. Mix remaining ingredients. Add chocolate chips and/or raisins. Bake 375 for 10 minutes.

Bird's Nest Cookies (aka M&M cookies)

1 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, separated

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp. salt

finely chopped nuts

M&M peanut candies

vanilla frosting

Cream butter and sugar: add egg yolks one at a time. Add vanilla, blend well. Add flour and salt and blend well. Chill for 1 hour. Roll into walnut sized balls. Roll in slightly beaten egg whites and then chopped nuts. Bake 350 for 5 minutes. Press thumbprint into each one and bake 5 more minutes. Cool. Spread a little frosting into center and top with one candy.

Alternate option: Fill thumbprint with jam.

Chocolate Waffle Cookies

1 cup melted butter

1 1/2 cup sugar

4 eggs, beaten

2/3 cup cocoa

2 cups flour

2 tsp. vanilla

Beat butter, sugar and eggs. Add cocoa, flour and vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls on hot waffle iron, sprayed with Pam. Close and bake for one minute. Frost with chocolate frosting.

Chocolate Frosting for Waffle Cookies

1 lb. powdered sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4-1/2 cup cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla

1/3 cup milk

Combine until smooth. Sprinkle with sprinkles of your choice (chocolate sprinkles, crushed candy cane, etc.).

Best Sugar Cookies Ever

1 c. butter

1 1/2 c. sugar

2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. lemon flavoring

1/4 cup milk

4 c. flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda

1/4 tsp. salt

Mix butter and sugar together until creamy. Add eggs, and other liquids. In seperate bowl mix dry ingredients together and stir into wet mixture slowly, mixing well. Roll cookie dough out on floured surface until about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes or until edges just start to brown. Cool and frost (adding almond flavoring with the vanilla in the frosting).

Sharon's Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies

3/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

2 T. water

2 cups chocolate chips (semi-sweet)

2 eggs

2 1/2 cup flour

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp sale

Andes mints

Melt butter, brown sugar and water in a large heavy saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate chips and stir in until partly melted. After chocolate chips have melted, pour into a large bowl and cool for 10 minutes.

With mixer add: eggs, flour, soda and salt. Beat in dry ingredients until just blended. Chill dough 1 hour or more. Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheet. Teaspoon dough into balls. Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and put 1/2 or a whole unwrapped Andes mint sandwich on top. Let soften/melt and swirl with the back of a spoon. Let cool. Makes about 80 cookies, depending on what size you make them.

Oreo Balls

1 pkg Oreo cookies

8 oz. cream cheese

1 pkg white almond bark

1 pkg chocolate almond bark

Using a blender or hand held mixer, mix Oreos and cream cheese together and roll into walnut sized balls. Chill for one hour.

Melt approximately 3/4 pkg of white almond bark. Stick a toothpick into an Oreo ball and dip it in the melted white almond bark. Allow to harden on wax paper (about 15 minutes). While waiting, melt about 1/4 pkg of chocolate almond bark.

When Oreo balls are no longer sticky to the touch, decorare with drizzles of chocolate and white almond bark. I just use a sandwich bag with a tiny hole cut inone corner to drizzle teh almond bark. Makes 25-35 walnut sized candies.

Pumpkin Chip Cookies

1 1/2 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 Tbsp milk

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 cup flour

1 Tbsp baking powder

t tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3/4 tsp salt

1-1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

Cream wet ingredients, then add dry & chips.  Drop by rounded teaspoon onto lightly greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COCONUT  OATMEAL COOKIES

Bake at 350        

           

½ c margarine                                   
1 c flour

½ c brown sugar                            
  ½ t baking soda

½ c white sugar                             
  ½ t salt

1 egg                                                
 ½ t baking powder

1 t vanilla                                        
 1 c oatmeal

1 T milk                                           
 *3/4 c chocolate chips

 *1 c coconut

 *1 c walnut pieces                 

Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately, and then mix them together.  Stir in chocolate chips, coconut and nuts last.  Put teaspoon sized balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake 8-10 minutes.  *optional

THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

        1 cup brown sugar

        ¾ cup white sugar

        2 cubes butter or margarine

        2 eggs

        1 Tbsp vanilla

        3 ½ - 4 cups flour

        ¾ tsp salt

        1 tsp baking soda

        2  cups of chocolate chips

Cream sugars and butter together, add eggs, vanilla, and mix.  Stir in all other ingredients.  Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. 

SCOTCHEROOS
From Kathy Davis

1 c. karo syrup
1 c. sugar
Combine in saucepan and bring to boil.

Remove from heat and add 1 c. peanut butter (creamy).  Stir until melted.  Add 6 c. Rice Krispies.

Put into 9x13" pan (greased).  Run cold water over your hands and then pat the mixture smooth in the pan.

Melt 1 c. chocolate chips and 1 c. butterscotch chips in microwave.  Spread on top of Rice Krispy mixture.

ENJOY!!!

Neiman Marcus Cookies  (These are my very favorite cookies)

 

2 C butter

2 C white sugar

2 C brown sugar

Cream together and add 4 eggs and 2 tsp vanilla.

Add to above:

     5 C oatmeal, (blended to coarse powder)

     4 C flour

     2 tsp soda

     2 tsp Baking powder

     1 tsp salt

      I  8 oz Hershey Bar  (grated)

      3 C chocolate chips

      3 C walnuts, (chopped).

Place 1 inch balls on cookie sheet

Bake @ 375 degrees for 10 minutes. 

Cashew Cookies                

A carmel like, rich, nutty cookie :)

1/2 cup butter/margarine

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup sour cream

2 cups flour

3/4 tsp soda

1 3/4 cup cashews

Cream butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and sour cream.  Add rest.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 min. Cool then frost.

Frosting:

1 stick real butter browned and cooled

3 T canned milk

1/4 tsp vanilla

2 cup powdered sugar

No Bake Cookies

1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4-1/2 cups quick oats
1/2 cup coconut
2 tbsp. popped amaranth (optional)

Bring the milk, butter, sugar, and cocoa powder to boil for 2 minutes.  Remove from heat and add the vanilla, oatmeal and coconut; mix thoroughly.  Drop spoonfuls onto wax paper and wait until dry.  Yummy!

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream together

2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups chopped oatmeal
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 bag of chocolate chips

Combine dry ingredients and mix one cup at a time to the wet mixture.

Bake at 350 for 8-10 mins.

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cup flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

48 peanut butter cups

Beat butter, sugars, peanut butter, egg and vanilla. Stir together flour, soda, and salt and add to creamed ingredients. Stir well. Chill 1 hour. Form into 48 balls. Put into well greased mini-muffin pans. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and push a peanut butter cup into each one.