Moms Cookie Food

MOLASSES COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cream the butter, sugar, egg, and molasses. Add the remaining dry ingredients. Mix until blended. Place small scoops onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for about 7-9 minutes.

MOM'S CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Put the first 5 ingredients in a bowl.
• Beat well with an electric mixer.
• Add the flour.
• Mix gently with a spoon until well blended.
• Cover and put in the refrigerator.
• Chill well.
• Roll the dough out on a flat, floured surface.
• Do not roll the dough out too thin or too thick. I usually roll it out to about a 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut your cookies out and put them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees.
• **Note** do not overbake. I usually take them out of the over when the bottom of the cookies are slightly brown.
• Let cool in a single layer on wax paper.
• When they are cool, frost and decorate with colored sugars.

MOM'S M&M COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix butter, sugars and vanilla until blended.
• Beat in eggs.
• Save 1/4 cup of flour to coat candies.
• Add dry ingredients to mixture.
• Mix until well blended.
• Stir in the flour coated candies and the rest of the flour until well mixed.
• Some people like to save half of the candies out and use them to decorated the top of the cookies before putting them in the oven.
• Drop round teaspoon of cookie dough on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes in 375 oven.

MOM'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar, shortening and eggs.
• Add 1 cup flour, soda, salt, and baking powder.
• Combine milk and vanilla.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with remaining 4 cups flour.
• Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
• Roll onto lightly floured surface 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut with desired shapes.
• Bake on ungreased cookies sheets at 400°F for 8-10 minutes or until edges just begin to turn light golden brown.
• Cool and frost with favorite frosting.

TOM'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix butter, sugars, vanilla and 2 eggs in large bowl.
• Stir in the flour one cup at a time,
• Add the baking soda and salt.
• Add the 3rd egg to the mixture.
• Stir in 2 cups of Swirled Chocolate Chips.
• Drop dough by balling up in your hand to a small palm size
• Place any additional chips on top.
• Bake 15-18 minutes or until light brown.
• Cool slightly.
• Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack or plate.

EUROPEAN PEACH COOKIES

Steps:

• Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat the butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla together. Next, add the flour and baking powder until well-combined.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Next, form small, round balls out of the dough (about the size of a walnut).
• Arrange the dough balls on the baking sheet about an inch apart. Bake for about 15-20 minutes (you'll want to pull them out of the oven while they're still white, not golden brown).
• Using a knife, cut out a small hole in the center of each cookie.

MOM'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream sugar, shortening and eggs in large mixing bowl. Mix in other ingredients-add flour a little at a time, using wooden spoon if mix gets too thick for electric mixer. Chill dough for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Use plenty of flour to roll out dough about 1/4 in thick; cut with assorted cookie cutters. Bake for 10-12 min or until cookies are just lightly brown on bottom.
• Frosting: Melt butter in microwave; add milk and vanilla and stir.
• Place powdered sugar in separate containers. Add a little milk mixture and stir until frosting reaches desired consistency. Use food coloring and assorted sprinkles to frost/decorate cookies as desired.

MOM'S COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan. Pour cereal and peanuts into the pan and spread around evenly.
• In a heavy sauce pan, bring sugar and corn syrup to a rolling boil, over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter. Pour the sugar mixture evenly over the cereal and peanuts. Let cool and cut into squares.

MOM'S SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Cream butter and sugar. Blend in remaining ingredients.
• Fill cookie press with 1/4 of dough at a time; form desired shapes on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 6-9 minutes or until set but not brown.