Mountain Cookies Food

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until creamy. Add flour and vanilla. Add ground almonds and mix. Chill for about 1-2 hours.
• Mold small amount of dough around each kiss, completely covering the chocolate. Place in ungreased baking sheet and bake at 300°F for 14-18 minutes. Halfway through baking reverse the baking sheet. Cool cookies slightly and roll warm cookies in a plate of confectioners sugar.
• Watch these cookies carefully as they bake. The bottom of the cookie should only be lightly brown.

MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until the edges just start to brown.
• Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• For the filling, in a large mixing beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla.
• Add pecans and coconut; mix well.
• Spoon 1/2 teaspoon into each cookie.
• For topping, heat chocolate chips, butter and water in a small saucepan until melted.
• Stir in sugar.
• Drizzle over cookies.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOKIES (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Melt dark chocolate over gentle heat.
• Combine marshmallows, cereal, cookies, peanuts and cherries.
• Pour the melted chocolate over nut/cereal mixture and combine well.
• Spoon mixture onto waxed paper lined baking sheets in mounds that resemble (very roughly) little mountains.
• Melt white chocolate. Spoon some white chocolate on each cookie and let it run down the "peak" like snow caps on a mountain. Makes 38 cookies.
• In the Kitchen with Bonnie Stern.

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Note: The recipe initially calls for 2 1/2 cups flour, but with the added note if you want them more softer and rounder cookie to add 1/4 cup flour. I add the 1/4 cup making it 2 3/4 cups total.
• Cream shortening, butter, sugars, then eggs and vanilla and almond extracts.
• Blend dry ingredients and add to mixture.
• Stir in Chocolate chips.
• Drop by large tablespoons (I use cookie scoop) onto ungreased cookie sheet, leaving 2-inches room in between to allow cookies to spread. I press down lightly with a measuring cup to bake more uniform cookies).
• Bake at 375° for 10 minutes until lightly brown.
• Makes 2-3 dozen cookies depending on size.

SIMPLE NO BAKE MOUNTAIN BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix first four ingredients in sauce pan.
• Boil one minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in oats.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Drop onto wax paper and let cool.