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Cookies

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
  4. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.
Cookies

SunButter Blossom Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup SunButter, creamy or crunchy
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda*
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder*
  • Additional sugar for rolling
  • 36 plain Hershey’s Kisses, unwrapped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. In large bowl, cream butter and SunButter together until smooth.
  3. Add sugars and cream for 2-3 minutes.
  4. Add egg, beating until combined.
  5. Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder until dough forms.
  6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in additional sugar.
  7. Place balls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  8. Bake 8 to 10 minutes until edges are light golden brown. Immediately press 1 Kiss candy in the center of each cookie.
  9. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack

Notes

  • Sometimes, the natural chorophyll contained in sunflower seeds reacts with baking soda and baking powder in the recipe, cuasing a green color in the cookies after they cool. This is harmless. Depending on the recipe, you can reduce the baking soda/powder by about one-third or add a splash of lemon juice to help prevent any “greening”.
Cookies, Desserts

Pecan Nut Balls

Time

Prep: 10 minutes              Ready In: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 c flour
  • ¼ c white sugar
  • ½ t vanilla extract
  • 1 c margarine
  • 2 c chopped pecans
  • ¼ c confectioners’ sugar for decoration

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Cookie sheet

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. Sift together in a medium sized bowl the flour, sugar and vanilla. Work in the margarine with a spoon or hands until well blended.  Add chopped pecans and mix well.
  3. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, or crescents. Bake at 325° for about 25 minutes or until pale brown.  When slightly cool, roll or shake in confectioners’ sugar.

Notes/Suggestions

Store in airtight container.

Cookies, Desserts

Quaker Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

  • ¾ cup shortening
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups oats, uncooked
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup raisins
  1. Place raisins in measuring cup, cover with water, microwave 3 minutes on high.  Let sit until needed, then drain.
  2. Beat together shortening and sugar.
  3. Beat in egg, water and vanilla until creamy.
  4. Add remaining ingredients; mix well.
  5. Stir in raisins.
  6. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a GREASED cookie sheet (or use parchment paper).
  7. Bake at 350° 12-15 minutes.

Yield:  5 dozen

Cookies, Desserts

Cherry Delights

325° 8-12 minutes

  • 1 cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ c light Karo syrup
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 2½ cups unbleached  flour
  • candied cherries, red and green, halved*
  • chopped walnuts (optional)
  1. Mix butter, sugar, stir in syrup, 2 egg yolks and flour.
  2. Cover with plastic wrap (pushing wrap down on top of dough and not over top of bowl) and chill thoroughly.  Roll into 1/2” balls.
  3. Place on greased cookie sheet, flatten slightly with your palm and press cherries into centers.
  4. Bake 325° for 8-12 minutes, watching closely.

Variation: Dip in chocolate sprinkles and flatten, omit cherry.

Original recipe says to dip in beaten egg white and roll in walnuts and then add cherries.

Yield:  10 dozen

*check to see where pit was removed from cherry and cut  lengthwise