Pecan Crisp Drop Cookies
Ingredients:
2/3 cup shortening
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecans, chopped
Directions:
Cream the shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in nuts. Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is to take a night during December to bake and decorate Christmas cookies. Having a good dough recipe is important, but to be honest, having a variety of icings and “sprinkles” is what makes it festive and fun. There is something heart-warming about sitting around the table together with a pile of cookies to be iced and decorated and everyone creating their own masterpiece.
Christmas Cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups butter
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
2 eggs
5 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp cream of tartar
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer and add vanilla and almond extract. Add eggs one at a time. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Slowly add dry ingredients into the mixer. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough onto cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 9 minutes. Allow to cool before frosting.
Frosting
Ingredients:
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup butter
Vanilla (if you like it in frosting)
Approximately 2 Tablespoons milk; add slowly so that you can keep the right consistency
Sprinkles for decorating
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer and add vanilla.
These cookies are so good. The cake flour makes the cookie so lite and delicious.
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 ½ cups of Swan Cake Flour (sifted)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs (room temperature)
1 ¾ cup Nestlé’s milk chocolate chips
1 cup finely diced walnuts
Directions
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. In a larger mixer bowl beat butter until creamy. Slowly add granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
2 ½ cups of Swan Cake Flour (sifted)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs (room temperature)
1 ¾ cup Nestlé’s milk chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts, diced
Directions
Preheat oven to 375° F.Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Tips for turning a ball of dough into fun cookie shapes.
Chill cookie dough to make it easier to roll, cut and transfer to baking sheets.
Roll with care. Gently flatten the cookie dough in a disk with your palms.
Dip cookie cutters in flour and use a thin-floured spatula to transfer cutouts to a cookie sheet.
Pop cookie sheet in the fridge for a few minutes so cutouts won’t lose their shape during baking
Dump Cookies
Ingredients:
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter, softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
¾ cup Heath English Toffee Bits
½ cup butter Scotch morsels
¾ cup semi sweet mini chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift the flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. In a mixer combine butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each addition. Gradually add in the flour mixture, slowly. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto greased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
These cookies are so good. The cake flour makes the cookie so lite and delicious.
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 ½ cups of Swan Cake Flour (sifted)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs (room temperature)
1 ¾ cup Nestlé’s milk chocolate chips
1 cup finely diced walnuts
Directions
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
This recipe is a friend of ours that we met on Facebook. Jett, is a baker and enterd this recipe in the Cooking Channel’s cookie swap. She has been in second place for a while now. I made these today and they are wonderful.
Ingredients
Yesterday at work, the Easter Seals Gang and I made cookies for the fundraiser for Megan’s House. We made several different types of cookies and lots of them. I wanted to share with all of you one of the recipes and some pictures from yesterday. We had such a great time baking. The clients love it and I do too. For several years now the crew at Easter has baked pound cakes for the Bass Tournament. The fishermen are always so excited to get a slice of the great cake. The clients love to get in the kitchen and cook and bake and I love it too. My dream is to have a restaurant/catering service and employ people with disabilities to help me run it. The Easter Seals gang works so hard and they are so dedicated to their jobs. It is amazing what they can do if given the chance.
We had a lot of compliments on the chocolate chip and the peanut butter and butterscotch cookies. Psssssss- I’ll tell you a secret – I use Swan cake flour and all my ingredients are at room temp. It really makes a difference. They are GREAT! I hope you and your family will enjoy this recipe.
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Directions
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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