Chocolate Marshallow Cookies

Ingredients:

1 3/4 c. flour
1/2 teas baking soda
pinch of salt
1/2 c. cocoa
1/2 c. shortening
1 egg
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 teas. vanilla
large marshmallows, cut in half
chocolate icing (homemade or canned)

Directions:

Mix all ingredients except marshmallows and icing. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Put 1/2 marshmallow onto each cookie with cut side down. Return to the oven for 1-2 minutes. Remove and cool.

Frost with chocolate icing and enjoy! =)

Orange Kissed Cookies

Ingredients:

1 c. white sugar
1/2 c. butter-flavored shortening
1 egg
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 c. all purpose flour (add another 2 tbsp for high altitudes)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c. + 2 tbsp thawed orange juice concentrate
1 tbsp grated orange zest

frosting:
1 tbsp grated orange zest
1/4 c. thawed orange juice concentrate
1/2 c. softened butter
3 c. powdered sugar
2-3 drops orange food coloring (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In a medium bowl or the bowl of a mixer, combine the white sugar and shortening. Beat until well-combined. Add the egg and beat well, then add the sour cream and vanilla and beat for about 1 minute or until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Add the orange juice concentrate and orange rind and mix well.

Using a cookie scoop, drop the dough/batter (the mixture will be VERY moist-thicker than a cake batter, but thinner than traditional cookies) by the tablespoonful onto a lined, ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until the cookies are set and just starting to turn golden brown around the edges. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack for cooling and cool completely.

For the frosting, combine the frosting ingredients with an electric mixer until light and fluggy. Pipe or spread over the cooled cookies

Yield: about 36 cookies

Choclate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

200g granulated sugar
165g brown sugar
3/4 cup butter softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 teas. vanilla
2 eggs
300g gold medal all-purpose flour
64g dutch processed baking cocoa
1 teas baking soda
1/4 teas salt
5oz peanut butter baking chips
6oz semi sweet chocolate baking chips

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees
Mix sugars, butter, shortening, vanilla, and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Stir in vanilla and baking chips.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto an un-greased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly, remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack.

Honey Cookies

Makes around 60

Mix:

1 1/3 c. canola oil

2c sugar

1/2 c. honey

Now add:

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

4 tsp baking soda

2 tsp salt

2 TBSP cinnamon

4 1/2 c. flour

Mix well. Set the oven to 350 degrees. Roll into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in sugar. Put on greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 min. Cookies will be moist, so leave on cookie sheet for a few minutes. Eat and enjoy!

Sugar Cookies

(McCormick’s sugar cookie recipe, I halved the original):

1 1/3 c. flour
1 t. cream of tartar
½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
¾ c. sugar
1 stick butter, softened at room temperature
1 egg
1 t. vanilla

Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in bowl. Set aside. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl with mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Drop by teaspoon full onto baking sheet (it will be very sticky). Bake in a preheated 350˚ oven for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely.

Monster Cookies

This makes a lot of dough so you can easily freeze it or half the recipe.

Ingredients

6 eggs

2 cups brown sugar
2 cubes of butter
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla
3 cups of peanut butter
2 tablespoons of corn syrup

Cream well

Stir in:
1 cup flour
8 cups of oatmeal
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 cup or more of chocolate chips
1 cup of m&m's

I also put in peanut butter chips and coconut sometimes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes depending on how big you make them.