Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

 Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

1 stick butter - melted

1 box butter pecan cake mix

2 pkg instant maple & brown sugar oatmeal

2 eggs

1 pkg butterscotch chips

Mix.  Scoop.  Bake 350 for 10 minutes (or longer for larger cookies)

I used my big ice cream scoop and it took my cookies about 15 minutes to cook.

Nikki's Sugar Cookies

 Nikki's Sugar Cookies

1 c butter

1 1/2 c sugar

3 eggs

Cream until fluffy. Then add the following and mix:

3 1/2 c flour

2 tsp cream tarter

1 tsp soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp almond extract

Chill for 3-4 hours.  Use plenty of flour when rolling out for cut-out cookies.  Bake at 375 for 6-8 minutes.

Nutella Stuffed S'More Cookies

 Nutella stuffed S’more Cookies

1 cup butter

1 1/2 c brown sugar

1/2 c sugar

2 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp plain Greek yogurt or sour cream

2 eggs (or 1 egg and 1 yolk)

2 1/2 c flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 c milk chocolate chips

1/2 c mini chocolate chips

1) melt butter and cook till medium brown but not burnt. Pour into glass mixing bowl. Cool 30 minutes at room temperature.

2) mix cooled butter, sugars, vanilla, & yogurt. Cream till cloud like. Add eggs and mix well.

3) gradually add in flour, baking soda and salt. Mix. Add chocolate chips.

4). Chill dough 2 hours in the fridge.

5) use ice cream scoop to scoop out dough. Flatten out about 1/4 inch. Add 1 tbsp of stuffing (Nutella, caramel, or peanut butter)

6) fold and roll into ball. Then add toppings (mini marshmallows, teddy grahams)

350 for 11-14 minutes

*you can many variations of this cookie by using different stuffing and toppings

**don’t skip the browning of butter, that’s what really takes this cookie to the next level.

Nikki's Sugar Cookies

Nikki's Sugar Cookies - for cookie cutter cookies

Source: Nikki Jackson 

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp almond extract

Cream until fluffy.

Sift in:
3 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mix well.  Chill for 3-4 hours.  Use plenty of flour in rolling out cookie dough.  Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes.

Mexican Wedding Cookies

Mexican Wedding Cookies

1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine and add:

1 3/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans

Roll into balls (less than 1 inch)  Bake on ungreased cookie sheet, bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.  (they don't need to brown, just need to set up)

Let cool a little while then roll in powdered sugar.  Let cool completely and roll in powdered sugar again.

Date Pinwheel Cookies

Date Pinwheel Cookies

Source: Granny Lois

2 ¼ cup pitted and cut up dates

1 cup white sugar

1 cup water

1 cup chopped nuts

2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs, beaten

1 cup shortening

4 cups flour

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

Cooks dates, sugar, water, and nuts until thick.  Set aside to cool. Cream shortening and brown sugar.  Add eggs, flour, salt and soda.  Beat well. Put creamed mixture in fridge until chilled.  Divide into 4 parts.  Roll each portion into rectangle. Spread with cooked date mixture.  Roll up like jelly-roll.  Wrap in waxed paper.  Leave in fridge overnight.  Slice and bake in 400 oven or 10-15 minutes, watch closely don’t overcook.

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Peanut Butter Blossom cookies are my "go-to" cookie recipe if I need to make cookies for something.  They are easy and always a favorite.  I usually make an extra batch so I have some for us and one batch to take!

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie
Source: recipe from the Hershey Kisses bag

48 Hershey Kisses
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Additional sugar

Heat oven to 375.  Remove wrappers from chocolate. 

Beat shortening and peanut butter in a large bowl until well blended.  Add the sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.  Add egg, milk, and vanilla.  Beat well.  Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt.  Shape dough into 1 inch balls.  Roll in sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet. (I always use a silpat baking mat so it doesn't stick and makes clean up easier.)  Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.  Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around the edges.  Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.  Cool completely.  Makes about 4 dozen cookies (I usually end up with larger cookies and only 2 dozen cookies.)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

We left Chocolate Chip Cookies for Santa this year.....and he was very happy with them.  These cookies were soft and chewy, thanks Aunt Marcia for sharing this recipe!

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Source: Marcia Dotson

2 sticks butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 package Jello-O Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
1 pkg  (11.5 oz) Baker's Real Milk Chocolate Chips

Heat oven to 375*

Beat butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.  Mix in flour, baking soda, and pudding mix.  Stir in milk chocolate chips.  Drop by teaspoonfulls, 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool on wire racks.

1877 Sugar Cookies

When I was a kid Sandy Glor was our neighbor and we went to her for hair cuts and perms.  I was queen of the perms in the 1980's!  Oh well, that's another story.  Mom found this recipe in a magazine while we were there getting beautified.  It supposedly dates back to 1877.

1877 Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Mix and make into1 inch balls.  Roll in additional sugar, flatten with a glass.  Cook 10-12 minutes on a greased cookie sheet in a 350* oven.

Suzie Homer Cookies

My Mom always calls her sister  (my Aunt Gaylene) Suzie Homer....and this is her recipe so thus they got dubbed as Suzie Homer cookies.

Suzie Homer Cookies
Source: Gaylene (Haney) Dugan

Beat the following until fluffy:
1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
1 cup butter
1 cup vegetable oil

Add:
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp soda
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour 

This will be a "gooey mess" -- put in the fridge until firm.

Roll into small balls, flatten with fork dipped in sugar.  Bake 12-15 minutes in a 350* oven.

Cat Turds

Most people call these "Minute Cookies"....but my family isn't most people.  My brother started it really.  He came over one day and I had a batch of these cooling on waxed paper and he walked in and said it looked like I had cat turds cooling on the table.  So the name stuck and now we call them Cat Turds.

Cat Turds

Mix in a large skillet:
1 stick butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa

Boil 1-2 minutes, remove from heat and add:
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups quick cook oats
**optional -- add a big spoonful of marshmallow fluff

Mix well and drop onto wax paper.  Let cool/set.

Huckies Cookies

When I lived at home I baked a lot.  My dad loved my baking and my Grandpa lived just up the road and he loved getting special deliveries of my homemade cookies, cakes, and other desserts.  I've made many cookie recipes...but this is my absolute favorite.  If I could only make one cookie, this would be it. 

Huckie's Cookies
Source: Hilda Ethridge

Cream:
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening

Beat in:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
2 cups sifted flour
3 tsp baking powder
2 cups oats
1 cup coconut
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Cook on a greased cookie sheet 10-12 minutes in a 350* oven.