MHS Peanut Butter Bars

Peanut Butter Fingers

Part 1:
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 egg

Part 2:
1 c. flour
1 1/2 c. rolled oats
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Mix together part 1 and cream. Add in part 2. Bake at 350 degrees until set light brown for about 10 minutes. Then spread on 1/2 c. peanut butter while still warm. Frost with chocolate frosting when cooled.

Chocolate Frosting
4 3/4 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. boiling water
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix together.

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Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies

1 1/2 C. graham cracker crumbs
1/2 C. flour
1 (14oz.) can Sweet Condensed Milk
1/2 C. butter ( 1 stick)
1 1/3 C. flaked coconut
12 oz. chocolate chips
1 C. chopped walnuts
2 tsp. baking powder

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix graham cracker crumbs, flour, baking powder. In large bowl, beat condensed milk, softened butter, and milk, until smooth. Add graham cracker mixture. Mix well. Stir in coconut, chocolate chips and walnuts. Bake 9 minutes.

Yes - Another Cookie Recipe

Snicker Doodles - Ah, Yummy!

INGREDIENTS
1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon




DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Stir in the eggs. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. In a small bowl, stir together the 2 tablespoons of sugar, and the cinnamon. Roll dough into walnut sized balls, then roll the balls in the cinnamon-sugar. Place them onto an unprepared cookie sheet, two inches apart.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be slightly brown. Remove from sheets to cool on wire racks.

Applesauce Choc. Chip Cookies - Mom's Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 cups applesauce
2 tsp. vanilla
5 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 bag chocolate chips

Cream together sugar, shortening and eggs.
Add the applesauce and vanilla, mix well.
Add all dry ingredients and mix.
Add chocolate chips and stir.(I LOVE the dark chocolate chips with these cookies. My boys, all three, would rather have milk chocolate chips.)

Bake on cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes. I usually preheat my oven well but it seems that the last few batches of cookies don't need to bake for as long.

As you know, these cookies are super moist, so make sure that you bake them until the bottom of the cookie is brown. Otherwise the cookies will cool to be doughy. Yuck!

Cinnabons

rolls: 1/4 oz pkg active dry yeast

1 c luke warm milk
1/2 sugar

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

1/3 c margarine, melted

4 c flour

filling: 1 c brown sugar

2 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/3 c margarine

frosting: 8 Tbsp butter

1/1/2 c powdered sugar

2 oz cream cheese

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp salt

Dissolve yeast in milk in large bowl. Add sugar, margarine, salt, eggs & flour.Knead into a ball, cover and let rise. Roll out dough into 1/4 inch rectangle. Sprinkle with filling and roll up. Cut. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly brown

Mark makes these, but he swears against margarine. All butter at our house, but this recipe ROCKS!!

Danish Butter Cookies

(Ammon's favorite)
1 c soft butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c powdered sugar
1 knife point baking powder

Mix ingredients and roll into a log about 1 1/4 inches in diameter. Cover in plastic wrap and freeze. Slice log into 1/8 inch disks and bake at 350 until edges light brown.

Super Soft Sugar Cookies

1 c sugar
1 c butter, softened
3 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
2 1/4 c flour

Combine sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, extracts, & egg yolk. Stir in flour. Form into logs or balls and cover with plastic wrap - chill until more firm (gets really soft when you mix everything). Roll out and cut. Cook at 375 until edges lightly brown.

Pie Crust

Although this crust is not as good as moms, it is fast and easy to make. You can make as much or as little as you like, just use the half, half, half rule.

2 cups flour
1 cup shortening (I like the butter flavored shortening)
½ cup ice water

Cut the shortening into the flour until you have pea sized clumps. Add the ice water and stir. Roll the dough out onto a very well floured surface. The dough will be very sticky at first, just add as much flour as you need to keep it from sticking. I was sure that I was messing it up the first time, but it always seems to work out.