Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

German Pancakes

6 Tbsp. Butter
6 eggs
1 c. flour
1 c. milk
dash of salt

Preheat oven to 425. While it's heating up, chunk up butter in 13x9 pan and melt in oven. Mix up eggs, milk, flour and salt. (The faster and harder you mix it, the poofier the pancakes will be). Pour into pan with butter. Bake for 18 min.

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.

Caprese Pasta Salad

2 1/4 c dried penne pasta
1 lb tomatoes, diced
10 oz mozarella cheese, cut into small cubes
1/4 c olive oil
1 tbsp basalmic vinegar
grated lemon zest and juice of 1 lemon
15 shredded basil leaves
salt and pepper

Cook pasta per directions on package, cool
Mix olive oil, vinegar, lemon zest, lemon juice and basil.
Season with salt and pepper
Add tomatoes and cheese to oil mixture and let stand for 5 minutes.
Mix in with pasta when pasta is cool.