Simple, Delicious Sugar Cookie Dough recipe

December just seems like the perfect time to make cookies. Especially when you are snowed in... warming up the oven and the smell of baking cookies is what I think of during the Christmas Season. :)
  Enjoy this simple sugar cookie recipe that is perfect for any kind of cookies... whether it's cookie cutter cookies, or thumb print cookies you can use this recipe for which ever you would like.




Ingredients:
1 (8oz) package Cream Cheese
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions:
 Beat cram cheese, butter and sgar in large mixing bowl at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended.
 Add flour and baking soda; mix well.                                          

Makes about 3 cups dough
 NOTE: You may have to triple or double according to your needs.

Pecan Walnut Sprinkle Cookies

Here is a really yummy recipe that I kind of made up myself. These cookies are REALLY good!
ENJOY!

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup whole walnuts (You can chop them up if you like, but if you leave them whole it makes the cookie SO much yummier!)
• 1/2 cup whole pecans
• Colorful Sprinkles

Directions:

• Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, Cream together butter, sugars, and vanilla, until smooth.
• Add in eggs one at a time beating lightly after each addition.
• Gradually add in flour mixture.
• Beat well until light and fluffy.
• Stir in Walnuts and Pecans,

Bake at 350* for 10 minutes or until lightly brown. (after five minutes of this time.. pinch on sprinkles onto the cookies.)

NOTE:

I usually preheat the oven to 350* and bake the first batch at this heat, then when the first batch is done, I turn my oven down to 325* and bake the rest at this heat. The cookies will be a little bit more chewy, but I like them this way. If you like browner cookies, then just leave them at 350*.

Sugar Cookies

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1 c. sugar

1 c. powdered sugar

2 eggs

1 c. margarine

1 c. oil

1 tsp. Vanilla

4 c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cream of tartar

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. lemon extract (optional)

Cream first 6 ingredients. Add dry things and also flavoring. Roll in balls. Place on cookie sheet and press with glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

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I made a homemade almond frosting to go with it, and the kids loved them! Especially the face ones! ;)

Peanut Butter Cookies

These may sound a little odd but they're very good (they were great warm!). Perfect for beginning cooks!

1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter

Whisk egg. Add other ingredients and mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Yield: 18 cookies

Peanut Rocky Road

This was a huge hit at our house!

2 lbs. almond bark
3 c. mini marshmallows
3 c. dry roasted peanuts
1 1/2 c. peanut butter

Melt almond bark on large cookie sheet in a 200 degree oven for 20 minutes. Combine marshmallows, peanuts and peanut butter. Pour melted almond bark over the mixture and mix well. Spread the rocky road evenly onto a cookie sheet (the same one the bark was melted on is fine.) Refrigerate for at least 1 1/2 hours. Cut and store in refrigerator.

White Chip Chocolate Cookies

~While our family tends to like regular chocolate chip cookies, these cookies were absolutely scrumptious! The perfect cookie, they turned out soft, chewy, and delicious!~

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Hershey's Premier White Chips

Heat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in white chips. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 9 minutes. (Do not overbake; cookies will be soft. They will puff while baking; flatten upon cooling.) Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Yields: About 4-1/2 dozen cookies

Chocolate Cookies with Mocha Glaze

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
  1/2 cup cocoa
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  1 cup minus 1 tablespoon milk
  1 tablespoon vinegar
  1 teaspoon baking soda
  2/3 cup butter, room temperature
  1 cup granulated sugar
  1 egg, slightly beaten
  1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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• Mocha Glaze
  Preparation:
  Sift flour with baking powder, cocoa, and salt. In a measuring cup, combine milk with the 1 tablespoon of vinegar and the soda; set aside. In mixing bowl cream butter until light and fluffy, gradually adding sugar; add egg and vanilla; beat well. Blend in flour mixture alternately with soured milk mixture. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto ungreased baking sheets; bake at 325E° for 10 minutes, or until cookies spring back when top is lightly touched. While cookies are still warm, frost with Mocha Glaze, below, or use your own favorite icing or glaze. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
  Mocha Glaze: Combine 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar with 2 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter, 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa, 2 1/2 tablespoons hot coffee, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; stir until well blended. Add a little more hot coffee or hot water to get desired consistency.

White Chip Chocolate Cookies

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Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 2/3 cup white chocolate chips

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the banilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Fold in the white chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

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We had a bake sale awhile back, and these cookies turned out really good!

People seemed to like them too! Enjoy!

Country Style Oatmeal Cookies (AKA Healthy Cookies)

I hope you enjoy these! They are a favorite around our house. Make sure you use what the recipe says otherwise they won't be healthy cookies! :) Yum, Yum!

Ingredients:

2 cups Packed brown sugar
1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup soy milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups Steel Cut oats
1 cups oat bran
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup flax meal
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Directions:
Heat oven to 375*. Mix brown sugar,applesauce,soy milk, and vanilla in a large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. place about 3-inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
MAKE SURE YOU: Flatten slightly with bottom of a glass dipped in water! (otherwise they will still be balls when you take them out)

Bake: 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

Makes about 7 dozen.

If you like them soft and chewy, bake them until the tops are just golden. If you prefer them crisp, bake them a couple minutes more. :) Enjoy!

Potato Chip Cookies

These cookies are super good! I thought they would taste weird.... but they are the best cookies I have ever had! :) Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs- beaten
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups crushed potato chips
6 oz. butterscotch chips

DIRECTIONS:
Cream butter with sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, flour, baking soda. Hand mix in the potato chips and butterscotch chips. Drop by spoonful on un-greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes at 350*.

Bugle Cones

These are great treats!

INGREDIENTS:
2 Tbsp. Butter.
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
1/4 tsp. salt.
1/4 tsp. vanilla.
2 Tbsp. Sweetened Condensed Milk.
1 bag of Bugles. (get a big bag for more cones)
1/2 cup Semi sweet chocolate chips.
Assorted colored sprinkles and/or finely chopped nuts.


DIRECTIONS:
In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in salt and vanilla. Add condensed Milk. (mix will be stiff).
Shape dough into 1/2 inch balls and place in open end of bugle's. (sometimes the dough will not stay in Bugle to dip- I will put dough in all of them and put them on a cookie sheet to freeze for 3-5 minutes) Dip in melted chocolate and roll in sprinkles and/or nuts. Place on waxed paper or Parchment paper to dry.

Kids love these and for the summer time they are great treats and fun!

Enjoy! Steph

Zucchini Cookies

A good way to hide zucchini!

1 c. butter or Crisco
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 c. rolled quick oats
2 c. coarsely shredded, unpeeled zucchini
1 c. chocolate chips
1 c. butterscotch chips

Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Gradually add dry mixture. Mix well. Stir in oats, zucchini, and chips. Drop by tablespoon about 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.

Peanut Butter Bars

~This is a super easy no bake recipe! Our family really enjoys these bars!~

1/3 box graham crackers, crushed (1/3 a box is one cellophane wrapped package)
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. butter (2 sticks)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. peanut butter, creamy or chunky (we use creamy)
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 12 oz. bag chocolate chips (2 cups)

In a blender, crush graham crackers into fine crumbs. Mix in the cinnamon and set aside. Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Remove from heat and add the vanilla and peanut butter and mix well. Add the powdered sugar and graham cracker mixture. Stir until well combined; it will be a stiff dough. Pat the mixture into an ungreased 9x13 pan. Melt the chocolate chips on very low heat in a really heavy saucepan, or spread evenly in a glass pie plate and microwave 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds, until melted.* Spread the melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer. Refrigerate for 1 hour before cutting. Cut and enjoy!

*I melted the chocolate the microwave method.

"Broom" Cookies!

These are really neat!! - Stepheny :)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

2 tablespoons water

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

10 pretzel rods (about 8 1/2 in. long), cut crosswise in half

2 teaspoons shortening

2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1/3 cup butterscotch flavored morsels

Heat oven to 350*. Mix brown sugar, butter, water, and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into 20 1 1/4 inch balls.

Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheet. Press dough with fork to resemble "bristles" of broom. Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire rack.

Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place brooms on waxed paper. Heat shortening and chocolate morsels over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth; remove from heat. Spoon melted chocolate over brooms, leaving about 3 inches at top of pretzel handle and bottom halves of cookie bristles uncovered. Place butterscotch morsels in microwavable bowl. Microwave uncovered on medium -high (70%) 30 to 50 seconds, stirring after 30 seconds, until morsels can be stirred smooth. Microwave additional 10 to 20 seconds, stirring until smooth. Drizzle over chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is set.

I hope these directions are clear enough for y'all! Have fun making and eating them!

Double Peanut Cookies

1 cup peanut butter

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter, softened

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups chopped unsalted peanuts

Heat oven to 375*. Mix peanut butter, sugars, margarine and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour and baking soda. Stir in peanuts. (dough will be stiff).

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack

This is my first time posting anything by myself. Let me know how I did!!
- Stepheny

Snickerdoodles

2 cups (4 sticks) butter or margarine, slightly melted
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
5 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons cream of tarter
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
*4 tablespoons sugar
*4 teaspoons cinnamon

Cream butter, sugar, and eggs; then add flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt. Roll into walnut-size balls and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Preheat oven to 400 degrees (I used our convection oven at 400 degrees). Bake for 9 minutes, or until bottom of cookie is lightly browned (I used a spatula to check). Enjoy!

Pizza and Gingerbread Men

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Well today Jack and I were babysitting the kids, and Jack wanted to do something with the kids... so he thought it would be fun to bake something. Well, he split us up into two teams, and the one team, (Luke, Molly, Mindy and I) made pizza for lunch, While the other team (Jack, Eli, Anna and Aiden) made gingerbread men! It was very fun. And I thought that I would post the recipes and some of the pictures that we took! Enjoy!

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Pizza:

1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 ½ cups all purpose or whole wheat flour
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Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in remaining ingredients; beat vigorously twenty strokes. Let rise five minutes. Divide dough into halves. Pat each half into 11-inch circle on lightly greased cookie sheet with floured fingers.

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Add tomato sauce. Then add:
Cheese
and any other toppings you might want!
Olives, bacon, onions, peppers, ham, pepperoni, hamburger, and I usually add some Italian seasoning and garlic salt.
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Cook in 425 degree oven until cheese is light brown, 20 to 25 minutes. - makes two pizzas

Molly mixing the pizza dough.

The pizza, warm out of the oven. (we didn't get very many of the pizza making)

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Gingerbread Men
½ cup molasses
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter or shortening
1 tablespoon milk
2 cups flour
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ground cloves
½ tsp. powdered ginger

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter some cookie sheets. Heat the molasses to the boiling point, then add the sugar, butter or shortening, and milk. Mix the flour with the baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Add to the first mixture and blend well. Add a few tablespoons of water, enough so that the dough holds together and handles easily. Roll or pat out the dough about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into large or small gingerbread men, (or other shapes) using special cookie cutters or a very sharp knife. (We just used the plastic ones that Anna got for her birthday last year.) Bake 5-7 minutes. When cool, frost with vanilla frosting and decorate with candies, raisins, or any other decorations you might like! :)

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Anna rolling out the gingerbread dough.

Jack helped the kids make it. Which was a good thing!

Gingerbread pieces after being baked.

Of course you have to have frosting and sprinkles! :)

Anna and Aiden busy putting frosting on their cookies!

And last but not least some of the finished projects! :)
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By the way, Jack let the children that did the pizza help decorate the cookies!
I even got to decorate a few! :) Well that's all for now!
-Emily

Chocolate Caramel Chewy Treats!

~Our family really enjoys these! I hope you do too!~

Ingredients:
14 oz. pkg. caramels
1 c. evaporated milk
German Chocolate Cake mix
¾ c. melted butter
12 oz. pkg. chocolate chips
1 c. chopped nuts

Directions:
Heat caramels and 2/3 c. milk in pan. Mix cake mix, butter, 1/3 c. milk, and nuts. Spread ½”in a well-greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 for 6 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top, then spread caramel mixture over chips. Sprinkle remaining mix over caramel. Return to 350 oven and bake for 15-18 minutes. Cool and refrigerate ½ hour.

Andies Candies Cookies

3/4 cup butter or margarine

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

2 Tablespoons water

2 eggs

2 cups chocolate chips

2 1/2 cup flour

1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 boxes Andies candies (We used 1 bag Andies Candies Baking Bits)

In sauce pan over low heat, melt butter; add sugar and water. Then add chocolate chips. Stir until partially melted. Remove from heat; stir, then cool for 5 minutes. Add eggs and dry ingredients; mix with a mixer on low speed until blended. Chill 1 hour. Make into little balls and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes. While still hot, put Andies candy mint on each cookie, let it get soft then swirl mint with spoon. Cool on baking rack.

--We mixed in the Andies Candies Baking Bits into the dough after mixing in dry ingredients and eggs instead of putting mint on top of cookie and swirling.--

A few days ago, I was forwarded an email about Christmas cookies. The whole page was filled with cookie names that you could click on and print off the recipe. I got this recipe off of there and mom made them for our church Christmas party. We came home with an empty tray! Here is where I got the recipe from.

Enjoy looking through the recipes, and have a very Merry Christmas!!

Pecan Meltaways

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
Dash salt
1 cup finely chopped pecans
confectioners' sugar

Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in pecans (dough will be crumbly).
Roll into small balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Carefully roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar; cool on wire racks or plate. When cool, roll once more in confectionners' sugar.

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These are a perfect, seasonal cookies! They are GREAT with a glass of milk... or as Dad and Mom like it, Coffee!