COOKIES

"If peanut butter cookies are made with peanut butter, what are girl scout cookies made with?"

Breakfast Cookies
Lemon Pie Bars
Cookies From Cake Mix
Millennium Mocha Rocky Road Oatmeal Cookies
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies
Chocolate Truffle Cookies
No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal Cookies from Cake Mix

How to Host A Cookie Exchange

BREAKFAST COOKIES

In a large bowl mix together:
1 C raisins
1 C coconut
1 C Wheaties - crushed
1 C quick Oatmeal
2 C sifted flour
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t soda
1/2 t salt

Set bowl aside. In another bowl mix together:
3/4 C margarine
3/4 C sugar
3/4 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/2 C walnuts

Combine both mixtures. Drop by spoonfulls onto GREASED cookie sheet and flatten with fork. Bake 350 oven for 10-12 minutes.

LEMON PIE BARS

3/4 C margarine
1/2 C powdered sugar
1-1/2 C flour
(pinch of salt doesn't hurt)

Cut softened margarine into sugar. Add flour. Mix. Pat onto bottom of 9x12pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 350.

3 eggs
3 T flour
1-1/2 C sugar
Juice of 2 lemons

Mix and pour over hot crust. Return to oven and bake for 20 minutes more. Cut and sprinkle with powdered sugar as soon as it comes from oven.

COOKIES FROM CAKE MIX

1 box cake mix (any flavor)
2 eggs
1/2 C vegetable oil
(anything you want...raisins, nuts, chips, coconut)

Mix well and, using a teaspoon, drop spoonfuls of batter on an ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. Cool.

MILLENNIUM MOCHA ROCKY ROAD OATMEAL COOKIES

1 C (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 C firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 C granulated sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 t vanilla
1 T instant coffee granules
1 T hot water
1-3/4 C all-purpose flour (see note)
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2-1/2 C quick-cooking or old fashioned oats, uncooked
1-1/2 C semisweet chocolate chips
1-1/2 C coursely chopped toasted walnuts
1-1/2 C miniature marshmallows

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cooking sheets with cooking spray.

In large bowl, beat butter and sugars with electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Dissolve coffee granules in hot water. Add to butter mixture; mix well. Add combined flour, baking soda and salt; mix well. Stir in oats, chocolate chips and walnuts.

To shape cookies, flatten 1 heaping teaspoon of dough in palm of hand. Arrange 4 marshmallows; wrap dough around marshmalls to completely cover. Repeat with remaining dough and marshmallows.

Space cookies 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Do not over-bake; centers of cookies should be soft. Let stand 2 minutes on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks. Cool completely. Store tightly covered. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

NOTE: For oldfashioned oats, add 2 additional tablespoons flour. If desired, instant coffee granules my be omitted. Substitute 1 tablespoon milk for the hot water.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRY COOKIES

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. b.p.
1/4 t. b.s.
1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 t. vanilla
1 - 10 oz. jar marachino cherries (about48)
1 - 6 ounce package semisweet chocolate pieces
1/2 c. Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk

In large bowl stir together flour, cocoa, salt, bp, and soda. In mixer bowl beat together butter and sugar on low speed til fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Grad. add dry ingred. to creamed mixture; beat til well blended. Shape dough into 1" balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of dough with thumb. Bake at 350* about 10 minutes or till done. Remove to wire rack; cool. Drain cherries, reserving juice. Place a cherry in the center of each cookie. In small saucepan combine choc. pieces and sw. condensed milk; heat till chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1 tsp frosting over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry. (Frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice, if necessary.) Makes 48 cookies.

Thanks Deb from Pa

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE COOKIES

1-1/4 C butter or margarine, softened
2-1/4 C confectioners' sugar
1/3 C baking cocoa
1/4 C sour cream
1 T vanilla extract
2-1/4 C all-purpose flour
2 C (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 C chocolate sprinkles

In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and cocoa until light and fluffy. beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll into 1-in balls; dip in chocolate sprinkles. Place, sprinkled side up, 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325 for 10 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. YIELD: about 5-1/2 dozen.

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine, melted
2 cups white sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk

Bring above ingredients to a boil and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the following: 1 Tb vanilla; 1/2 cup peanut butter; 3 cups quick oats. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand awhile to cool and set.

NOTE: Instead of oats, you can make these with flaked coconut for NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE MACAROONS.

Thanks to my sister Cherie

OATMEAL COOKIES FROM CAKE MIX
Submitted by: Cherie

1 Duncan Hines two-layer Spice Cake mix
2 1/2 cups quick oats
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
1 C soft raisins
1 C chopped walnuts or pecans

Stir cake mix, oats and brown sugar together in large mixing bowl. Make well in center of dry mix and beat in eggs, oil and milk until all is combined. Fold in raisins and nuts. Use two spoons to make walnut-size balls. Place 2" apart on parchment-paper lined cookie sheets and bake 10 minutes in preheated 350F oven.

TIPS:
1. May make ahead by freezing dough balls on waxed paper lined cookie sheet before bagging and storing in freezer. Thaw before baking.
2. To plump hard dry raisins, simmer a few minutes in water. Drain before using.

VARIATIONS:
3. Try craisins or chocolate covered raisins instead of plain raisins.
4. Try butterscotch, peanut butter, cinnamon, chocolate or white chocolate chips instead of raisins.

Cristmus Cookees

1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
3 tblsp lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Crown Royal

Sample the Crown Royal to check quality.
Take a large bowl, check the Crown Royal again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.
Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again.
At this point it's best to make sure the Crown Royal is still OK, try another cup? just in case.
Turn off the mixer thingy.
Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Pick the gonedog fruit off the floor...
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a dewscriver.
Sample Crown Royal and check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift two cups of salt, or something.... who giveshz a sheet.
Check the Crown Royal.
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of ar, or somefink.... whatever you can find.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
Don't forget to beat the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
Finish the Crown Royal.
Put the stove in the dishwasher.
Dun.

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