Cookie Recipes

GRAMMA NONNEMACHER'S FAMOUS CHRISTMAS COOKIES

The BEST sugar cookie recipe in the Whole Wide World!

Betcha can't eat just one!

4 cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. nutmeg (secret ingredient)

{SIFT THESE TOGETHER}

1 cup softened butter

1 ½ cups sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

½ cup sour cream

{CREAM THESE TOGETHER}

Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients until it forms a stiff dough.  Lay out plastic wrap on flat surface and form a dough slab (not a ball because when it's cold, it's easier to roll out in this slab form).  Wrap tightly and refrigerate two hours or overnight.

On a floured surface, roll out dough to desired thickness (about ¼”).  Cut out cookies with floured cookie cutters or round beverage glass, transferring them to a cookie sheet with a spatula.  Bake 375 degrees for 8 – 10 min. (depending upon the size and thickness of the cookies) until just browned on the edges.

Cool on cooling racks.  Frost and decorate with sprinkles and red hots.

Icing for Cut-Out Cookies

1 bag powdered sugar (2 lbs)

¼ to ½ cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

optional:  add 1/2 tsp. almond extract with vanilla

1 tablespoon melted butter

Combine until runny consistency—adding milk a little at a time.  Use a squeeze bottle to pour icing onto cookies.  Immediately add sprinkles (before the frosting dries).  Let air dry several hours or overnight.  Store in airtight containers.  Use a variety of food colors and sprinkles.

When I frost the cookies, I place them on cooling racks and place the racks on baking sheets.  That way the icing can drip below the cookies, and the sprinkles stay on the sheets (and not on the floor). Enjoy!

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OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES CHEWS COOKIES

These are one of my favorite cookies 

(2nd only to Gramma Nonnemacher's Christmas Cookies)

¾ cup vegetable oil

¼ cup dark molasses

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

____mix all of the above ingredients_______

2 ¾ cups white flour

1 ½ tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. ground ginger

¼ tsp. ground cloves

____sift together, then add to wet ingredients; cover and refrigerate one hour or overnight

½ cup raw sugar

Roll into balls, then dip in raw sugar.  Bake 350 degrees 10 to 12 min.

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Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies

(Wes' favorites)

1 ½ cups flour

¾ cup white sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup butter, softened

1 bag butterscotch chips

3 cups oatmeal

Vanilla extract

Zest of one orange

juice of the orange that was zested

2 eggs

raw sugar

Combine butter and both sugars.  Mix dry ingredients.  Add eggs to butter mixture.  Combine dry and wet together.  Stir in oatmeal, zest, and chips.  Squeeze juice of orange to mixture.

Roll in raw or white sugar (1/2 cup).  Bake 375 degrees for 10 min. or until browned.