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Honey Cookies

1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 tsp soda
1 package chocolate chips.

Drop on cookie sheet. Mix in order given.
(My Note: No oven heat or baking time included)
Mrs. Theo Helland - Willing Workers Club
Davison County SD recipebook

Honey-Nut Cookies

1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 tsp. soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup honey
1/2 cup sour milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup nuts

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Bake on top rack for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Recipe from 1997 Friedens Reformed United Church of Christ, Tripp, SD recipebook pg 8

Cinnamon Crisps

1/2 pound of butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat well. Sift dry ingredients together. Add to creamed mixture. Chill about 1 hour for easy handling. Roll out on a floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 11 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Remove cookies from baking sheet immediately. Cool on wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
Recipe from a 1974 Family Circle Creative Cooking Cookbook

Sandies

1 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. water
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and sugar. Add water and vanilla. Mix well. Blend in flour and nuts. Chill 4 hrs. Shape into balls or fingers. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet about 20 min. at 325. Cool slightly and roll in powdered sugar. Makes 3 doz.

Peasant Cookies

This is an old fashion cookie that was really popular when I was little. Couldn't wait till mom made them. Nice simple ingredients too.

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon molasses
3/4 cup chopped nuts
2 3/4 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. baking soda

Cream butter, blend in sugar and molasses. Add nuts, then sifted dry ingredients. Form dough into rolls and chill thoroughly. Cut into thin slices. Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 about 12 to 15 min. makes 60 cookies

Snickerdoodles

1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
1.2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar (scant)
3 3/4 cups flour

Cream Crisco, butter, sugar. Add remaining. Make soft plops of dough (use an ice cream scoop) and drop into the following mixture, 5 tbsp. sugar and 2 tsp ground cinnamon and cover by shaking or rolling.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes on cookie sheet before removing.

Also see this recipe for Snickerdoodles

Potato Chip Cookies

1 c. butter or margarine (softened)
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar (Splenda)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. crushed potato chips
1 6 oz pkg. butterscotch chips
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda

Cream margarine and sugar in bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir in potato chips, butterscotch chips and sifted dry ingredients. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until brown. Cool on wire rack. 6 doz.
Recipe from my mom's recipe file

Tiger Cookies

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 cups sugar frosted flakes, crushed
2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup soft margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Melt chips over low heat. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Add dry ingredients. Fold in frosted flakes. Marble chocolate through batter. Drop on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 12 minutes.

Fruit Cocktail Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups drained fruit cocktail
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup raisins
1-1/2 cup chopped nuts
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp salt

Cream shortening, brown sugar, and eggs together. Add fruit cocktail, vanilla, raisins, and nuts.
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
Add flour mixture to the first mixture and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased baking sheet.
Bake 11-12 minutes at 400 degrees.

Cowboy Cookies

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually stir in the sifted ingredients. Stir in the rolled oats and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing.
Recipe from 1978 Mother's Home Life magazine

Here's another recipe for Cowboy Cookies.

Cream Cheese Drops

1/2 cup shortening
3 oz cream cheese
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 sm. pkg. chocolate bits
Dash of salt

Put the first five ingredients in a bowl and mix. Sift flour and salt into mixture. Add the chocolate bits, mix well. Drop by teaspoon on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake 350 for 15 min. Yields 42 cookies.

Russian Teacakes (or Snowballs)

1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts

Put all ingredients in a bowl mix well. Roll into 1 inch balls

Bake 400 for 10 to 12 minutes, let cool for another 10 or 15 minutes and roll in powdered sugar. Let air cool and box them up.

Note: I made these again in 2011 for Christmas, but I think I made the balls too big. Not sure the larger ones were able to get done in the middle. Also, I didn't bother rolling them twice in powdered sugar. They worked out great for the Cookie Party I went to. Click here for a larger picture of my snowball cookies

Walnut Balls

1/2 lb of butter
2 cups of flour
2 cups crushed walnuts
5 Tablespoons sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tablespoon water
dash of salt

Cream butter, add sugar, vanilla and water. Mix well. Add flour and salt, mix well. Add crushed nuts. Shape into bite size balls. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8 to 10 minutes at 325. When cool, roll in powdered sugar. (Recipe from 1953)

More Specialty Cookies!

Spiced Applesauce Cookies recipe

This recipe for Coconut Dreams Cookies sounds easy enough to make. Mix, roll into balls, press with a fork dipped in water, but do not put them close together. I'll have to try this recipe.

Here's a recipe for Coffee Cookies. Also delicious without the nuts.

This next recipe is called My Favorite Cookies. It has raisins and nuts in it, and cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice... no oatmeal. It is also a drop cookie.

Here's a recipe for Chuckie's Oatmeal Cookies, which pretty much looks like a basic Oatmeal Cookie, but nutmeg is added.

Here's a recipe for Oatmeal Crispies. You form this dough into 2 rolls, chill thoroughly, cut in slices and bake.

This recipe is for Russian Rocks Cookies. It a drop cookie with raisins and nuts.

Here's a recipe for Sour Cream Cookies (here's the Sugar Cookie baking instructions)

This next cookie recipe is called a Three In One Cookie.

Here's a recipe called Two-Legged_Mouse Cookies. This recipe won prize in a Domino Sugar Cookie Contest.