Favorite Homemade Cookie Recipes
On this page is a variety of cookies you can make, from icebox cookies, to Sandies cookies, Snickerdoodles, and more.
Cookie
Tips: Most cookies bake quickly and should be watched carefully to avoid overbaking.
Check them at the minimum baking time, then watch carefully to make sure they
don't burn. It is generally better to underbake them than overbake them.
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
Russian Teacakes
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.
Walnut Balls (Recipe from 1953)
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.
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.
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
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.
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