Cookies

Chewy Ginger Cookies Recipe

These chewy ginger cookies are very soft and delicately flavored.

This recipe makes about 4 to 4½ dozen cookies.

Ingredients

¾ cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground cloves
½ tsp. salt
extra sugar for coating

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Cream the butter and the sugar.
Add the egg and stir in the molasses.
Combine the baking soda, flour, spices and salt in a separate bowl.
Combine the wet and dry mixtures.
Shape into small (2 cm diameter) balls and roll in granulated sugar.
Place on greased cookie sheet. Do not flatten balls.
Bake for about 11 minutes.

Recipe contributed by Tasha Slone of BestofAllTopics.com

Peanut Butter Cookies

3 lbs. shortening
4 tsp. salt
4 lbs. peanut butter
8 cup sugar
8 cup brown sugar (3 1/2 boxes)
16 eggs
8 tbsp. milk (1/2 cup)
4 lbs. flour
7 tbsp. baking soda (1/2 cup)

Do not grease pans.

Bake in 350 degree convection oven for about 10 minutes.  Be sure to check your cookies frequently as baking time varies.

Sent in by D Slone

Easy Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

2 eggs
8 oz cool whip
1 box cake mix
powdered sugar

Directions:

stir 2 egg whites into a bowl with a 8 oz tub of cool whip, add a boxed cake mix, stir well. Use spoon to scoop out a spoonful of batter and dip spoon into dish of powdered sugar, then drop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Notes:

You can use chocolate cool whip and a chocolate cake mix. Regular cool whip and a white cake mix. Regular cool whip and a lemon cake mix, etc.

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