Cookies
Main dishes
Frosting6 oz. chocolate chips 2 cups confectioners sugar 6 Tbsps. condensed milk Melt chips and add milk and sugar. Return to Menu Brown Sugar Cookies1 box brown sugar 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup butter 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. soda 1/4 cup boiling water Cream together; sugar,shortening, and butter. Add eggs, vanilla, and boiling water. Add just enough flour to make a stiff dough then roll thin and cut into desired shapes. Sprinkle cookies with a little cane sugar and bake at 350 until brown. Return to Menu Chocolate Chip Cookies3/4 cup shortening 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 2 Tbsps. canned milk 1 Tbsp. vanilla 1 egg 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp. salt 3/4 tsp. baking soda With a wooden spoon, cream together; shortening, sugar, milk, vanilla, and egg. Sift dry ingredients together and add by thirds to creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and drop by rounded Tbsps. onto ungreased cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 10 to 14 mins.or until lightly browned. Let them cool for 2 mins. before removing them from the pan. Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies Return to Menu Down Home Peanut Brittle1 Candy thermometer 2 cups sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup water 1 cup butter 2 cups raw peanuts 1 tsp. baking soda In a 3 quart saucepan, heat together the sugar, syrup and water, stirring until sugar dissolves. When it begins to boil, blend in the butter. Once temp. reaches 225 start stirring frequently. Add peanuts when temp. is at 280 then stir constantly until it hits (hard crack stage)305. Remove from heat and quickly stir in the soda, mixing well. Pour onto 2 buttered cookie sheets. Loosen from pans when the candy hardens, but still real warm. Break into pieces. Makes 2 1/2 pounds. Return to Menu White Chocolate Chunk Cookies1 cup shortening 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour 1/3 cup rolled oats 2/3 cup chopped walnuts 2 (6oz.) packs white baking bars, cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch chunks In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening, vanilla, sugar and brown sugar until it is light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, blending well. Then add the flour beating a low speed until well blended. Stir in the remaining ingredients by hand. Drop by rounded Tbsps. onto ungreased cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 for 10 to 15 mins. or until light golden brown. Cool for 1 min. before removing from the cookie sheets. Makes 5 dozen cookies Return to Menu Lemon Butter Cookies1 cup butter 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar 1 egg (beaten) 2 tsps. lemon juice 2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted) 1 tsp. cream of tarter 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add lemon juice, cream of tartar, then egg, stirring well after each. To this, add the salt and flour and mix well then chill. Drop by rounded tsps. onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and sprinkle a little granulated sugar on each one. Bake at 375 for 12 to 15 mins. until just begining to brown. Makes 4 1/2 doz. cookies Return to Menu Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted) 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup soft shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg yoke 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 egg white (beaten stiff) Sift together flour, salt, soda. Cream shortening, sugar, and egg yoke until fluffy. Mix in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, then stir in vanilla. Fold in the egg whites just before baking. Drop by rounded Tbsps. 3 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Flatten to 1/2 inch thickness with a fork in a cross pattern and sprinkle with a pinch of sugar. Bake 20 mins. until golden brown. Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies. Return to Menu Soft Molasses Cookies2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (sifted) 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 2 tsps. baking soda 2 Tbsps. hot water 1/2 cup soft shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup molasses 1 egg 6 Tbsps. cold water 1/2 cup seedless raisins or dates Sift together flour, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve soda in hot water. Mix shortening, sugar, molasses, and egg until creamy. Stir in flour mixture alternately with cold water, then add soda and all but a few of the raisins or dates. Drop by rounded Tbsps. 2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with remaining fruit. Bake 12 mins. until done. Makes 2 doz. cookies Return to Menu Applesauce Cookies1 3/4 cups cake flour (sifted) 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp.cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 tsp. cloves (powdered) 1 cup applesauce 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup seedless raisins or dates 1 cup bran flakes Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Combine the applesauce and soda. Mix shortening with the sugar and egg until creamy. Mix in flour mixture alternately with the applesauce. Fold in the fruit and flakes. Drop by rounded tsps. 2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 18 to 20 mins. until golden brown. Makes 3 doz. cookies. Return to Menu 
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