Country Style chocolate Chip Cookies

I found a binder recently that happened to have some very yummy recipes I had saved. This recipe was actually handwritten on an entire piece of computer paper in pencil by me! I bet I was like 10 years old or something when I wrote it down.I have no idea where i even got the recipe from. I am not sure I ever made them, but they sound really good, so you better believe I will be making these the next chance I get!

Country Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream together until smooth:

1 cup softened butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups white sugar

Add:

1 Tbls. milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Beat and add:

2 eggs

Stir in:

1 cup fresh corn flakes, crumbled
3 cups oatmeal

Sift together:
* or to taste

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. mace*
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon*
1/4 tsp. nutmeg*
1/8 tsp. powdered cloves*

Stir in:

4 oz. coconut
1 pkg. chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts

Drop batter by well rounded teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees. makes about 8 dozen.

Again, this sounds like a very loaded, very yummy cookie. I look forward to trying it! I am sure you could substitute many of the ingredients as well, like pecans instead of walnuts, raisins instead of chocolate chips, or different flavor chips or baking pieces, no coconut, and maybe even a different type of flake cereal? The possibilities are endless.

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

I am making this recipe for a cookie exchange. I bought a bag of Andes Peppermint Crunch baking pieces, so I really wanted to use them. I also thought a chocolate cookie would be good with the peppermint, so this is what I did!

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies*

1 package (12 oz.) semi-sweet choolate chips
1 package (4 oz.) Baker's German sweet chocolate
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 (10 oz.) pkg. Andes Peppermint Crunch baking pieces
granulated sugar

Heat oven to 350. Heat 3/4 cups chocolate chips, and 4 oz. german chocolate in a saucepan over low heat, or in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Cool to room temp, but do not allow to get firm.

Beat butter, brown sugar and vanilla on med. speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and melted chocolate until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, soda and salt. Stir in Andes peppermint crunch, and as many chocolate chips as you want. I didn't use the whole bag, but you may want to.

Scoop heaping tablespoons, and roll into a ball. Roll ball in granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12-14 minutes or until set. (centers will appear soft and moist) cool 1-2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Halloween sugar cookies

I decided to make sugar cookies today for Halloween. I have a ghost and a pumpkin cookie cutter, and I was originally planning on rolling and cutting out cookies. I really hate rolling out dough. In the end, I decided to use a recipe for spiderweb cookies, and instead of making webs, I dyed the icing orange and then I had my son decorate the cookies like jack-o-lanterns with chocolate chips. Perfect!


Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture. Roll dough into balls and place on un-greased cookie sheet. Flatten with hand. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (the edges should
be just barely golden).

Make sure to mix up the frosting glaze before you bake your cookies.You will want to glaze the cookies right from the oven.

For the glaze: (I got the recipe here)
2 3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp. shortening
3 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. corn syrup
1/4 tsp. vanilla

Beat all ingredients well. Add food coloring to reach desired color.

Now, when your cookies are RIGHT out of the oven, take a few off the tray and begin frosting them with the glaze. You should do this immediately so the glaze melts a bit and smooths out over the cookie.Wait to cook your next batch until the first batch is glazed. They are quite tasty! And really easy! I am all about easy.