Monster Cookies

- 12 eggs
- 1 pound margarine
- 4 1/2 Cups brown sugar
- 4 Cups white sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 12 oz chocolate chips
- 2 Cups nuts
- 8 tsp. soda
- 6 Cups peanut butter
- 18 Cups oatmeal

- Cream margarine, sugars, add eggs - blend well.
- Add remaining ingredients, oatmeal last
- 12 cookies per sheet; let set on tray for 10 min or so after cooking
- 350 degrees for 10 minutes

Perfect Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

5 oz Butter (2/3 cup)
10.5 oz White Sugar (1 1/2 C)
2 Eggs
1 t. Vanilla
2 T. Milk
2 1/2 t. Baking Powder
1/2 t. Salt (I used 1 t.)
14.6 oz Flour (3 1/4 C)

350 degrees 7-9 min. until lightly browned.

Frost w/ Buttercream Frosting

Buttercream Frosting

16 oz Butter (4 sticks)
32 oz. Powdered Sugar (2 lbs. or 8 C)
2 t. Vanilla
4-7 T Milk

Cream butter and Powdered sugar till dry and hunks of butter gone. Add milk and Vanilla, ship till light and fluffy.

Ah the perfect sugar cookie - light, fluffy, sugary, melt in your melt goodness. And the Frosting - wow!

Thank you cookies master Missy Hintze for the recipe and for teaching us how cookies enrich our lives. Great tips from Missy:
To reduce cleanup time: weigh all ingredients and use parchment paper. You will only need to wash the one weighing bin and mixing bowl. No measuring cups or cookie sheets to wash (parchment paper can be thrown away after about 7 uses). So clever!
For a fluffier cookie - add more powdered sugar and/or milk.

Banana Muffins with White Chocolate

1 dl melted butter (that's one stick)
2 1/2 dl flour (one cup)
2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 dl sugar (about 1/4 of a cup - Splenda works fine if you want to keep the calories down)
1 tsp vanilla extract (or 1tbsp vanilla sugar)
2 tbsp cocoa
2-3 ripe bananas
white chocolate (or regular which ever you prefer)

mixed together- you don't need a mixer you can just use a spoon.

Bake on 435 for 12 minutes

This is super easy and quick and kid friendly. My kids love helping out when we make these.

Maybe not the prettiest muffins but they sure taste good.

Enjoy

Jana F

Leslie's No Bake Cookies

These cookies are amazing! This recipe nails it. Its the stuff of dreams.....

- 2 cups sugar

- 1/2 cup milk

- 1/2 cup butter

- 4 tablespoon cocoa

- 1/4 tsp salt

- 1 tsp vanilla

- 1/2 cup peanut butter

- 3 cups quick oats

Mix the first four ingredients, bring to a boil.

Remove from heat.

Add salt, vanilla, peanut butter. Stir till PB melts.

Add Oats

Scoop by spoon-fulls and drop on sprayed wax paper.

Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats

This is the Rice Krispies Treat we make in Iceland, no marshmallows but what's better than that??? Yes CHOCOLATE. The recipe isn't very accurate and I apologize for that- but you don't have to worry it's super easy and super yummy.

In a large saucepan combine and melt together

5 tbsp golden cornsyrup

100 grams Chocolate (that's about 3.5 US ounces)

100 grams Butter (one stick of butter is usually 113 grams so almost a stick)

Add Rice Krispies and cover it with the chocolate mix. I don't know how much Rice Krispies I add - I just pour it until it seems to be using up most of the mix. With a spoon but it in papercupcake forms and cool it until they are sticking well together.

Coconut Macaroons

I have been meaning to post this for months!

1 16 oz bag of shredded coconut (though I usually have two bags on hand just incase, you will see why.)
2 egg whites
3 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp almond extract
2 tsp vanilla
1 can sweet and condensed milk

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.  (one recipe said 250, but that never worked for me)
In a bowl whip the egg whites until they begin to form soft peaks.  Add the sugar and the extracts to the egg white mixture.  Continue to beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.

In another large bowl dump the coconut and stir in sweet the sweet and condensed milk.  You don't want to dump the whole can at once.  You want just enough of the sweet and condensed milk to create a sticky batter.  It takes awhile to get the sense for what that is you just don't want the mixture to be runny.  If there is too much sweet and condensed milk the macaroons don't cook right.  I will sometimes have to add more coconut to get the right texture if I have added too much milk.

Gently fold in the egg mixture into the coconut batter until completely incorporated.  Spoon teaspoon sized balls onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.  (I use the Silpat, seriously couldn't live without it!)
I use the pampered chief ice cream/cookie scoop it works perfectly.  Place the pan in the oven on the center rack and cook for 30 minutes.  Here is the important part.  When the timer beeps, turn off the oven, crack it open and leave the cookies in the oven until it cools.  Then remove the cookies from the oven and place them cookies on a cooling rack.  Sometimes I drizzle melted chocolate on top, other times I just leave them.
Enjoy!

almost healthy cake

This cake is super easy to make, delicious and almost healthy

1 cup soft margarine

1 cup sugar (I've used Splenda and it's just as good)

1 cup flour

1 cup oats

1 cup chopped dates

1 cup chopped chocolate

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

Mix it all together and bake on parchment paper in a tall cake form

Bake for 30-35 min. @ 350 F

Served warm - with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for a great dessert.

It's great for dinner parties as you can make the batter ahead and keep it in the fridge until you bake it.

Big, Soft Ginger Cookies

This recipe doesn't seem seasonably appropriate, however, my family enjoys these all year long...and anything that makes fall feel a little closer is welcome at my house. This recipe is from allrecipes.com.

Big Soft Ginger Cookies
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container. Makes 2 dozen.

Oatmeal Crispies

I got this recipe from sweet Susan M. It was sort of embarrassing actually because when she put a plate of them in front of us after a dinner at her house we literally could not stop eating them, I downed at least 5 right there on the spot. They taste like a mix between oatmeal cookies and snicker-doodles. The flavor and texture are just delicious.


Cream Together:
1 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup white sugar
1 Cup shortening

Mix in,
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3 cups oatmeal

Bake at 350 for 10-12 min.

Homemade Oreos

An oldie but a goody, and the worst picture ever.

1 package of devil's food cake mix

2 eggs

3/4 cup of shortening

blend all together at once.

roll soft dough in small balls on a cookie sheet (don't press down). Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes (don't over bake)

frosting for the middle:

8 oz. cream cheese

1/2 stick of butter

2 tsp. vanilla

2 to 4 c. powdered sugar

mix until smooth. when cookies are cool frost backs of cookies and make sandwich with another cookie.

Did anyone else make these all the time in high school or was it just me and did you ever think to call them Whoopie Pies before moving to these parts?

Tres Bien Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla (real vanilla)
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 package chocolate chips (my favorite is Hershey Mini Kisses milk chocolate chips)

- Preheat oven to 375 degrees

- Mix shortening, butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla

- Blend in remaining ingredients

- (add 1/2 cup more flour for a softer cookie - I do this)

- Bake 10 minutes

(Thanks to my sis Sally for this great recipe)