Easy Cookie Recipes

CHOCOLATE COOKIES

2011-05-14T02:55:00.000-07:00

Two cups of white sugar, 1 cup of grated, unsweetened chocolate, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of butter, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Mix together sugar, butter and eggs, add melted chocolate and flour to stiffen, just enough flour being used to allow of their being cut with a cake cutter. The baking powder should have been sifted with a small amount of flour before adding.

COCOANUT COOKIES

2011-05-13T11:29:00.000-07:00

Three cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 2 eggs, 1 cup of sweet milk, 1 cup of grated cocoanut, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix all together, sift flour with baking powder, add flour to form a dough just stiff enough to roll out, no more. Cut with a small tin cake cutter into round cakes and bake.

Oatmeal Cookies

2011-05-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

Beat together until creamy, one egg, half cup sugar, third cup butter, third teaspoonful soda mixed with one cup sifted pastry flour, half teaspoonful each of salt and cinnamon, then add one cup rolled oatmeal, half cup each of shredded nuts and raisins. Mix well, drop on greased tin, and bake in a slow oven. Do not let the stiffness of the dough induce you to add milk or water.

Rich Cookies

2011-05-12T08:51:00.000-07:00

Yolks of 6 eggs, 1/2 roll butter, 1 cup bar sugar, 2-1/2 cups flour. Put a little of the flour in a deep dish, then add some egg, some butter and some sugar; then more flour, more egg and more sugar and butter until the entire amount of ingredients have been used. Roll thin, flour pans well and put in the cookies, which have been cut into forms and feathered with whites of egg, sugar and grated almonds. Not too quick an oven.

Scotch Cookies

2011-05-11T05:03:00.000-07:00

Beat 2 cups of sugar with 1 cup of butter, 2 eggs, and 5 tablespoonfuls of milk. Mix 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder and 1 of cinnamon with 2 cups of flour, and add as much more flour as necessary to make stiff enough to roll. Roll thin, cut out and bake quickly.

Fruit Cookies

2011-05-10T02:40:00.000-07:00

1 cup sugar, 3/4 of butter, 2 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 cup chopped raisins, all kinds of spice, 2 tablespoons pickled peach juice, flour enough to roll out.

Oatmeal Cookies

2011-05-09T03:29:00.000-07:00

2 Eggs 1 Cupful of Sugar 1 1/2 Cupfuls of Oatmeal or Rolled Oats 2/3 Cupful of Cocoanut 1/4 Teaspoonful of Salt 1/2 Teaspoonful of Vanilla 2 Tablespoonfuls of Butter.

Cream the butter and sugar together and add the well-beaten eggs. Add the remainder of the ingredients and drop on a well-greased baking-pan. Bake in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes.

Sugar Cookies

2011-05-08T08:54:00.000-07:00

1 Cupful of Sugar 1/2 Cupful of Butter 2 Tablespoonfuls of Milk 1 Egg 2 Teaspoonfuls of Cream of Tartar 1 Teaspoonful of Soda 1 Teaspoonful of Lemon Extract Flour enough to roll.

Beat the butter, sugar and egg together, add the milk, stir the cream of tartar and soda into the flour dry. Stir all together and roll.

Filling for Cookies

2011-05-07T04:09:00.000-07:00

1 Cupful of Chopped Raisins 1/2 Cupful of Sugar 1/2 Cupful of Water 1 Teaspoonful of Flour.

Cook this until thick, being careful not to burn it. Place cookies in a well-buttered pan, spread on a teaspoonful of the filling and cover with another cooky. Bake in a moderate oven.

Filled Cookies

2011-05-06T03:27:00.000-07:00

1 Cupful of Sugar 1/2 Cupful of Butter or Lard 1 Cupful of Milk 3 1/2 Cupfuls of Flour 2 Teaspoonfuls of Cream of Tartar 1 Teaspoonful of Soda 1 Tablespoonful of Vanilla

Roll thin and cut with a cooky-cutter.

Cocoanut Cookies

2011-05-05T02:28:00.001-07:00

1 cup butter 4 eggs 1 lemon--juice and rind 4 cups sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 pound package grated cocoanut.

Cream sugar with butter. Add the yolks of the 4 eggs and beat well. Add juice and rind of lemon. Then flour, into which has been sifted the baking powder. Sift flour and baking powder twice before adding to mixture. Use enough flour to make a very stiff batter, add cocoanut, and last, fold in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth.

Drop on buttered tins and bake in moderate oven.

Ginger Cookies

2011-05-04T03:01:00.000-07:00

3 lbs. flour 1 lb. butter and lard mixed 1 lb. brown sugar 1 pint molasses 1 good sized teaspoon of soda or 2 level ones.

Add ginger to taste--about 4 level teaspoons, also lemon extract or grated rind and juice if preferred.

Put flour, sugar and butter together and rub thoroughly. Make hole in center and pour in the molasses in which the soda has been beaten in. Stir all well together, break off enough to roll out; cut, space in pan and bake in very moderate oven.

These keep well, especially in stone crock. This recipe makes a quantity if cut with small cutter.

COCOANUT COOKIES

2011-05-03T03:02:00.000-07:00

1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice or extract
1/2 cup milk
1-1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups fresh grated cocoanut

Cream shortening; add sugar, beaten egg and lemon juice; mix in milk slowly; add flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted together; add cocoanut. The batter should be quite stiff. Drop by small spoonfuls on greased pan. Do not smooth over, but allow space for spreading. Bake in moderate oven 15 to 20 minutes.

FILLED COOKIES

2011-04-28T12:28:00.001-07:00

1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder

Cream shortening; add sugar, beaten egg, milk and vanilla; add flour, salt and baking powder, which have been sifted together. Roll out thin on slightly floured board and cut with cookie cutter. Place one teaspoonful of filling on each cookie, cover with another cookie, press edges together. Bake in moderate oven 12 to 15 minutes.

COCOA COOKIES

2011-04-27T09:51:00.000-07:00

4 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa

Cream shortening and sugar together; add milk and beaten egg; mix well; sift flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt together and add. Roll out 1/4-inch thick on floured board; cut with cookie cutter. Bake in hot oven about 12 minutes.

COOKIES

2011-01-29T02:24:00.001-08:00

3/4 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or grated rind of 1 lemon
4 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder

Cream shortening and sugar together; add milk to beaten eggs and beat again; add slowly to creamed shortening and sugar; add nutmeg and flavoring; add 2 cups flour sifted with baking powder; add enough more flour to make stiff dough. Roll out very thin on floured board; cut with cookie cutter; sprinkle with sugar; put a raisin or a piece of walnut in the center of each. Bake about 12 minutes in hot oven.

MORAVIAN DARK COOKIES

2011-01-28T04:14:00.000-08:00

1/2 lb. butter 1 cup sugar 1 tblsp. cream 2 cups dark molasses 1 tblsp. cinnamon 1/2 tblsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. cloves, ground 8 cups flour.

Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add the cream, molasses, cinnamon, ginger and cloves and blend smooth. Work in the flour gradually. Roll out as thin as possible on floured board. Cut into various shapes with cookie cutters. Bake on greased cookie sheets in moderate oven (350-f) for about 12 minutes. Decorate using a pastry tube and icing made from egg-white and confectioners sugar.

GINGER COOKIES

2010-12-09T00:51:00.000-08:00

2/3 cup shortening 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. cloves or allspice 1-1/2 tsp. salt 1 egg 3/4 cup molasses 3 cups flour, sifted 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. baking powder

Cream together shortening, brown sugar, spices and salt. Add the egg, mix thoroughly. Add molasses and blend. Sift together twice the flour, soda, baking powder and add to the molasses mixture. Stir well and chill. Roll out a fourth of the dough at a time, on floured board to a little more than 1/8 inch thick. Cut with gingerbread man cutters or other shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheets in moderately hot (375-f) oven, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool before decorating.

BUTTER COOKIES

2010-12-08T00:24:00.000-08:00

1 cup soft butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 2-1/4 cups flour, sifted

Cream butter until it resembles whipped cream and slowly add the sugar, beating well. Add flour gradually and blend thoroughly. Wrap in waxed paper and chill for several hours. Knead dough slightly on floured board, form into a smooth ball. Roll to about 1/8 inch thick and cut to desired shapes. Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake in moderate oven (350-f) about 12 minutes. When cold decorate with butter icing, candied fruit, etc.

DUTCH ALMOND COOKIES

2010-12-07T00:41:00.000-08:00

1 cup shortening 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup ground blanched almonds

Cream shortening with white and brown sugar. Add 2 eggs and work in the sifted dry ingredients. Then add the chopped blanched almonds. Shape dough into long rolls. Roll in wax paper and store in cold place for 12 hours. Slice thin and bake in hot oven.

MORAVIAN COOKIES

2010-12-06T01:43:00.000-08:00

1/2 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup molasses 1 egg 4 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon soda

Blend shortening, sugar and molasses. Add beaten egg. Sift dry ingredients and combine. Mix well, roll out and cut in fancy shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. When cool decorate with boiled icing.

FRUIT AND NUT COOKIES

2010-12-05T05:51:00.001-08:00

1 cup shortening 1-1/2 cups sugar 3 eggs 3-1/2 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. soda 1-1/2 tblsp. hot water 1/2 cup raisins, chopped 1/2 cup currants, chopped 1 cup nuts, chopped

Cream shortening and sugar, add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Sift flour add salt and cinnamon and sift again. Dissolve the soda in the hot water and add to the creamed mixture. Add half of the sifted dry ingredients mixing well. Fold in the chopped fruit and nuts and the remaining flour mixture. Stir until thoroughly blended. Drop teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart and bake in moderate oven (350-f) for 15 minutes.

ANISE COOKIES

2010-11-05T03:22:00.000-07:00

6 eggs, separated 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup flour, sifted 3 tsps. anise seed.

Beat egg yolks until thick and foamy. Beat egg whites stiff and combine with egg yolks. Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix lightly. Sift flour and add to the egg mixture together with the anise seed. Drop from teaspoon on greased cookie sheet, spacing about 1 inch apart. Chill in refrigerator over night. Bake in slow oven (300-f) for about 12 minutes.

LACE COOKIES

2010-11-04T03:40:00.000-07:00

Place in a mixing bowl-

One cup of syrup,
Four tablespoons of shortening,
One egg,
Three and one-half cups of oatmeal,
Three-quarters cup of flour,
One level tablespoon of baking powder,
One teaspoon of vanilla.

Beat just enough to mix, then form into round balls and set three inches apart on well-greased baking sheet. Bake for fifteen minutes in moderate oven. Place one-half teaspoon of marshmallow on each cookie.

SWEET POTATO COOKIES

2010-11-03T00:31:00.000-07:00

One cup of brown sugar,
Four tablespoons of shortening.

Cream well and then add

One cup of mashed sweet potatoes,
One and one-half cups of flour,
One teaspoon of baking powder,
One-half teaspoon of nutmeg,
Three-quarters cup of raisins,
One egg.

Work to a smooth dough and then roll out on floured pastry board and cut one-quarter inch thick and then bake for eight minutes in a hot oven.