Blondies

1 stick unsalted butter, melted

1 c brown sugar

1 large egg

1 t vanilla

Pinch salt

1 c all- purpose flour

Butter an 8x8 pan. Mix butter with brown sugar- beat until smooth.  Beat in egg and then vanilla. Add salt, stir in flour.  Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes, or until set in the middle. Cool on rack before cutting.

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

                              

2/3 c butter

1 c sugar

1 egg

2 T milk

1 t vanilla

2 c flour

1/2 t baking soda

1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t salt

Cream butter; add sugar,gradually. Beat in egg,milk and vanilla. Blend in sifted dry ingredients. On a slightly floured board, roll dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on lightly buttered baking sheets and bake 5-7 minutes at 400 degrees. Makes about 3 dozen. 

Hint: Best to break dough into 2 balls and chill in freezer before rolling out.

Icing

1 c powdered sugar

2 t milk

2 t corn syrup

1/4 t vanilla or almond extract

Assorted food colors, optional

Mix sugar and milk till smooth, then beat in corn syrup and extract until smooth and glossy. If too thick, add more syrup. Ice cooled cookies and add sprinkles or colored sugar if desired. Let sit till icing hardens.

Christmas Cookies

We've been making these cookies in my family ever since I was a little girl. The cookie gun pictured is the one my mother used when my brothers and I were little. She would let us press the cookies onto the cookie sheet and we thought that was such fun! She gave it to me years ago and Ive been using it every Christmas. The box is pretty worn, but all the pieces are still there.

1 c, butter, softened
3/4 c. sugar
1 egg
1 t. almond or lemon extract
1/4 t. salt
2 1/4 c. sifted flour
1/4 t. baking powder
food coloring

Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in egg and extract. Gradually blend in dry ingredients which have been sifted together. Tent dough with food coloring. Fill cookie press and form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with tiny candies if desired. Bake at 300 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Sugar Cookies

3/4 c. butter

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

1/2 t. lemon extract

2 1/2 c. flour

1 t. baking powder

1 t. salt

Mix together the butter, sugar,eggs and flavoring. Sift flour. Stir flour,baking powder, and salt together; blend in with the butter mixutre. Chill for 1 hour or longer. Roll,cut and bake at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes.

Icing:

2 c. sifted powdered sugar

1/2 t. salt

1 t. vanilla

3 T. milk (more or less for desired consistency)

Blend sugar,salt and vanilla. Add milk . Tint with a few drops of food coloring. Spread on cookies. May add sprinkles if desired.

Santa cookies

photo by Taste of Home

I found another cute recipe to make with your children or grandchildren courtesy of Taste of Home....

Ingredients

12 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
1 package (1 pound) Nutter Butter sandwich cookies
Red colored sugar
32 vanilla or white chips
64 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
12 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
1 package (1 pound) Nutter Butter sandwich cookies
Red colored sugar
32 vanilla or white chips
64 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
32 red-hot candies

Directions

In a microwave, melt white chocolate at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth.
Dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire racks. For Santa's hat, sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate. Press one vanilla chip off-center on hat for pom-pom; let stand until set.
Dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered. Place on wire racks. With a dab of melted chocolate, attach semisweet chips for eyes and a red-hot for nose. Place on waxed paper until set. Yield: 32 cookies.

Oreo Truffles

1 pkg. oreo cookies
1 8oz. cream cheese(room temp.)
white almond bark
chocolate almond bark

Break up a few oreos at a time and put in blender or food processor and blend until powder like. In mixer, mix the cream cheese to fluff it some. Add blended oreos to cream cheese and mix. Roll into walnut size balls and chill for one hour. Dip in melted white almond bark, then drizzle with chocolate almond bark.