NO BAKE COOKIES

Ingredients:


½ c butter or margarine

¼ c unsweetened cocoa

2 c sugar

½ c milk

½ c peanut butter

3 c oatmeal

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 tsp salt

Directions:

In a saucepan, combine butter or margarine, cocoa, sugar and milk. Bring to a boil and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter , oatmeal, salt and vanilla. Drop a teaspoon onto waxed paper and allow to cool.

Number Of Servings:36
Preparation Time:10 MINUTES

GRANDMA'S MOLASSES COOKIES

This is one of those dear old pioneer recipes where a pinch of this or that and "flour" was part of the recipe.

Ingredients:

2 C shortening

2 C sugar

3 eggs

2 C molasses

1½ C hot water

11 or 12 C flour, ½ whole wheat, fine ground

½ tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp ginger

4 tsp soda


Directions:

Combine shortening, sugar, eggs, molasses and hot water (use hot water to rinse molasses out of cup). Fill sifter with flour and add spices, soda and salt. Sift into bowl. Add more flour gradually until batter is thick. Roll out on floured board and cut with cookie cutter. Bake at 350° 10-15 minutes on greased cookie sheet.

This also makes a good drop cookie by not using as much flour. These are good plain or with an icing.

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY BARS

Ingredients:


3 c unsifted all-purpose flour

1 c sugar

1½ tsp baking powder

1 c softened butter or margarine

2 eggs

1 cup grape jelly (or your preference of flavor)

12 oz reeses peanut butter chips

Directions:

Combine flour, sugar and baking powder cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles course crumbs.Stir in beaten eggs; stir until mixture is smooth. Reserve ½ of mixture; press remaining ½ of mixture onto bottom of greased 9x13" pan. Spread grape jelly evenly over crust in pan. Sprinkle 1 cup Reese's Peanut Butter Chips over the jelly. Crumble remaining dough over chips; bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; immediately sprinkle with remaining 1 c chips. Cool, cut into squares.

Number Of Servings:depends on the size of the squares

Preparation Time:45 minutes

MAIDS OF HONOR

Ingredients:


½ C butter

½ tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 c sugar

2 eggs

1½ c flour

2 tsp baking powder

2/3 c milk

pie pastry

apple jelly (homemade if possible)

Directions:

Make yellow cake batter. Cream the butter, adding to it the salt and vanilla. Gradually blend in the sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift the flour, measure, and sift together with the baking powder. Add alternately with milk to the creamed butter and egg mixture. Line muffin tins with pastry. Into each pastry cup put ½ tsp apple jelly. Then drop in a spoonful of cake batter, so that the tin is about ¾ full as for cupcakes.

Bake in a 350° oven about 20-25 minutes till cake is done.

Number Of Servings:???????

Preparation Time:1 hour

SUGAR FREE BANANA COOKIES

Ingredients:


3 ripe bananas

1 C dates, pitted and chopped

2 C rolled oats

1/3 C vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F

In a large bowl, Mash the bananas. Stir in oats, dates, oil and vanilla. Mix well and allow to sit for 15 minutes.

Drop by tsp onto an ungreased coolie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until brown.

Number Of Servings:?

Preparation Time:45 minutes

Cake Mix Cookies

I made these cookies and they are sooooo good! I used strawberry cake and Kendall loved them too! They are so easy and it actually made 5 dozen cookies! I even made them into sandwich cookies! I think they would even be good as icream sandwich cookies! All Carson could say was mmmmmmmm!

1 package of cake mix (any flavor)

1 large egg

1/4 cup of oil

1/4 cup of water

1 cup of chopped nuts, raisins, oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chips, M&M'S® etc. (anything you like in cookies)



Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cake mix, egg, oil, and water. Beat until well blended. Stir in remaining ingredient (s). Drop by teaspoon about 1 inch apart onto greased cooke sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until done. Makes about 4 dozens. Yummy!