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Chocolate Chip-Pecan Bars

July 23, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cookies with Nuts | No comments

Chocolate Chip-Pecan Bars Recipe

  • 1 package French vanilla cake mix
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 2 cups pecan halves
  • 2/3 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)

Heat oven to 350º. Mix cake mix (dry) and 1/2 cup butter in medium bowl, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until crumbly. Press firmly in bottom of ungreased rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown.

Sprinkle pecan halves evenly over baked layer. Heat 2/3 cup butter and the brown sugar to boiling in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally; boil and stir 1 minute. Spoon mixture evenly over pecans.

Bake about 20 minutes or until bubbly and light brown. Sprinkle chocolate chips over warm bars; cool. Cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.

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Chocolate Drop Cookies

July 12, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Cookies, Cookies with Nuts | No comments

Chocolate Drop Cookie Recipe

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate — melted and cooled
  • 1 egg
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • Chocolate Frosting — (recipe follows)

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

  • 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons hot water

Heat oven to 375º. Grease cookie sheet. Beat sugar, butter, buttermilk, vanilla, chocolate and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in nuts.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost with Chocolate Frosting.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING:

Melt chocolate and butter in 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and hot water until smooth and spreadable. (If frosting is too thick, add more water. If frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar.)

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Banana-Nut Bars Recipe

July 12, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Bar Cookies, Cookies with Fruit, Cookies with Nuts | No comments

Banana-Nut Bars

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 medium)
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • Cream Cheese Frosting — (recipe follows)

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese — softened
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Heat oven to 350º. Grease rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches. Mix sugar, bananas, oil and eggs in large bowl with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in nuts.

Spread batter in pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Cut into 6 row by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
Mix cream cheese, butter and vanilla in medium bowl. Gradually beat in powdered sugar with spoon until smooth and spreadable.

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Sunflower Cookies Recipe

July 11, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Cookies with Nuts, Oatmeal Cookies | No comments

Sunflower Cookies Recipe

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower nuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon yellow food color

Beat sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and salt. Divide dough into one-third and two-thirds portions. Stir sunflower nuts into one-third dough. Stir food color into two-thirds dough.

Shape sunflower dough into two 3/4-inch rolls, 8 inches long. Divide yellow dough in half. Pat each half into rectangle, 8 × 4 inches, on lightly floured surface. Top each rectangle with roll of sunflower dough. Wrap yellow dough around roll of sunflower dough. Press edges together. Wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

Heat oven to 350º. Grease cookie sheet. Cut rolls into 1/4-inch slices. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Cut slits in outer yellow edge about every 1/2 inch to shape tips of petals. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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White Chocolate Chunk Macadamia Cookies

July 11, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cookies with Nuts | No comments

White Chocolate Chunk Macadamia Cookies Recipe

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 (6 ounce) package white baking bars — cut into 1/4- to 1/2-inch chunks
  • 1 (3 1/2 ounce) jar macadamia nuts — coarsely chopped

Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugars, butter, shortening, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). Stir in white baking bar chunks and nuts.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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Walnut Biscotti

July 10, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Cookies with Nuts, Italian Cookies | No comments

Walnut Biscotti Recipe

  • 3/4 cup walnut halves — toasted
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Dash salt
  • 3 egg whites OR 1/2 cup fat-free, cholesterol-free egg product

Heat oven to 350º. Spray nonstick cookie sheet with cooking spray. Place walnuts in food processor or blender. Cover and process, using quick on-and-off motions, until walnuts are consistency of coarse meal. Mix 1/2 cup of the ground walnuts and the remaining ingredients except egg whites in large bowl. Stir in egg whites thoroughly until stiff dough forms.

Sprinkle remaining ground walnuts on cutting board or waxed paper. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into rectangle, 7 × 3 inches, on walnuts. Carefully transfer rectangles onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes. Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices. Turn slices cut sides down on cookie sheet.

Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until crisp and browned. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Store tightly covered.

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Zucchini Bars

July 10, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Bar Cookies, Cookies with Nuts, Spice Cookies | No comments

Zucchini Bars Recipe

  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 small zucchini — shredded and drained (1 cup)
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • Clove-Spiced Frosting — (recipe follows)

CLOVE-SPICED FROSTING

  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine — softened
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3 teaspoons milk (3 to 4 teaspoons)

Preparation:
Heat oven to 350º. Grease square pan, 8 × 8 × 2 or 9 × 9 × 2 inches. Mix brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Stir in zucchini and nuts.

Spread batter in pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Frost with Clove-Spiced Frosting. Cut 6 rows by 4 rows.

CLOVE-SPICED FROSTING:
Mix all ingredients until smooth and spreadable.

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