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Chocolate-Peanut Windmills

June 28, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Cookies, Cookies with Nuts, Shaped Cookies | No comments

Chocolate-Peanut Windmills Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate — melted and cooled
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped peanuts

Preparation:
Beat sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in chocolate. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

Heat oven to 400º. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into rectangle, 12 × 9 inches, on lightly floured cloth-covered surface. Sprinkle each rectangle with half of the peanuts; gently press into dough. Cut dough into 3-inch squares. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

Cut squares diagonally from each corner almost to center. Fold every other point to center to resemble pinwheel. Bake about 6 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Cut squares diagonally from each corner almost to center.

Fold every other point to center to resemble pinwheel.

Popularity: unranked [?]

Animal Cookies

June 27, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Shaped Cookies | No comments

Animal Cookies Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation:

Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients. (If dough is too soft to shape, cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.)

Shape dough by 2 tablespoonfuls into slightly flattened balls and ropes. Arrange on ungreased cookie sheet to form animals as desired. Use small pieces of dough for facial features if desired. Bake about 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Popularity: unranked [?]

Bumblebee Cookies

June 26, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Peanut Butter Cookies, Shaped Cookies | No comments

Bumblebees Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 egg
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 8 dozen pretzel twists
  • 8 dozen pretzel sticks

Preparation:
Beat peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, honey and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and baking powder. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

Heat oven to 350º. Shape dough into 1-inch balls (dough will be slightly sticky). For each cookie, place 2 pretzel twists side by side with the bottoms (the bottom comes to a rounded point, similar to the bottom of a heart shape ) touching on ungreased cookie sheet. Place 1 ball of dough on center, and flatten slightly. Break 2 pretzel sticks in half. Gently press 3 pretzel stick halves into dough for stripes on bee. Break fourth pretzel piece in half. Poke pieces into 1 end of dough for antennae.

Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Black-Eyed Susans Cookie

June 26, 2007 in All Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Shaped Cookies, Sugar Cookie | No comments

Black-Eyed Susan Cookie Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup butter or margarine — softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 12 drops yellow food color
  • 1 egg
  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese — softened
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 dozen (about) large semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, food color, egg and cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in
flour. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

Heat oven to 375º. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Make 3 cuts with scissors in top of each ball about three-fourths of the way through to make 6 wedges. Spread wedges apart slightly to form flower petals (cookies will flatten as they bake).

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown. Immediately press 1 chocolate chip in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Cut balls from top into 6 wedges about 3/4 way through dough

Popularity: 12% [?]

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