Easy Cookie Recipes - Giant Lemon Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients: 2 cups sugar, divided use Zest of 2 large lemons, divided use 1 cup butter, softened 2 large eggs, at room temperature 1 to 2 teaspoon lemon extract 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda Preparation Instructions :-To make lemon sugar: Combine 1/2 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon lemon zest in the bowl of a mini-food processor. Pulse until lemon zest is incorporated into sugar. Pour into a small bowl and stir to break up any clumps. Set aside. To make cookie dough: Combine flour, salt, cream of tartar and baking soda in a medium bowl....


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients :- 2 1/2 c. flour 1/2 t. baking soda 3/4 t. salt 1/2 c. butter (room temp.) 1 egg 1/2 c. shortening 1 c. granulated sugar 1 t. vanilla 2 T. milk (room temp.) Preparation Instructions :- Sift together flour, soda and salt.  Set aside.  Cream together butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla.  Add egg.  Mix until fluffy.  Stir in dry ingredients until smooth.  Blend in milk. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheets.  Flatten with bottom of glass which has been dipped in sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.  Cool and if you desire frost with frosting and any sugars or sprinkles you like.   Frosting recipe forthcoming! Recipe from Old House Kitc...


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Hazelnut Double Chunk Cookies

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Ingredients :- 1 c light brown sugar, packed 1 c unsalted butter; softened 1 c semisweet chocolate ; coarsely chopped 1 c white chocolate; coarsely chopped 1 ts vanilla extract 1 ts baking soda 1/2 c sugar 1/2 ts salt 2 3/4 c all-purpose flour 2 c hazelnuts; whole 2 eggs 2 tb fringelike Preparation Instructions :-To toast and skin the hazelnuts, place them in a single layer in a roasting pan or cookie sheet. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the nuts smell toasted, are golden in the center, and their skins crack.  Rub the nuts between clean tea towels to loosen and remove as much of their skins as possible. It is okay if some of the skins stay on. Preheat oven to 375 degrees; butter 2 or 3 cookie sheets. Sift the flour, baking soda and salt...


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Christmas Cookies: 50 Recipes to Treasure for the Holiday Season [Hardcover]

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Product Description Do you have a favorite Christmas cookie? Is it made of chocolate or spice? Is it an iced and decorated sugar cookie or a molasses ginger round? Or maybe it's a crisp, chocolate-covered toffee bar or a jam-filled Linzer sandwich cookie. There are so many choices! Christmas cookies are loved for their special shapes, cheery colors, and seasonal flavors. They bring joy to our gatherings, help preserve the magic and tradition of the holiday season, and make heart-warming gifts. Christmas Cookies offers fifty wonderful recipes for holiday treats, such as light-as-air Cocoa Meringue Kisses, Chocolate Peppermint Cookies that...


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Florentine Lace Cookies

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Image : One Perfect Bite Ingredients :- 1/2 cup ground almonds (about 2-oz.) 5 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/4 cup firmly-packed light brown sugar 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1/3 cup all-purpose flour Pinch salt 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Preparation Instructions :-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Position two oven racks in the middle and upper third of oven. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a food processor, grind almonds finely; measure out 1/2 cup and set aside.It is also possible to buy ground almonds for use in this recipe. In a medium saucepan over low heat, heat the...


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