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Easy Cookie Recipes - Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love [Hardcover]

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From Booklist
This third book in the “cookie” series once again takes words children may or may not know and defines them in ways that make sure listeners taste the sugar inside them. Keeping true to the cookie metaphor throughout, the book explains words like tenderness (“lifting the fresh cookies from the tray with care and gentleness”) and heartbroken (“my heart feels sad and hurt, like a crumbling cookie”). The words here seem more sophisticated than in previous books, but the Dyers’ fabulous artwork, where children and animals mingle in the real world, extend the definitions. Sugar cookie recipe appended. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

Product Description
This delectable follow-up to the bestselling Cookies and Christmas Cookies defines words that are associated with love. From letting your friend have the last cookie (selfless) to waiting to lick the bowl together (considerate), here is a book for anyone who wants to say I love you. Meanings are illuminated in this different kind of dictionary, which is every bit as heartwarming as the experience of baking cookies with someone you love.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal's sweet little lessons, mixed with warm and inviting illustrations by mother-daughter duo Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer, make for a book that will hit the spot!

About the Author
Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children and grown-ups. Her children's books include the Cookies series, illustrated by Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer; Duck! Rabbit! and The OK Book, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld; Spoon, illustrated by Scott Magoon; and most recently The Wonder Book, illustrated by Paul Schmid. Her work for grown-ups includes the memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and the film project The Beckoning of Lovely. Amy lives online at www.whoisamy.com and for real in Chicago.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (October 27, 2009)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches


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Chocolate & Caramel Sugar Cookies

9:31 AM Admin

Ingredients:-
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
  • 14 tbsp (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 oz. chocolate caramel chocolate bars (such as Cadbury), cut into individual square
Preparation Instructions :-
  • Place an oven rack in the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a large bowl, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar with an electric mixer set on medium speed until the mixture is creamy and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla extract.
  • Turn the mixer to low speed and gradually beat in the flour mixture until it is just combined. Using a rubber spatula, stir the mixture a few times to make sure all of the flour mixture is incorporated.
  • Place 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a small bowl. Use 2 tablespoons cookie dough for each cookie. Split the piece of dough in half, slightly flatten the bottom half, place a square of chocolate caramel bar on top, and cover with the other piece of cookie dough. Seal the edges with your fingers. Roll the ball in the sugar to coat it and place it on a prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and chocolate caramel squares, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart from each other on the baking sheets. Lightly coat the bottom of a glass or metal measuring cup with butter and dip into the sugar. Use this to gently flatten the cookies to 3/4-inch thickness.
  • Bake the cookies, one sheet a time, rotating from front to back halfway through baking. They are done when the edges are set and beginning to brown, 10 to 13 minutes. The centers of the cookies should still be soft and puffy. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Using a spatula, remove the cookies from the baking sheet and let cool on a rack. They can also be served warm.
  • Makes 24-28 cookies.
Recipe Source: Cookin' Canuck


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Sweetheart Sugar Cookies

9:23 AM Admin

Ingredients:-
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 125g butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 cups flour 
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
Preparation Instructions :-
  • Preheat oven to 180*C (350*F).
  • Beat butter until soft (if you're using softened butter, you can skip this step - I'm just too impatient)
  • Add in sour cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla and beat for 2 - 3 minutes. 
  • Add dry ingredients and mix until well combined. 
  • Cover dough and chill in fridge for 30 minutes or until firm.
  • Turn out dough onto a floured board, roll out to about 1/2 centimetre/1/4 inch thick. (You may need to add a little more flour to make the dough more workable - but don't add too much or you won't have soft cookies!)
  • Use cookie cutters to make shapes and transfer to a lined cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 10 minutes until light golden brown - no longer!
  • When you take the cookies out of the oven they may look underdone - but don't worry, you'll thank me later for your soft melt in your mouth cookies!
Adaptions :-
Crunchy cookies: Bake for 5 or so minutes longer, your cookies will be brown on the outside with a lighter brown centre and will harden upon cooling.
Jam Centred Cookies: Cut out shapes in the middle of your cookies and fill with jam, bake for 8 minutes at 180*C before turning the oven down to 120*C for a further 5-10 minutes, or until jam starts to set. 


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Giant Lemon Sugar Cookies

9:28 PM Admin




















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. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with reserved 1-1/2 cups sugar. Blend in eggs, one at a time. Add lemon extract, lemon juice and reserved lemon zest. Add flour mixture, one cup at a time, blending well after each addition, until all flour is incorporated.Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.
  • To bake cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Shape dough into balls using 2 tablespoons of dough for each cookie. Roll in reserved lemon sugar. Bake in batches of six cookies per 18 x 13-inch baking sheets. Place balls of sugar coated dough on cookie sheets. Press down with the bottom of a glass or measuring cup until cookie is about 1/2-inch thick. Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Remove tray from oven. Let cookie sit on tray for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Yield: 24 saucer-sized cookies.
Picture and Recipe from One Perfect Bite


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Sugar Cookies

9:22 PM Admin

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 Kitchen


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

5:14 AM Admin

Ingredients :-
  • 3 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg or ground cinnamon (optional)
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, at room temp
  • 1 cup reduced fat sour cream ( I used full fat)
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • For the glaze ( used a butter cream for Christmas cookies):
  • 2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
  • 3 tbl low-fat milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Food coloring
Preparation Instructions :-
  • In a medium -size bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nut-meg, and salt, In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on Med, cream the granulated sugar and butter, beating until fluffy, scraping side of bowl often.
  • Add the sugar cream, egg, and the 2 tsp vanilla, beating well. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the flour mixture just until flour disappears. Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces. Wrap each piece of dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hr or until thoroughly chilled and easy to handle.
  • Preheat the oven to 375. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 piece of dough to 1/4inch thickness and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. With a spatula, transfer the cookies to ungreased cookie sheets, placing them 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned. Remove cookies and  cool on wire racks. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • To prepare the glaze, in a medium-size bowl, stir together confectioners sugar, half the milk, the 1/2 tsp vanilla and a little food coloring. gradually stir in enough of the remaining milk to make mixture of glazing consistency. Spread on top of each cooled cookie. Allow glaze to dray completely. Store cookies in an airtight container (do not freeze glazed cookie). Makes about 36.
Source : Murl's Country


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Easy Cookie Recipes - Brown Sugar Chocolate Chunk Cookies

5:11 AM Admin

Ingredients :-
  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt (pref. kosher salt)
  • 14 tbsp butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups dark or semisweet chocolate chunks
Preparation Instructions :-
  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
  • In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar until smooth and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. With the mixer on low, gradually blend in the flour mixture until no streaks of dry ingredients remain visible. Stir in chocolate chunks.
  • Shape dough into balls just over 1-inch in diameter. Place on prepared baking sheet, allowing for room to spread.
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes, until cookies are very lightly browned around the edges. Cookies may look slightly “wet” – but not raw – at the center (bake until golden all over for crispier cookies).
  • Cool for 3-4 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes 2 1/2 – 3 dozen cookies
Source : Baking Bites


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