Sunday, December 19, 2010

It's Cookie Day!

I cooked three types of cookies today. Here are the recipes and pictures for you all.



Cocoa Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

1 1/4  cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
 1- 12 oz package butterscotch chips
2 cups quick or old fashioned oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix well. Mix in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Stir in butterscotch chips and oatmeal. Bake 12-13 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet.



Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup butter
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. slat
1 pkg. (12 oz.) chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugars, shortening, butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl.  Stir in remaining ingredients. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 12-13 minutes.



Banana Cookies

2 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon juice
3 ripe bananas mashed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl cream shortening and sugar. Stir in eggs, vanilla, lemon juice. Stir in bananas, flour, baking powder and salt.
Bake 12-13 minutes on greased cookie sheet.

4 comments:

  1. In current weather conditions, EVERY day should be a cookie day!

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  2. The cookies all look delicious, but the butterscotch ones, Mmmmmmm! I love butterscotch!

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  3. I have had those butterscotch chips in the frig for a long time now. The original recipe called for chocolate chips but I just can't see doing cocoa with chocolate so I went with the butterscotch. They really are very, vERy good!

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