No Bake Chocolate Cookies

Yes, those. They look like pig droppings but they are not.

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter or shortening or a mix of both
1/4 cup powdered cocoa

Mix and bring to a boil in saucepan. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

Add:
1 tsp vanilla

then stir in:
3 cups oatmeal

Stir well. Then quickly drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool.

After you've scraped out the pan as much as you can, then let the pan soak with hot water for a bit. Rinse, soak with hot water again. Then it should be easy to clean.

Butter Cookies

On a stained, torn, crinkled card that was in the file box of recipes of disarray there is this one. Written in a shaky, obviously elderly hand is this recipe that sounds worth saving. There's no butter in it ironically.  I'll type it verbatim, too. That's part of the charm, eh?

Butter Cookies

Beat 2 oleo (2 sticks butter?)
1 c. sugar
2 egg yokes
pinch salt

1 1/2 tsp soda
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour

Form balls. Dip in sugar. press with fork
350 8-10 minutes

Update: I just made these and they turned out wonderfully. I used butter. They are so good. Make the balls pecan size, not walnut size. And don't over bake, keep checking on them and not get browned.

Grandma Zieglers Molasses Oatmeal Cookies

A favorite of you all, I know. Now you can make them at home. 

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp cloves

1 1/2 cups oatmeal

Mix together dry ingredients.  

In another bowl beat until creamy: 

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 cup crisco

Add dry ingredients. Beat well then add:

1/2 cup molasses

Mix well. Drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake at 370 for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet for one minute before removing. 

8 minutes for soft cookies. 10 minutes for firm cookies like ginger snaps. 

Shakarishee Armenian Sugar Cookies

2 1/4 cups flour

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 cup softened butter

1 egg yolk

1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Beat together butter, egg yolk and sugar until smooth. Add flour and blend well. Add nuts. Shape into rectangles about 3/4" by 1 1/2". Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 250 oven for  35 minutes or so until pink on bottom.

Lucys Lemon Squares

From the Peanuts Cook Book. A very simple Lemon Square recipe. 

350 Degrees oven

1 cup flour

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup butter

Mix flour and sugar together. Cut in butter until well mixed. Press into bottom of 8x8 baking pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Mix well:

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 1/2 TBS lemon juice

dash of salt

Pour over baked crust. Bake again for 20-25 minutes. Let cool before cutting. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. 

Mixer Killer Chocolate Chip Cookies

These got their name as such because in a years time I blew out 5 different hand mixers on this recipe including a heavy duty Black n Decker one. Use a Kitchen Aid mixer or food processor if you can or mix by hand as an arm building exercise. They are delicious and worth it. 

Bowl 1

Cream together

1 cup each brown sugar, white sugar

1 cup shortening

3 eggs

Bowl 2

3 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 dash salt

Mix well. Add slowly to bowl 1. A little at a time, mixing. Mix in 12 oz of chocolate chips by hand. 

Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Flatten with spatula after first five minutes of baking. Just a tap on top will deflate them. 

Super Chocolatey Cookies

add 1/3 cup baking cocoa to bowl #2 before adding to bowl #1

Ginger Snaps, Snickerdoodles, Ranger Cookies, Great Grandma Z's sugar cookies

Ginger Snaps

3/4 cup shortening or butter

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup molasses

Mix well until creamy.

In another bowl mix:  

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 TBS ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Add to butter, sugar mixture. Roll into 1 inch balls . Roll in additional sugar. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes on engrossed cookie sheet. 

Grandma Zieglers Snickerdoodles

1/2 cup shortening plus 1/2 cup butter

Cream together with

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs.

In bowl #2 mix: 2 3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

Add bowl #2 to bowl #1. Mix well. Make into balls 1 inch. Roll in a smaller bowl of 2 TBS sugar mixed with 1 TBS cinnamon. 

Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes

Ranger Cookies (Thads favorite before he got all pissy about weight loss)

1 cup shortening

1 cup each white sugar and brown sugar

2 eggs

1 TBS milk

1 tsp vanilla

Mix until creamy. 

In bowl 2 mix together:

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp each baking powder and salt

1 tsp baking soda

Add to bowl 1. Mix well. 

Stir in by hand:

2 cups quick oats

2 cups cornflakes or whites

1 cup coconuts

1 cup sliced almonds

Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Grandma Irene Zieglers Sugar Cookies

2/3 cup shortening
1 cup each brown sugar and white sugar
2 eggs
1 TBS milk or cream
1 tsp vanilla

Cream all together. Add
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Mix well. Roll out and use cookie cutters or drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar while hot or frost when cool.

Grandmas Holiday Cookies

THIS is the holiday cookie recipe that Grandma Z made for every school party, holiday party, etc. Super simple, makes a lot. Just don't roll out too hard or more than once because they will get brittle and hard when baking. Great iced or glazed. Store dough in refrigerator for up to 3-4 days. 

Cream together:

2 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup Crisco

Add: 2 eggs, 2 tsp Baking POWDER, 1 tsp vanilla. Mix.

Add alternately: 4 cups flour and 1 cup milk. Mix after each addition. 

Chill for 3 hours. Keep chilled during rolling. Roll out 1/3 inch thick, use cookie cutters. 

bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Let cool before glazing or frosting. 

Crisp Cocoa Cookies

Cousin Jeremys favorite. Grandma Z always made these when I was a kid. They are simple, use hardly anything and are wonderful. Zoa made her first batch of these last night and they turned out FABULOUS.

Crisp Cocoa Cookies
dry:
2 cups flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking Powder
1/4 tsp salt

wet:
2/3 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp real vanilla
3 TBS milk or 1/2 n 1/2

Whip wet ingredients together in one bowl until fluffy. Mix dry into another. Slowly mix the dry into the wet. Do not overmix.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls, place on greased cookie sheet. Take a flat bottomed glass and butter it. Dip glass into sugar and flatten dough ball once. Glass into sugar and flatten dough ball a 2nd time. 2 flattens per cookie.

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and take off cookie sheet after cooling for a few minutes. Enjoy.