CRACKER COOKIES

Oh My Goodness...for anyone who has never had these, you really need to try em. Very easy and so good!

sugar
butter
saltines
chocolate chips
any toppings desired

Foil line a cookie sheet, lay out saltines to cover all.

! cup sugar
2 sticks butter
Bring to a boil over med heat and after starts to boil continue to cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
( it seriously will look like a big glob of snot- i know that's gross but you will know it is ready when you say to yourself--damn--she's right!)

Pour mixture over crackers and spread onto each. Bake in a 350* oven for 12 minutes. will be very bubbly and lightly browned
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Take out and sprinkle a 12 oz bag of chocolate chips on top, let set for a few minutes til they are spreadable and smooth out over entire  cookie sheet of crackers.
you can add whatever toppings you like...nuts...m&m's...coconut..anything..or nothing!

CHOCOLATE CHIP

Chocolate Chip with a twist!

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 cup  sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla 

2 large eggs

2 cups chocolate chips

1 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugars, add eggs and vanilla,stir well add flour baking soda, salt and chocolate chips. Mix together just until all flour is mixed in. don't over mix. Drop on baking sheet.

Bake 375*  8 - 10 minutes, till lightly browned.

Delicious additions: Reeses pt butter minis...any flavor you like.   Drop dough on cookie sheet.lightly press down a candy and top with more cookie dough. Bake. Let cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before moving to wire rack.  IF you press the candy piece down too far like it did--do not move to a wire rack, they will drip down thru the holes and won't be pretty, lay them out on wax paper or foil and let cool!

NO BAKE COOKIES

No Bake Cookie Heaven
 Have your ingredients all measured out and ready, including wax paper or foil to drop cookies on before starting
2 cups sugar
4 Table cocoa
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk

Put in pan and bring to boil on med heat, AFTER boil starts, stir and boil for 1 minute.

Remove and add 2 teas vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 1/2  cups oatmeal

Mix well drop on paper ..cool...eat...make more

For Peanut Butter No Bakes---simply omit the cocoa powder.

MORE COOKIES (Lebkuchen)

Can one really ever have too many cookies!  I would think the only answer to that would be, a big ol' NO!
Another recipe that my Grandma always made every Christmas and with 5 brothers, it is a good thing this makes tons of them!


LEBKUCHEN

Boil together:
 3 cups molasses
3 cups corn syrup
3 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup lard and some salt

while cooking, add small glass fruit juice. When cool , add:
 2 cups chopped walnuts
1/2 teas cloves
2 teas cinnamon
1 1/2 teas nutmeg
1/4 oz cardamon- shelled and round ( 1 3/4 teas )
1/4 lb citron
1/4 lb lemon peel
2 beaten eggs
1 cup milk
2 teas soda dissolved in a little warm water
flour-enough to make a stiff dough ( if i remember correctly- this is like 11 or so cups- will write down today when i mix)
Let stand overnight
roll out--cut with Christmas cookie cutters

Bake at 325*

IF not a fan of citron...just leave it out.  Done that many times as most don't care for it. I do!

COOKIES...COOKIES...COOKIES (shortbread)

Cookies are great anytime of the year but when December hits, I think we all start getting ingredients ready to start all that baking!  Am I right!? We all have our favorites of course. Anyone else eat way too many this time of year? Out of the many different kinds I like, this is one of my favorites. My grandma would make these for us every year my entire life, and i continue to make them often. A light melt in your mouth shortbread cookie. The best thing other than taste is how very easy they are to mix and bake up!

SUNSET COOKIES

1 LB BUTTER
3/4 C SUGAR
CREAM TOGETHER AND ADD

4 1/2 CUP FLOUR
2 TEASPOONS VANILLA

PUT OUT ON A FLOURED BOARD AND KNEAD INTO A BALL. CUT INTO 3 OR 4 SECTIONS AND ROLL INTO A ROPE ABOUT 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER. ROLL IN COLORED SUGAR AND WRAP IN PLASTIC WRAP AND REFRIDGERATE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
SLICE ABOUT 1/4 INCH AND BAKE AT 400* FOR ROUGHLY 15 MINUTES TILL LIGHTLY BROWNED