Best Sugar Cookie

 Ingredients

• 1 Cup unsalted butter, 226 grams
• 1 Cup granulated white sugar, 200 grams
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all purpose flour

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth, at least 3 minutes Beat in extracts and egg. In a separate bowl, combine baking powder and salt with flour and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be stiff. If it becomes too stiff for your mixer turn out the dough onto a counter top surface, flour surface as needed. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH. Divide into workable batches (2-3 chunks), roll out onto a floured surface, and cut. You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (closer to 1/4 inch rather than 1/8).Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.

Nutrition

calories: 107kcal, carbohydrates: 14g, protein: 1g, fat: 5g, saturated fat: 3g, cholesterol: 18mg, sodium: 59mg, potassium: 14mg, fiber: 1g, sugar: 6g, vitamin a: 164IU, calcium: 17mg, iron: 1mg

Sheet pan Chocolate chip cookie bars

Sheet pan Chocolate chip cookie bars

1 cup butter
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 T vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
2 1/4 mini semisweet chocolate chips, divided
*I use regular size chips, milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven 350
In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar and sugar.
Add vanilla and eggs then combine.
Fold in flour, baking soda and salt.
Mix in 2 cups of mini chocolate chips
Spray a sheet pan with cooking spray and spread cookie dough out evenly in pan.
Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top.
I start timing it at 10 minutes and add time as needed  (Bake for -15-20 minutes) or until middle is set and edges are golden brown.
Let cool and cut into squares.

WW II Oatmeal Molasses Cookies

These are Raychel's favorite cookies, she not only loves to eat them but bake them as well!! We hope you enjoy them as much as our family. This recipe comes from a book Raychel was reading, Dear America The Diary of Piper Davis.

WW II Oatmeal Molasses Cookies

2 c. flour

2 c. oatmeal

1 t. baking soda

1t. salt

1 c. sugar

3/4 c. shortening (can use butter)

2 eggs, beaten

5 T. light molasses

2 t. vanilla extract

1/2 c. chopped walnuts (optional)

1/2 c. raisins (optional)

1 c. chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, oatmeal, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

2. In another large bowl, beat the sugar with the shortening until smooth and creamy; mix in the beaten eggs, molasses, and vanilla. Gradually mix in the dry ingredients. Stir in walnuts, raisins or chocolate chips, if desired. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.

3. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until slightly browned. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to wire rake to cool completely.

~Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies~

I love this picture with Jolene, she not only has one spoon to lick clean, but two!! These are her favorite cookies.  We got the recipe from our great friend Liz.  We were at her home and she had made these cookies, Jolene had one and before we knew it she had eatten several and still wanted more!! Jolene will request these during the Fall when everything pumpkin is so very yummy!!! 

Cream~

• 1c. can pumpkin
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 c. butter
• 1 c. brown sugar
• beat in 1 egg

Stir in the dry ingredients~

• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• chocolate chips

Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.