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Re: QOTD Friday
I found a recipe for these cookies called "Mexican orange sugar cookies." How authentic are they? Not sure, but they're actually very similar to another cookie I make called encanelados. These are a bit lighter and kind of crumbly, but they're pretty good.
Tricks: I definitely use butter instead of vegetable shortening. You also have to let these guys cool for best taste. I also don't roll the dough; I drop them and kind of flatten them with a spoon.
Then I try not to eat the whole batch.
Today I'm baking s'mores cookies. Not sure if they will be my new favorite or not yet. My favorites to make are chocolate thumbprints. They take hours to make, but everyone loves them so much. I'll share the recipes later.
Edit: Here's the link for the s'mores cookies.
I have a new favorite: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Recipe: http://fakeginger.com/2011/10/31/pumpkin-snickerdoodles/
These got rave reviews at home and at work when I made them recently.
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My favorite is my MIL's sugar cookies. They are my favorite, kind of doughy with a great lemony flavor.
Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
1-1/2 - cups of white sugar
1 ?cup of shortening (I prefer Crisco)
2-eggs
1-teaspoon of vanilla
1-teaspoon of lemon extract
2-teaspoons of baking soda
1/2- cup sour cream
4- cups of flour
Extras:frost with vanilla frosting and top with sprinkles
Cream together 1 ? cups of sugar and 1 cup of shortening.
Add 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1 teaspoon of lemon extract and mix.
Combine 2 teaspoon of baking soda with one half cup of sour cream in separate bowl and then add it to first bowl.
Add 4 cups of flour. Slowly until it is all combined.
On a pastry cloth roll it to about ?? to ?? thick. I usually make them closer to ??.
Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes. If you want them chewy don?t wait until they are brown on top. Just get them light brown on the bottom.
These make excellent cookie cutter cookies. Once cookies have cooled you can frost them and top with sprinkles.
Those look amazing!
I really like these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. I drop the shortening and up the butter, 'cause I'm crazy like that.
Also, these are probably the best chocolate chip cookies ever.
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
I love you all
I can't remember the last time I baked cookies - but I was just telling DH I wanted to bake some for my grandpa this weekend, since he's alone at Christmas.
Reeses Peanut Butter Cookie (YUM).
Here is a link.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1810,145166-243204,00.html
I could eat these everyday.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cooking-live/chocolate-peanut-butter-no-bake-cookies-recipe/index.html
These are a favorite of mine right now. they're easy to make and then easy to eat. nom. Plus, they're super rich, so you only need one a day.
I get raves about these cookies anytime I make them!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-cookies/
Seriously, chocolate peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and chopped up peanut butter cups. I'm making them Monday for work. The recipe says it makes 3 dozen but it actually will make 4 dozen. Super easy, too.
I'm obsessed with butter cookies. It's like a mixture between cake and a cookie and it's just melt-in-your-mouth good. I posted a recipe in my blog:
http://themusingsofasimplegirl.blogspot.com/2011/05/tasty-tuesday-gooey-butter-cookies.html