WHITE CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN COOKIES

2 1/4 cups All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cups Butter, Softened
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Pumpkin Puree
1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips





Preheat oven to 350ºF. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars. Add the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla and combine thoroughly. Slowly add the dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop spoonfuls of dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for a couple minutes on the cookie sheet. The recipe makes 36 small cookies or 18 large cookies.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIES

Cream Cheese Cookies

1 cup butter
1 sm pkg of Cream Cheese (3oz)
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2.5 cups flour
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter and cream cheese . Slowly add sugar beat until fluffy
Beat in egg yolk, add flour and vanilla. Mix Well. Chill dough
For at least 1 hour. Shape into 1 inch balls. Place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 325 degrees for 12-15 mins.

Frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons of butter
1 grated lemon rind

Cream butter and add sugar slowly add lemon juice and rind.
Spread on warm cookies

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

You can make these without any chips in them and they are still perfect. I like them because they are not overly sweet.

1 c margarine
1 c peanut butter
1 c white sugar
1 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 oz bag milk chocolate chips (or Reese's peanut butter chips are good too!)


Preheat oven to 375 grease cookie sheets

Cream peanut butter, sugars and margarine until creamy.

Beat in eggs, one at at time.

Stir in vanilla.

Combine flour, soda and salt together in separate bowl, stir into peanut butter mixture.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls, place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
Wet fork dipped in sugar and make criss cross patterns. (I have also elimated this step and they are just fine without it)

Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack, get a cold glass of milk and enjoy!

LEMON CAKE COOKIES

1 Box Lemon Cake mix
1/2 c oil
2 eggs

Beat cake mix, oil and eggs until blended, will be a taffy like texture.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 10 minutes (do not overcook)

You can ice the top of these or do like I do and use Lemon Cake Icing and make sandwich cookies outta 'em.

You won't believe the trouble people will think you have gone through! Try it!

POWDERED SUGAR COOKIES

I like this easier no muss no fuss sugar cookie recipe. Also you don't have to roll dough, which, I don't know about you, but I HATE HATE HATE rolling dough!!

Also the consistency of these are WONDERFUL!

1 c powdered sugar
1 c Crisco
1 egg

Cream those together and add:

2 c sifted flour
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Add to creamed mixture. Form into balls and place on cookie sheet. Flatten with a fork. Bake at 375-400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or according to how brown you want them (me..not so much!)

Goes great with ICING!

AGGRESSION COOKIES

This is a good crunchy cookie but mostly it is just fun! You can halve up the dough for a young un to "play" too!

6 cups oats
3 c brown sugar
3 c butter or margarine
3 c all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking soda

Mash with your hands, it may look impossible but it WILL make dough! WARNING: This makes a LOT of cookies!

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes (you might wanna check times on the first batch!)


Also a great alternative to strangling people, or maybe that is just me. Whatever!