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BEST EVER SUGAR
COOKIES
1 cup butter, softened
Icup confectioners’ sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Granulated sugar
teaspoon almond extract
2 1/ : cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Mix thoroughly butter, confec
tioners’ sugar, egg. vanilla, and
almond extract. Blend in flour,
soda, and cream of tartar. Cover;
chill 2-3 hours.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Di
v ide dough in half. Roll each hall
3/16-inch thick on lightly floured
board. Cut into desired shapes
using your favorite cookie cut
ters. Sprinkle with sugar. Place
on lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly
brown around the edge. If de
sired, omit sprinkling with sugar
and frost instead after cookies
have cooled.
Amy Hartle
Centre County Alternate
Dairy Princess
LEMON CHEESE
PRESS COOKIES
1 cup butter
3 ounces cream cheese, soft
ened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon lemon juice
I'A cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Cream butter, cheese and
sugar until fluffy. Blend in re
maining ingredients. Cover; chill
1 hour.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Fill
cookie press with 'A of dough at a
time. Form desired shapes on un
greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10
minutes or until lightly brown
around the edges.
Amy Hartle
Centre County Alternate
Dairy Princess
CHOCOLATE NUT
TOFFEE BARS
1 cup butter
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 'A cup flour
'A cup cocoa
'A cup chopped nuts
1 can (14-ounce) sweetened
condensed milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
chips
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Reserve 2 tablespoons butter. In
large mixing bowl, beat remain
ing butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add flour and cocoa; mix well.
With floured hands, press into
greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
Bake 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in medium sauce
pan, combine reserved butter and
sweetened condensed milk, cook
and stir until mixture thickens
slightly, about 15 mintues. Re
move from heat; stir in vanilla.
Pour over crust. Bake 10 to 15
minutes longer or until golden
brown. Remove from oven; im
mediately top with chips. Let
stand 1 minute, spread while
warm. Top with nuts. Cool. Cut
into bars. Store covered at room
temperature.
MAE'S COOKIES
3 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
4 cups flour
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
Vi teaspoon cream of tartar
Cream sugar and butter; add
eggs; beat. Alternate dry ingredi
ents and sour cream. Roll and
cut, sprinkle sugar on top. Bake
at 350 degrees.
Royell Bashore
Lebanon County Dairy Miss
ORANGE COOKIES
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
Vi teaspoon salt
4 cups flour
Juice of 1 orange
Mix all together. Drop and
bake at 350 degrees. Frost.
Icing:
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange
juice
Royeli Bashore
Lebanon County Dairy Miss
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Centre County Alternate
Dairy Princess
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Cookie baking is the perfect time to spend time in the kitchen with family and
friends. Today’s collection of recipes includes traditional and recently-developed cookie
recipes to help make your holiday celebrations merry and bright.
LEMON SNOWDROPS
1 cup butfer
'/’ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups flour
Vi teaspoon salt
Mix butter, sugar, and extract,
Blend in flour and salt. Chill.
Shape dough into small (level
teaspoon) balls. Place on un
greased baking sheets, flatten
slightly. Bake 8 minutes at 400
degrees. Remove from sheets to
cool. FilL with filling placing two
cookies together. Roll in pow
dered sugar.
Lemon Butter Filling:
Vi cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Vi cup water
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
3 tablespoons lemon juice
Mix sugar and cornstarch; stir
water in gradually. Cook stirring
constantly until mixture thickens
and boils. Boil and stir I minute.
Remove from heat; stir in butter,
lemon peel, and juice. Cool com
pletely.
I worked in a bakery nearly
10 years and found parchment
paper is something that should
he used when baking cookies. If
you bake alot at Christmas you
need not change the paper be
tween each variety unless using
decorating sugar that sticks.
You never need to grease pans
either.
Barbara Mayer
North Wales
CHOCOLATE PEANUT
BUTTER CUP COOKIES
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
chips
2 squares (1 ounce each) un
sweetened baking chocolate
1 cup sugar
'/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
I'A cups plus 2 tablespoons
flour
Vi teaspoon baking soda
V* cup finely chopped peanuts
36 peanut butter cup minia
tures (unwrapped)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt chocolate chips and choc
olate squares in microwave just
until smooth, stirring often. Cool
slightly.
Combine sugar and shorten
ing; beat in eggs one at a time;
add salt and vanilla. Add choco
late mixture slowly mixing well.
Stir in baking soda and flour;
mixing well.
Shape dough into 1 Vi-inch
balls. Roll in peanuts. Bake on
ungreased baking sheets 8 min
utes or until edges are set. Press
peanut butter cup in center im
mediately. Remove from cookie
sheet to cool completely.
Drizzle:
1 cup peanut butter chips
Place chips in heavy sandwich
bag or plastic throw away deco
rating bag. Microwave on 50 per-
featured Recipe
Katie Spinier, New York Dairy Princess for Chautauqua
County, believes people will love her favorite cookie recipes
using the best of real dairy products.
RAISIN FILLED COOKIES
1 cup shortening, cream
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs (beaten)
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
Cream shortening; add sugar gradually. Slowly add milk, va
nilla, and eggs; mix well. Add flour salt and baking powder; mix
and chill.
Filling;
2 cups raisins (ground)
3 A cup sugar
3 A cup water
Vi cup chopped nuts
Cook raisins sugar and water slowly until thick; add nuts.
Cool.
Cut round cookies; fill and add top. Slit top open and bake at
350 degrees until done.
PEANUT BUTTER GOODIES
2 sticks soft butter
Vi cup peanut butter
1 sleeve graham crackers (crushed)
2 cups confectionary sugar
Mix in 9x 13-inch pan. Melt 12 ounces (1 package) milk choc
olate chips and pour over top. Let set.
cent power; kneading bag often
until melted. Cut off tiny corner
of bag and drizzle over cookies.
Makes 3 dozen.
Barbara Mayer
North Wales
CREAM CHEESE COOKIES
'/’ cup sugar
1 teaspoon orange rind
1 cup flour
6 ounce package chocolate
chips
3 ounce package cream cheese
Vi cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
'A teaspoon salt
Cream butter, sugar, and
cream cheese together. Add the
egg and mix well. Add flour, salt,
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