If you've got kids or grandkids and you want to bake cookies for them, this is a great recipe to keep on hand, in your refrigerator. It takes the pain out of baking cookies. I always double the recipe and I have no kids or grandkids hanging around my house to blame the cookie consumption on. I just never met a cookie I didn't like.
COOKIE MIX
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
* 5 cups flour
* 2 cups sugar
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 2 Tablespoons baking powder
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 1 cup solid Crisco
* 1/2 cup butter
Preparation:
In large bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix well until blended. Cut in shortening and butter with pastry blender, two knives or your hands until the mixture resembles cornmeal and shortening and butter are evenly distributed. Store in the refrigerator in a tightly covered container for up to 12 weeks. When you want to make cookies, measure amount needed and let it come to room temperature before using.
COOKIE RECIPES
Sugar Cookies
4 cups homemade cookie mix
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg
Combine all ingredients in large bowl until well blended. Divide dough in half, then cover dough and chill at least one hour or until dough is easy to handle. Roll out dough, one half at a time, on a floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Arrange cutouts 1-inch apart on a greased or parchment lined cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes until cookies are set but not brown. Cool on wire rack.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
2-1/2 cups homemade cookie mix
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I use pecan pieces or walnut pieces and usually go a little heavier than the amount called for in the recipe)
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and blend until well mixed. Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake at 375 oven for 8-10 minutes until cookies are light golden brown. Cool on sheet for 2 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool.
Spice Cookies
2-1/2 cups homemade cookie mix
1 teaspoons lemon extract
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Follow directions for Chocolate Chip Cookies. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes until light golden brown.
Peanut Butter Cookies
2 cups homemade cookie mix
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 teaspoons vanilla
Follow directions for Chocolate Chip Cookies. Form dough into balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten with a fork dipped in sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
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