[Sca-cooks] Cookie Recipe(s) for December 7

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Tue Dec 7 13:48:53 PST 2004


Okay, so somebody else did 2 recipes on the 2nd, so I decided to do 7 on 
the 7th. ;-)  Actually, I was having a *really* tough time deciding, so I 
just sent a few extras. ;-)  Then, since I was so close, I just included 
the last one.

The first three are ones we always make for Christmas, when we make 
Christmas cookies.  The Pfeffernuesse recipe is very different from most 
Pfeffernuesse cookies -- it reminds me of a snowball.  The tassies are a 
family tradition of my DH's family.  They are like small pecan tarts.  The 
Choco Peanut Butter Dreams are festive and really good.  As for the other 
recipes, the Just Good Cookies and Rolo Cookies are personal 
favorites.  The peanut butter cookies are *really* easy (and the sugar 
cookie variation is really good, too).  And I know it's early to be 
thinking about Hamantaschen, (or is it ;-)), but this is the best 
Hamantaschen recipe I've found.

Happy Holidays and Enjoy!

Cindy

* Exported from MasterCook *

                              Pfeffernuesse

Recipe By     :Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/14/88
Serving Size  : 42    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cookies                         Holiday

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  2 1/2           cups  Flour
     1/2           tsp  Cloves
     1/2           tsp  Nutmeg
     1/2           tsp  Cinnamon
     1/4           tsp  Ginger
     1/4           tsp  Cardamom
     1/4           tsp  Black Pepper
     1/4           tsp  Baking Soda
  2                     Eggs
  1                cup  Dark Brown Sugar
     1/3           cup  Walnuts -- finely chopped
  3               cups  Sugar
  1               dash  Cream of Tartar
  1                cup  Water
  2                     Egg Whites

Sift flour with spices and soda. Set aside.
In large bowl, using an electric beater at high speed, beat eggs and brown 
sugar until light (about five minutes).  At low speed, beat in flour 
mixture and nuts.  Mix until well-combined.  Dough with be *sticky*.
With wet hands, pinch dough by tablespoonsful and roll into 1-inch balls. 
Place on lightly greased cookie sheets and bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 
minutes.  Cool on wire rack.
While the cookies are cooling, combine sugar with cream of tartar and water 
in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar 
dissolves. Boil without stirring for five minutes or until sugar forms a 
two-inch thread when dropped from the spoon (235 degrees on the candy 
thermometer).

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat egg whites 
until stiff peaks form. Pour syrup into egg whites in a continuous stream, 
beating constantly.  Beat together until mixture is slightly thickened.

Drop the cooled cookies, a few at a time, into the glaze.  With a fork, 
turn to coat completely. Lift out and place on a wire rack to dry or, 
preferably, roll in a shallow bowl of sifted confectioners' sugar for a 
final dusting of crunchy, snow-like frosting.  Store in a tightly covered 
container at least a week before using.
Cuisine:
  "German"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 112 Calories; 1g Fat (6.8% calories 
from fat); 1g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 9mg 
Cholesterol; 15mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 
Fruit; 0 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


* Exported from MasterCook *

                        Choco Peanut Butter Dreams

Recipe By     :Quaker Oatmeal ad, Family Circle, December 20, 1988
Serving Size  : 72    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Brand/Prepared                  Chocolate
                Cookies                         Holiday

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1 1/2           cups  Brown Sugar
  1                cup  Peanut Butter
     3/4           cup  Unsalted Butter -- or margarine
     1/3           cup  Water
  1                     Eggs
  1                tsp  Vanilla
  3               cups  Oats -- uncooked
  1 1/2           cups  Flour
     1/2           tsp  Baking Soda
  1 1/2           cups  Chocolate Chips
  4                tsp  Shortening
     1/3           cup  Chopped Peanuts -- unsalted

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat sugar, peanut butter and margarine 
until  fluffy.  Blend in water, egg, and vanilla; add combined dry 
ingredients,  mixing well.  Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased 
cookie sheet;  flatten with glass dipped in sugar.  Bake 8-10 minutes or 
until golden  brown.  Cool completely.

In a saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and shortening, 
stirring  constantly until smooth.*  Top each cookie with 1/2 tsp. 
chocolate;  sprinkle with nuts.  Chill until set.

*Microwave instructions:  Place chocolate and shortening in a 
glass  container; microwave at HIGH 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute 
and  then every 30 seconds until smooth.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 120 Calories; 8g Fat (55.0% calories 
from fat); 4g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 8mg Cholesterol; 
28mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Fat; 0 
Other Carbohydrates.


Nutr. Assoc. : 4409 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


* Exported from MasterCook *

                              Pecan Tassies

Recipe By     :Irma Tarsi
Serving Size  : 24    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Brand/Prepared                  Cookies
                Family                          Holiday

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        ---Crust---
  3                 oz  Cream Cheese -- softened/room temp
     1/2           cup  Unsalted Butter -- softened/room temp
  1                cup  Sifted Flour
                        ---Filling---
  1                     Eggs
     3/4           cup  Brown Sugar
  1               Tbsp  Unsalted Butter -- softened
  1                tsp  Vanilla
  1               dash  Salt
     2/3           cup  Pecans -- chopped/divided

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
To make crust:  Blend together cream cheese and butter.  Stir in 
flour.   Chill about 1 hour.  Shape into 2 dozen 1-inch balls; place in 
ungreased  miniature muffin tins.  Press dough against bottom and sides.
To  make filling:  Beat together egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, 
and  salt just until smooth.  Add pecans to egg mixture.  Add egg mixture 
and  top with remaining pecans.  Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or 
until  filling is set.  Cool; remove from pans.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 108 Calories; 8g Fat (63.6% calories 
from fat); 1g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 23mg 
Cholesterol; 26mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 
Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES :        egg mixture into shells, and top with remaining pecans.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


* Exported from MasterCook *

                               Rolo Cookies

Recipe By     :Internet
Serving Size  : 48    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Brand/Prepared                  Chocolate
                Cookies                         Family

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2 1/2           cups  flour
     3/4           cup  cocoa
  1                tsp  baking soda
  1                cup  sugar
  1                cup  brown sugar
  1                cup  unsalted butter -- softened
  2                tsp  vanilla
  2                     eggs
  1                cup  pecans -- finely chopped
  48                    Rolo candies
  1                 Tb  sugar

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, 
and  baking soda.  Mix well.  In large bowl, beat the sugars and butter 
until  light and fluffy.  Add vanilla and eggs; beat well.  Add flour 
mixture;  blend well.  Stir in 1/2 cup of pecans.  For each cookie, with 
floured hands, shape about 1 Tb of dough around a  Rolo, covering 
completely. In small bowl, combine rest of pecans and 1 Tb sugar.  Press 
one side of  each ball in pecan/sugar mixture.  Place nut side up on 
ungreased cookie  sheet, 2 inches apart.  Bake 7 - 10 minutes or until set 
and slightly  cracked.  Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes, then remove and 
cool completely  on wire racks.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 123 Calories; 6g Fat (40.9% calories 
from fat); 1g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 18mg 
Cholesterol; 31mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 
Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : 1 pkg of Rolo candies has 48 in it.  I buy 2 packages to allow for 
some being eaten during the baking process and because I can get  more than 
4 dozen cookies out of the dough.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


* Exported from MasterCook *

                            Just Good Cookies

Recipe By     :Hunter Peak Ranch (in Amer Ctry Inn B&B Cookbook)
Serving Size  : 24    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Brand/Prepared                  Chocolate
                Cookies

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  Unsalted Butter
  1                cup  Peanut Butter -- less, if desired
  1                cup  Brown Sugar
     1/2           cup  Sugar
  3                     Eggs
  1               Tbsp  Vanilla
  2               cups  Flour
  2                tsp  Baking Powder
  2               cups  Rolled Oats -- uncooked
  12                oz  Chocolate Chips
                        Coconut -- optional
                        Raisins -- optional
                        Peanuts -- optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease cookie sheets.

In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, 
and sugar.  Add in eggs and vanilla, and beat mixture until light and 
fluffy.  Sift flour and baking powder, add to creamed mixture, and blend 
well.  Stir in oats and chocolate chips.  (Add coconut, raisins, and/or 
peanuts at this time, if desired.)

Place on prepared cookie sheets, making cookies any size desired.  Bake at 
350 for 10-12 minutes.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 312 Calories; 18g Fat (50.8% 
calories from fat); 6g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 44mg 
Cholesterol; 103mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 
1/2 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : Makes approximately 2 dozen *very* large cookies.  (I don't think 
I've been able to make less than 3 dozen with this recipe, even when 
they've been very large.)


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


* Exported from MasterCook *

                     Kathryn's Peanut Butter Cookies

Recipe By     :Home and Family, w/o March 3, 1997
Serving Size  : 1     Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Candy                           Cookies
                Do-Ahead                        Easy
                Quick                           Sweet

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  18                oz  peanut butter/chocolate chip cookie dough -- 
chilled/* see note
  24                    miniature Reese's cups

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice the dough into 1" rounds. Divide each 
round into quarters. **   Take 2" tart tins and spray with non-stick 
cooking spray. Place the quarter piece of dough into each tart tin and bake 
for 10-12 minutes.  While cookies are baking, remove peanut butter cups 
from wrappers.  When cookies are removed from oven, press a peanut butter 
cup in the top center of each cookie.  Let cool.



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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 0 Calories; 0g Fat (0.0% calories 
from fat); 0g Protein; 0g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 
0mg Sodium.  Exchanges: .

NOTES : * Recipe can also be used with Sugar Cookie Dough Roll.  This 
version of the recipe won the grand prize in a recent Child magazine cookie 
recipe contest.

** Or just divide dough evenly into 24 pieces.


* Exported from MasterCook *

                               Hamantaschen

Recipe By     :
Serving Size  : 36    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    :
  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  butter
  1                cup  sugar
  1                     egg
  1         Tablespoon  milk
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  2               cups  flour
  2          teaspoons  baking powder
     1/4      teaspoon  salt
                        jelly or jam -- or other filling

Cream the butter (rubbing it with the back of a wooden spoon) and gradually 
add the sugar.  Beat the mixture until fluffy.  Add egg, milk, and vanilla, 
and beat well.

Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.  Add to the mixture.

Stir to make a soft dough.  Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Sprinkle a board lightly with flour.  Roll the dough out on the board until 
it is about 1/8 inch thick.  Dip a wide-mouthed jar or glass into flour and 
press it into dough to cut circles.

Spoon some jelly or jam in the center of each circle.  Bring three sides of 
the circle together to form a triangle (leaving about 1/3 open.  Pinch the 
edges together to make a seam.

Arrange well apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 400 degrees for 
10-23 minutes.  Makes about 3 dozen.

Source:
  "The recipe with the picture of the lion"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 72 Calories; 3g Fat (34.3% calories 
from fat); 1g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 12mg 
Cholesterol; 70mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 
Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.





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