Gingerbread Cookies

 Ingredients

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup molasses

4-4 ½ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon cloves

3 ½ teaspoons ginger

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

½ cup butter

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

1 egg

½ teaspoon vanilla

1 cup flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

Hermits

 Ingredients

¾ cup butter

1 ½ cups brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon mace

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup raisins (rinsed & drained)

1 cup chopped dates

1 cup chopped walnuts

Velvet Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients:
1 lb butter

1 ½ cups icing sugar (sifted)

4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1. Cream butter
2. Add icing sugar and cream well
3. Sift flour & baking powder, add to batter and mix well – you might want to use your hands to combine last half of flour mixture. Work it in until smooth.
4. Divide in two. I sometimes form a log, after chilling I slice with a sharp knife about 1/8^th to ¼ inch slice.
5. Or Roll out dough and use cookie cutters
6. Place on greased cookie sheet
7. Bake at 325 degrees until lightly browned (about 10-12 minutes)
8. Stores well in air tight tins or freeze after cooking

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

½ cup butter

¾ cup sugar

1 egg

½ teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon milk (or cream)

1 ½ cups flour

¼ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in sugar
2. Add egg and vanilla and beat well
3. Sift flour, soda and baking powder, add to batter and mix well
4. Divide dough into 3 or 4 (softball sized) balls and refrigerate 1 hour or more
5. Roll dough out about ¼ inch thick and cut using cooking cutters
6. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes
7. Decorate with icing after cooled

Cookie Icing:

1 ½ cups icing sugar

4 tablespoons milk

add food coloring if desired

Non Rolled Sugar Cookies: use ¼ cup less flour and arrange by teaspoonful on cookie sheet

Chocolate Sugar Cookies: before adding flour to Sugar cookie batter, add 1/3 cup dry cocoa or 2 ounces of unsweetened melted chocolate