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ISO FRench Cookie Recipes!

2008-08-03T10:24:17Z

Hey guys, I was wondering if someone could help me find some recipes
(even some authentic French baking cookbooks containing these recipes)!

Now, the first one I remember making for French class during my final
year of Jr. High; it was a recipe our teacher handed me to prepare a
day of French food the next day with the rest of the class. All I
remember about it was that they were very thin and sweet almond
cookies that, immediately after they were baked, me and mom draped
them on a broom handle to give them their distinctive curve. However,
on the orders of one of our rather bossy class mates, we had to
greatly tweak it, by adding more dry ingredients, because he demanded
that I ommit the almonds (if I'm remembering the approproate nut).
Otherwise, the batter/dough was really slack without the nuts.

And, I've recently heard of another recipe that I can't seem to locate
ANYWHERE: Kornigou; they're supposed to resemble antlers when they're
finished. Anyone ever heard of this one before?

Heck, anyone know of any really great French baking books, too? ;o)

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Lavender Cookie Recipes?

2008-08-01T18:56:19Z

Hewy guys, does anyone have any uber-delicious lavender cookie recipes that use the leaves? I have some provence lavender growing in my garden (which smells like cologne to me; far more "yummy" and arousing that the minty scent British Mumstead var...which is also why I plan on making an oil-based infusion and tincture out of the leaves when my lavender gets nice an' big!).

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ISO a Chewy Lemon Cookie Recipe

2008-04-26T03:36:46Z

Hey guys, I am wondering if anyone, here, might have a much-cherished recipe for lemon cookies! I just bought a new set of measuring cups, and was given a loely glass Jack-O-Lanter cookie jar, so I have the worse craving for cookies! So, I'd love to go on down tock up some vanilla extract, and a large fresh lemon to use the peeling and juice in a cookie! Anyone have any beloved recipes on hand that might fit the bill? ;o)

Take Care,
Wade

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The BEST..Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Recipe!

2008-04-02T11:10:59Z

when I make cookies or even any baked goods..I Try to make them healthy

so when I make these..I do use...ww pastry flour!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

* 1 cup butter
* 2 cups brown sugar
* 3 eggs
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 2 cups peanut butter
* 2 cups flour
* 2 cups old-fashioned oats
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and peanut butter. Add dry ingredients. Roll by tablespoon-full into balls.

and press down with a fork..criss cross

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!

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pumpkin cookies

2008-03-11T02:42:09Z

i made these last night. Enjoying one right now and thought i would share

cream together
1/2 cup earth balance
3/4 cup brown turbinado sugar
then added one cup of roasted pumpkin puree
mixed up 2 tbsp flax seed meal w/ 6 tbsp water and whisked till frothy and added it to the pumpkin mix and added 2 tsp vanilla.

in a separate bowl went:
1 and 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 and 1/4 cup oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
dash sea salt
dash cloves

baked at 375 for 12 minutes

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Chocolate Reindeer Cookies

2008-01-21T09:32:17Z

Just finished a batch of these with my friends 5 year old daughter. Something to leave for Santa. They came out really cute.

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
72 small pretzel twists
72 candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
36 small red gum drops

In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, cocoa powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.

Divide dough into 6 equal portions. Wrap portions in waxed paper or plastic wrap. Chill for 3 hours or until dough is easy to handle.

On a lightly floured surface, roll each dough portion into a circle 6 inches in diameter. Using a knife, cut each circle into 6 wedges. Place wedges 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
For antlers, on each triangle lightly press a pretzel into the upper corners. Press in chocolate pieces for eyes. For a nose, press a red gumdrop into the dough triangle about 1/2 inch from the point.

Bake in a 375° F oven for 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are firm. Do not overbake. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool.

Makes 36 cookies

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Rum Raisin Cheesecake squares

2007-12-20T05:04:15Z

1/3 cup butter or margarine softened
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3 Tablespoons rum (or extract)
1/2 cup raisins (I used golden raisins)
To make th crust-cream together the butter and brown sugar, stir in the flour, and add the nuts. Press into an 8-or 9-inch square pan., reserving some of the crumbs to use as a topping. Bake in 350 deg oven for 10-12 minutes. Cool.
With a mixer beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Add the sugar, egg and rum, beat well. Then stir in the raisins. Spread the mixture over the cooked crust, then sprinkle with the remaining crumbs. Bake in a 350 oven for 20-25 minutes.
Makes 9-12 servings.

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kiss recipe

2007-12-18T04:39:17Z

hello cookie lovers.. i am looking for a recipe that has a choc kiss inside the dough and baked, but the dough doesn't go flat... anyone out there heard of this or something close to it?

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Gingerbread...Men

2007-12-16T18:41:33Z

this is absolutely the best gingerbread cookie recipe.

and make sure you make the burned butter frosting..as its unbelievably complimentary!

GingerBread Men..hmm Woman too*

this is the best recipe I have found.. for gingerbread cookies..

3 Cups flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
>>>
1/2 cp butter
1/2 cp sugar
1 egg
1/2 cp molasses
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cp grated FRESH gingerroot
>>>
Browned Butter Icing..this makes it so delicious..*

In med bowl..stir flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves

In Mixing bowl beat butter for 30 seconds..
add sugar and beat untill fluffy..
..add eggs, molases and vanilla...beat till combined..
..add flour mixture..and the gingerroot..

cover and chill about 3 hours..or overnight..

Roll out to 1/8 inch...cut out with desired shapes..

Bake 375 for 5-6 minutes..

NOw the best part...Browned Butter Icing..

in saucepan..lightly brown the 1/2 cup BUtter..than cool..
and add 2 cups of sifted powdered sugar..
and 3 to 4 tablespoosn of milk..to make frosting piping
consistancy...
spread on cookies..adorn..the way you wish..

let dry...and savor*

I double this recipe...and love to share them ..
everyone always loves them..the frosting is great...
make sure you make that part..adds a really cool flavor..

Peace and hugs..Heron*

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let's start a holiday cookie list

2007-12-14T08:19:55Z

Any ideas or recipes ?

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Post some recipes!

2007-11-25T04:50:08Z

It's getting close to that time of year. Anyone want to share a tried and true cookie recipe with the rest of us?

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Help

2007-11-19T05:07:58Z

I took out my favorite Christmas Cookie gift recipe to post here and got distracted now 3 days later it is no where to be found.

I have googled to no avail.

Does anyone have Martha Stewart's Mixed Fruit and Nuts Cookie recipe? It has dried apricots, cherries, pistachios and ......................

If you can help you will be making may coworkers happy, since they expect these cookies every year.

Thanks.

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Newbie

2007-11-18T17:40:53Z

Hi everyone!
New to the tribe, and I wanted to say hi. Also, does anyone rember those no bake cookies? My neice made a request for them for Thanksgiving, and I can't find my recipe. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Je'nia

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does anyone remember Nabisco Chocolate Snaps??

2007-07-09T01:11:52Z

of know where to find them now? or have a recipe to Make them? or asn alternate: Chocolate Melody Cookies... sigh...

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carrot cookies

2007-06-17T01:17:22Z

mix together
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
pinch salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

set aside

mix up 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup maple syrup,. add gratings of 3 carrots, some chopped walnuts and dried cranberries

add to dry mix and combine well

bake at 350 for 10 minutes

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Chocolate Dalmations

2007-05-16T19:23:03Z

Has anyone here ever made Marcel Desaulniers' "Chocolate Dalmations" cookie recipe? I've made it twice with two different results, and a neighbor, who is in culinary school, tried it too and came out with a different cookie than I did. I can't seem to find a contact for Mr. Desaulniers, and undestand he is not longer associated with The Trellis Restaurant in Wiliamsburg. If you've made this cookie before or know how I can email him, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks.
Rick

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Good M&M Cookie Recipe?

2007-03-12T18:40:17Z

I'm wondering if anyone has a good M&M cookie recipe. I always want to make these, and usually just use the Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip recipe, but I find the dough too sweet to go with the super-sweet M&M's well.

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Favorite Cookie Cookbooks?

2007-03-05T06:33:23Z

What are your favorite cookie cookbooks?

I have some that are full of yummy cookie recipes and I have some that are dedicated to the art of decorating beautiful cookies. What kind and which ones do you like?

Alisa

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Peanut Buttter cookies

2007-03-05T01:49:47Z

Is there a trick to making pb cookies? These seem to be the hardest cookies to perfect. Not enough time and they're way too soft, 45 seconds longer in the oven and they're dried out. Any suggestions? I had the same problem with both a pure peanut butter cookie ( the original with the crisscross on top) and a pb cookie with chocolate chunks and peanuts on top. Any ideas, words of advice would be greatly appreciated!

happy baking!

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Hamantaschen for Purim

2007-02-28T16:28:37Z

It took me too many inedible unsatisfying Hamantaschen to find the Hamantaschen recipe that would satisfy my nostalgic longing but you need not suffer the disappointment and frustration:

It is on p.199 of Maida Heatter's Book of Great Cookies.

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Mexican Chocolate Sugar Cookie Recipe

2007-02-13T06:44:01Z

I came up with this from a basic sugar cookie recipe I got from Spun Sugar in Berkeley. I think it turned out really well, though I do wonder how I could adapt it to just use ground up Mexican Chocolate instead of cocoa and cinnamon. My guess would be to just use Mex Choc in place of the granulated sugar.

Anyway, just in case someone wants to try these... Maybe for Valentine's Day? A caveat: the dough has to be really, really cold (frozen) to cut out cookies properly. As I wrote in the recipe, I roll out the dough first, freeze it, then cut out shapes. I find this much easier than making the dough, chilling it, rolling out the chilled dough, then chilling that dough again and again and again.

Jooliet's Mexican Chocolate Sugar Cookies

For the Cookie Dough:
6 T softened butter
1 c sugar
1 egg
2½ c flour
1 T cinnamon
¼ c cocoa powder
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract (or capful, if you have a big cap and really like vanilla)

For the Royal Icing:
3 T meringue powder
1 # powdered sugar
3½ oz water
gel food coloring (optional)

Decorations to Taste: sanding sugars, nonpareils, etc. Whatever you like!

1. Combine dry ingredients and set aside.
2. In another bowl, cream sugar and butter until fluffy.
3. Add egg, and beat well to combine.
4. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture alternately with milk.
5. Sandwich the room temp dough between two long sheets of plastic wrap, and pat it down a little using your hands.
6. Then, using a rolling pin, roll out dough to about ¼” to 1/8” thickness. (You may want to divide the dough in half before doing this and have two sandwiched “sheets” of dough—especially if freezer space is at a premium. This is also convenient so you can have one sheet still in the freezer while you are cutting out cookies using the other.) Make sure to lift the sheets of wrap occasionally to smooth out any wrinkles you might get on the surface of the
7. Place the rolled-out dough onto a cutting board or piece of marble and put it in the freezer for at least ½-hour, until frozen. (Dough will still be pliable.)
8. Preheat your oven to 350 F while dough is chilling and freezing, and prepare cookie sheet/s with parchment or Silpat/s and set aside. Set up cooling racks for cookies.
9. Once dough is super, super cold, take it out of the freezer, remove the top layer of plastic wrap, and cut cookies out with your favorite cookie cutters. “Peel” away the cut out dough from the bottom layer of wrap, or use a small icing spatula to lift them onto your prepared cookie sheet.
10. When the dough starts becoming uncooperative (tears or otherwise mungs up while you’re trying to cut), it’s become too warm to use successfully. Lump it up, sandwich it between the plastic, pat it out, roll it out, and freeze it again.
11. Bake cookies one sheet at a time at 350 F for 8-10 minutes, rotating the sheet halfway into the baking time. If you like softer sugar cookies, bake them for less time. If you like crispier cookies, bake them longer, but err on the side of underbaking.
12. Let cookies stand on the sheet for 1 minute before removing them from the sheet and onto the cooling racks.
13. While cookies bake and cool, combine the ingredients for royal icing, mixing slowly, then beating at high speed for 7-10 minutes. If you want to pipe icing, make it thick. If you want to drizzle, thinner. A ***tiny*** bit of water goes a long way here!
14. When cookies are completely cool, decorate with royal icing, sanding sugars, and nonpareils of all sorts to your taste.

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Here's what I made...so far..how about you?

2007-01-07T09:26:39Z

Butter crisco recipe for chocolate chip cookies
dried fruit (apricot, cranberries) coconut flavored cookie with white choc chips
7 layer cookies
Russian tea cakes
Rum Raisin cheesecake squares

tomorrow or Saturday-
microwave peanut brittle
stovetop fudge
date meringue cookies

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what did I do wrong ?

2007-01-06T23:17:50Z

I went to all the trouble of making these peppermint and chocolate pinwheels and when they baked the peppermint melted all over the baking sheet and they looked awful.
It was a lot of effort for such a bad result... sniff sniff

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Sharing recipes

2006-12-27T05:20:52Z

I will post a few of my favorite Christmas ones-I'm sending the Rum Raisin cheesecake square recipe to a friend soon. Please add yours!

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cutting back on powdered sugar

2006-12-12T21:22:43Z

Hi everyone...

Does anyone know any nice shortbread or sugar cookie recipes without the use of so much or if it all without any powdered sugar for the icing? My body does not do well with such refined sugar- i get sick...
Wanted to make fun holiday cookies...
Hope someone can help...
Happy cookie baking to you...
Bala

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Whole Foods fat free molasses cookies

2006-12-03T02:50:00Z

Hi all,

Has anyone tried to replicate their fat free molasses cookie recipe by chance? the cookies are very chewy, a little soft, and have tons of spice which is great. It's probably an amaretto style cookie with egg whites and sugar that makes it chewy.

Thanks :)

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It's That Time of the Year Again!

2006-11-27T02:46:01Z

Here's my roster:

-gingerbread cookies, both the soft & chewy and thin crispy types (trying this new thing to give dimension to the cookies with thinned out dough piped onto the cut-out shapes-- with a little bit of mixed results-- the ratio is supposed to be 1: 2 cookie dough to water, but I think 1:1 would work much better after my experience so far today)
-sugar cookies
-pfeffernutzen
-and a bunch of non-cookie concoctions (toffees, fudge, and some little chocolate santas I already tempered and molded)

What is everyone else making?

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Tried and true or something new?

2006-11-14T16:44:25Z

I tend to do both. I have my old Christmas cookie stand-bys-the 7 layer and chocolate chip. But I find myself buying
the new issues of BH&G Holiday cookie magazine each year. I like new too. I always want something lemony or fruit
based along with the chocolate cookies. I'll touch base if I found any new recipes that I just have to try.

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Ritzy fudge covered peanut butter cookie treats

2006-10-17T03:28:03Z

8 ounces chocolate flavored bark or dipping chocolate
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
Ritz Crackers, 3 to 4 dozen
peanut butter
orange sprinkles

Spread peanut butter on a cracker and top with another cracker. Make about 18 to 20.
Melt chocolate and peanut butter chips over hot water or very low heat. Dip filled crackers in the chocolate mixture, turning to coat thoroughly.
Place on wax paper and decorate with Halloween sprinkles. If you have some melted chocolate coating left, assemble a few more filled crackers and dip them. Let treats stand until coating is firm.

I JUST LOVE THESE

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Coconut Clouds

2006-10-12T01:54:52Z

2 and two thirds cups coconut divided
1 pkg yellow cake mix
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon almond extract

1. preheat oven to 350. reserve 1 and 1/3 cups coconut in medium bowl.

2. combine cake mix egg oil water and almond extract in large bowl. beat on low with electric mixer. stir in remaining coconut. drop rounded teaspoonful dough into reserved coconut roll to cover lightly. place on ungreased baking sheet. repreat with remaining dough, placing balls 2 inches apart. bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown. cool 1 minute on pan and remove to cooling racks. cool completely and store in airtight container.

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healthier cookies

2006-10-03T02:45:47Z

I have been substituting healthier ingredients for my cookies, but never went all out. I mean I use Splenda for half the sugar , flax & water for half the eggs , and applesauce for half the shortening....

My biggest question is ...Will using all applesauce for the shortening for cookies work?

Is there a good sub for the flour?

Amy:-)

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Sugar alternative besides splenda?

2006-09-04T01:49:54Z

I have used splenda for half the sugar in my cookies... but I am trying to get away from All the sugar... has anyone ever tried grapejuice concentrate as a sub for sugar?

Amy:-)

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Please fill free to post recipes and photos here!

2006-08-18T16:01:10Z

If you run across yummy recipes or photos, we would love to see them too. Cut and pasting is a wonderful thing.

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Gingerbread Men

2006-08-16T13:10:10Z

Does anyone know the secret to making gingerbread men soft??
Mine always come out hard and crunch.

:(

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Sugar Cookies as Party Favors

2006-07-26T19:09:09Z

Hi Fellow Cookie Monsters,

I could use some help---
I'm putting together a Raggedy Ann themed birthday party for my 2 year old daughter.
I'd like to bake heart shaped sugar cookies that say "I LOVE YOU", wrap them individually in plastic wrap and give them as party favors.

Does anyone have a favorite recipe for a sturdy cut-out sugar cookie they could share?
(PS: I also could use an equally sturdy icing recipe... so I can decorate them.

Thanks in advance,
Estella's Mom

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I have got the recipe for you!

2006-03-12T23:30:01Z

as of late ive been making a ton of cookies for various events and in my search for something new and fun I found these. They are def a favorite! ive had so many people ask for the recipe, which is weird cause they are just in Betty C. cookie book.
I havent tried the orange variation yet, probably because I just love the Lime too much!
Enjoy

Lemon-Lime Cookies

1 C. sugar
2/3 C. shortening
1 Tbsp. grated lemon peel
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. grated lime peel
1 Tbsp. lime juice
1 egg
1 3/4 C. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Beat sugar, shortening, lemon pool, lemon juice, lime peel,
lime juice and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed,
or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
Cool 1-2 minutes, remover from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely frost with Lemon- Lime frosting.

Frosting

2 C. powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp. grated lime peel
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2-3 teaspoon of water

Mix all ingredients until smooth and spreadable.

Variation: Orange cookies

substitute 2 Tbsp grated orange peel for the lemon and lime peels and 1/4 C.
orange juice for the lemon and lime juices in the cookie dough.
Substitute 1 tsp. grated orange peel for the lime peel and about 2 Tbsp.
orange juice for the lemon juice and water in the frosting.

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Easter cookies directions

2006-03-12T23:24:13Z

http://thepartyworks.com/article_info.php/cArticlePath/49/articles_id/213

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Christmas cookie link

2006-02-26T02:25:38Z

I clipped this from a magazine I was tossing-looks good!
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/

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Hobnobs???

2006-02-15T18:06:21Z

Does anyone know a recipe for these?? I can't find anything on the net (maybe I am searching wrong!)

Thanks!

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Pumped out the first tin of Chocolate chips

2006-02-15T17:58:12Z

I am so tired! At first I couldn't find the butter crisco recipe for the Ultimate Chocolate Chip cookie. It was lost in my book stand. I doubled the recipe and it took me a good 2 hours to make them all. They look good. No spreading, more compact. I let my airbake cookie sheets cool before adding the dough for baking. I was mad at myself for not buying new baking soda as what I used had a 9/05 expiration date on it. They did 'puff up' though. If you'd like the recipe, let me know. It isn't in the butter crisco wrapper this year.
Next...Russian Tea cakes. I can sit to make these little buttery balls.

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New Baker saying Hello

2006-01-29T17:44:06Z

Hi there -

New to the tribe, so I thought I'd say hello and invite everyone over for cookies and a cuppa. LOL
I've been making cookies my whole life, and love new recipes. I'm a serious chocoholic, and was born in the South, so pecans hold a near and dear place in my heart. You'll always find real butter at my house too.
I didn't make quite so many this year, but last year I baked and gave away almost 60 dozen cookies, including both sugar and gingerbread cutouts, chestnut sandwich cookies, and shortbreads.

The kettle just boiled - gotta run.

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Tagalog

2006-01-27T02:31:34Z

What kind of cookie is this and how come I've never heard of it considering I grew up in the Philippines?

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Whatcha baking in January?

2006-01-22T16:11:02Z

Are you all 'baked out' from the holidays? I do have leftover chocolate chips, pecans, etc that I should really make into something. Not sure if I want to do something boring (but good) like chocolate chips or 7 layer. Cookbook time!

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Drooling over 100 Best Cookie mag

2005-12-20T00:01:57Z

It's a collector's issue. I can't decide what I want to make!
The Apricot Sage cookies sound different, but maybe too different for my family.
I've been looking for peanut butter swirl cookies and they have a recipe, but (using premade peanut butter dough). The recipe I use to do was from scratch and you melted chocolate for the swirl part. Pure heaven.

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Christmas cookie season is coming!

2005-12-18T05:38:00Z

Yep, this is my biggest baking time of the year for me and I go all out making 6-10 different kinds of cookies. My son is in heaven too. What do you bake? Do you give them away?
I usually bake the chocolate chip cookies first. The recipe I think that is foolproof is the one on the butter crisco wrapper. It's the best I've found anyway. I'll do the Russian teacakes, 7 layer cookies (my son's favorites) and then I will usually try some new delicious sounding recipes. But the above are a must every year. And I give a tray each to my immediate family members.

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12 days of cookies

2005-12-16T13:36:29Z

These all look yummy!
The 12 days of cookies:
http://www.coffee-mate.com/articles/?articleid=2005111174045192168539

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Jack Daniel's Cookie Recipe (funny!!!!!!!)

2005-12-15T03:09:58Z

Christmas Cookie Recipe

Christmas Cookie Ingredients:

1 cup of water lemon juice
1 tsp baking soda 4 large eggs
1 cup of sugar 1 cup nuts
1 tsp salt 2 cups of dried fruit
1 cup of brown sugar
1 bottle Jack Daniel's Whiskey

Sample the Jack Daniel's to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Jack Daniel's again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer....Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the Jack Daniel's is still OK, try another cup...Just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit, Pick the frigging fruit off floor... Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the Jack Daniel's > ;> to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the Jack Daniel's. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. ; Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Dack Daniel's and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.

CHERRY MISTMAS %+\

Author's Note: Credit for this good laugh must be given to the person who originally posted this over at the RYZE Networking group ... Ginger Marks of "docUmeant" Your Writing Assistant. Cheers! Karen

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number 100

2005-12-14T05:44:46Z

yes thats me... i am member #100...LOL

i like cookies and cookies like me and i am taking the cheap way out of Xmas this year and for Bdays and holidays and everyones getting a box of homemade cookies...LMAO
~_~

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Anyone freeze cookies?

2005-12-13T13:11:03Z

I never have had to, but I am thinking about starting early this year and popping them in the freezer. My son usually finds them in the tins and makes a meal on them. Any suggestions? Do they taste the same?

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Christmas Cookies.com

2005-12-08T03:36:20Z

http://www.christmas-cookies.com/

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Cowboy Cookies

2005-12-08T03:34:50Z

From Laura Bush! (not for the diet conscious)

3 sticks butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. cinnamon
3 cups chocolate chips
3 cups oats
2 cups coconut
2 cups pecans

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, Beat. Add dry ingredients until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

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Looking for a recipie

2005-11-19T03:46:54Z

Does anyone have a good one for frosted sugar cookies?

We've been trying to find a really good one, before the holidays.

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Snickerdoodles

2005-11-17T19:32:23Z

On Tea Fiends, someone reminded me of theses perfect cookies from my childhood, but I need a receipe. Anyone have a great one?

Many thanks

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Brownies

2005-11-16T16:29:26Z

Anyone have a tried and true recipe fudge brownie? A local lady use to make them and I remember buying them at the college bookstore years ago. I think they were Rachel's Brownies and they were so rich I would get half sick eating one. : )

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Halloween Treats

2005-10-22T04:14:12Z

Hi,

I really like decorating cookies and cakes. I'm preparing for some Halloween parties and I was wondering what Halloween goodies others on this tribe might be planning. Pictures would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Alisa

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Pumpkin Cookies

2005-10-18T20:42:24Z

I have a great recipe for soft pumpkin cookies. I got the streamlined recipe, see below, from my mom who got the original from a canned pumpkin label. They taste like pumpkin pie, and are much lighter than a pumpkin muffin.

I've always wanted to make crispy pumpkin cookies, though. Does anyone have a crispy pumpkin cookie recipe to share? Other pumpkin cookie variations are also welcome (just not big and soft cookies--I've got that covered!).

Thanks!

~~~

OLD-FASHIONED SOFT PUMPKIN COOKIES

Dry
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Wet
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup cooked pumpkin, plain
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift and mix together dry ingredients. In separate, larger bowl, mix together wet ingredients. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

Drop by teaspoon or tablespoonful onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on racks.

Makes 3 dozen medium-sized cookies.

~~~

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Again...chinese almond cookies

2005-10-15T23:45:07Z

This was posted about some time back, but I don't think anyone every posted a recipe. Anyone know of a recipe to make those almond cookies like they serve in the chinese restaurants? They are really crispy and crumbly, almost like a shortbread. Regular almond cookie recipes don't seem to be quite the same.

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Good cookie recipe site

2005-10-11T20:30:53Z

http://www.recipezaar.com/r/88/87/q=cookies
Please add any you run across that look good.

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Recipe sorting

2005-09-27T04:10:29Z

I just obtained a new bookcase for my cookbooks, and stumbled across recipe clippings too! I can not believe how many clipped recipes I have! And my tastes have changed over the years. I did toss a bunch. A few that I put aside were for no bake Brownies (can we call them fudge too?) and chocolate banana bread as I always have lots of bananas that turn brown.

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Sugar icing

2005-09-27T04:09:04Z

1 package (1 pound) 10x confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 to 1/2 cup water.
Combine all the above (1/3 water) in a medium size bowl; stir until smooth. Add more water, a tablespoon at a time until icing is spoonable or flows easily from spoon.
Will ice 2 dozen 3-4 1/2 inch cookies
Don't forget to color the icing!

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Chocolate Cookie

2005-08-17T00:34:25Z

http://www.millstone.com/pages/recipes/ShowRecipe.jsp?CategoryID=101&RecipeID=1096&cid=24560

Chocolate is a favorite flavor any time, and making it smooth and cool is the perfect way to enjoy chocolate in the summertime. This month I'm sharing with you a recipe for chocolate cookies, made deliciously complex with a few tablespoons of Millstone Chocolate Velvet Decaf ground coffee. They're perfect for making your own ice cream sandwiches, or for munching on the patio with a cool drink.

Enjoy the ice cream sandwiches with an iced version of Millstone Chocolate Velvet Decaf, turned frosty with coffee ice cubes. Simply brew up an extra pot, pour into ice cube trays and freeze. Your iced coffee will stay the same strength all through a lazy afternoon.

Janine MacLachlan's Chicago-based cooking school The Rustic Kitchen, focuses on stylish casual entertaining. Her web site is www.rustickitchen.com.

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Old recipe cards

2005-08-02T16:19:53Z

I was checking out de.lic.ious and found these recipe cards. The guy had scanned over 200 of his mom's recipes. Pretty neat.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_g/sets/412209/show/

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Easy Biscotti

2005-07-23T18:17:14Z

I like biscotti, but sometimes it's kind of pricey to buy, and a bit time consuming to make. A friend shared this really easy way to make it, no measuring involved, and it taste just about as good as what you buy at the stores, so thought I'd pass it on to you biscotti lovers.

Quick Biscotti

Get a box cake mix and only mix in the eggs. Then roll it into a loaf thing (like a sourdough or farmer's loaf and bake it for 20 mins at 300 degrees. Then take it out of the oven and let it cool a bit. Slice it, place the pieces back on the sheet and bake them again until crunchy.

Once cooled, you can dip them in chocolate or another topping. If you want almonds in them just add to the mix before shaping the loaf. If you want flavoured biscotti, make it with white cake mix and add almond extract or orange peel, or used devils food for chocolate biscotti. Experiment, the possibilities are numerous.

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Favorite Cookie

2005-07-04T22:16:07Z

So, what IS your favorite all time cookie to make? Can you narrow it down to just one?

I love so many, but homemade, I think my favorites are the tried and true Tollhouse Chocolate Chip and Coconut Crisp Cookies:

Coconut Crisp Cookies

1 stick butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coconut
1 cup flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup oats

Cream butter; add sugars, mixing well. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. Sift together flour, baking powder & soda, salt and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture. Stir in oats and coconut. Drop by teaspoons onto baking sheet and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. 3 dozen.

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Sweet Memories 100 yrs of cookies

2005-06-22T04:06:41Z

Good Housekeeping ran this a few years back. I'll start the thread and if you can think of any others that would fit in too, go ahead and add the recipe.
We'll start with the turn of the last century:

1900 Gingerbread Cutouts
Prep-1 hours plus cooling and decorating
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup light (mild) molasses
1 cup (2 sticks)butter (softened)no subs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
5 cups all-purpose flour
Ornamental frosting
1. Heat oven to 375F. In cup, stir baking soda into molasses; set aside until pale brown and frothy.
2.Meanwhile in large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter with sugar, ginger, and salt until creamy, occasionally scraping the bowl with rubber spatula. At low speed, beat in molasses mixture with egg (will look curdled). Gradually add 4 3/4 cups flour;beat just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl.
3. On lightly floured surface, knead dough until thoroughly mixed, kneading in remaining 1/4 flour if necessary. Divide dough in half- wrap half of dough with plastic wrap and set aside.
4. Preheat the oven to 375F. On floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll remaining half of dough slightly thinner than 1/4 inch. Use floured 3-4" cookie cutters. Reserve trimmings.
5. Bake cookies 8-10 minutes until edges are brown.
6. Cool and decorate. Allow frosting to dry completely, about 1 hour. Store cookies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
(I need to locate the icing recipe).

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Name change in order?

2005-06-03T18:45:44Z

I was thinking
'Cookie cravings'....let's hear your ideas and we'll vote. If you like the original name we'll 'let it be'.

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Popular cookies of the 20th century...coming soon...

2005-05-31T21:37:31Z

I am clipping magazines and the Good Housekeeping Xmas issue from about 1999 has every popular cookie recipe from 1900 to 1990. I'll start adding them here. So watch this post.

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OMG, when did this happen?

2005-05-26T04:43:37Z

Well, thanks for making me the moderator. I am a big fan of cookie baking. I pledge that I will try and add some spark to this tribe.
Happy baking!

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Wait a minute

2005-05-24T15:26:37Z

Has anyone seen our Moderator?

Or did I miss an important message.

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No bake simplicity...

2005-05-21T11:03:03Z

I was wondering if anyone had any recipes for no bake cookies that
A) require little to no measuring of ingredients (you know, one bag of this, half a bag of that, a handful of the other)and B) will not get all melty in the hot sunshine. I volunteer at a summer music festival every year and thought I'd like to make simple cookies to keep my troops happy. I will be camping and won't have access to a stove. The easier the better! thanks in advance!

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Cookie Smash Hit!

2005-05-20T00:35:02Z

We had a party at work yesterday. I made oatmeal cookies using the recipe under the lid of the Quaker Oat box (one of my all time favorite cookies). Instead of just using raisins for add-ins I used butterscotch chips, golden raisins, toasted pecans, and coconut. The coworkers were happily impressed! I told them it was just the recipe from the oatmeal box with different stuff added in, but they all acted like they were the best things since ... well ... home-baked cookies! You'd think they never baked a cookie before! :D

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Hard cookies

2005-03-21T06:44:28Z

Please help me someone. Every time I bake cookies (mostly chocolate chip) the cookes come out hard and crunchy. I take them out the oven when they are slightly brown and put them on a cooling rack. Give them 10 minutes and they are rock hard!! What am I doing wrong?

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Cookies By Design

2005-03-21T06:36:23Z

I love the cookies this company make and deliever to your door, but the prices will blow you away.

I would love to have cookies just like theirs, thick, frosted sugar cookies without the huge price.

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Have you been to the Bazaar...?

2005-01-09T06:54:15Z

Check out the Crafty Carnivale Bazaar tribe!

craftybazaar.tribe.net/

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Looking for hard to find ingredient

2004-12-17T10:46:21Z

I am trying to find "concentrated chocolate flavoring extract", does anyone here know of its whereabouts? It is not for a cookie recipe, but for a cordial recipe, but I thought cookie people would maybe have a lead for me.
Thanks!

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The BEST Shortbread Cookies

2004-12-09T16:31:31Z

I posted this elsewhere, but it really belongs on this tribe. Sorry to any of you who are getting this twice.

Fine Cooking had a fabulous Shortbread article several years ago(April/May 1996-- Issue 14), I make them every year. One of the tricks they recomend is to use superfine sugar (I just whir table sugar in the cuisinart to make it super fine), this makes them even more delicate.

1 lb unsalted butter, softened
1C superfine sugar
1/2 tsp salt
18 oz (4 C.) all-purpose flour

Beat butter until fluffy, slowly add sugar until blended.

Blend salt into flour. Add flour 1 cup at a time into butter, scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Continue to mix another 2 to 3 minutes until dough is smooth and soft.

To shape the cookies draw a 10x15 inch rectangle on a piece of parchment and put it on the BACK of a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan. Pat or roll the dough into an even layer in the rectangle. Use a ruler to SCORE the dough into 1x2 1/2 inch pieces. With a fork pierce each piece in three places on a diagonal.

Cover with plastic wrap and stick in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

Position racks, one in lower third one in upper third of oven and preheat to 325.

Line 2 sheets with parchment. Cut cookies through scored lines. Arrange on sheets with an inch of space between.

Put sheets in oven and reduce heat to 300. Bake for 20 minutes. Then turn the pans halfway and swap the lower shelf pan to the top and vice-versa, then bake for another 14-16 minutes.

Cool the cookies on the pans for 5 minutes before transferring to racks.

These are incredible!

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gift cookies

2004-12-08T01:07:44Z

I have an old sugar cookie recipe that I got from the mother of a childhood friend. These are sturdy roll-out cookies that can be made weeks ahead, keep beautifully and taste better if eaten at least a week after they are baked. My friends' mom used Aunt Chick cookie molds. She'd decorate them with icing (white areas & green Christmas trees) and colored sugar. The sugar was attached using a colored-water egg white wash applied to a specific are with a small watercolor brush, then dipped into the color sugar that matched the food colored "paint" while it was damp. Excess was tapped off and allowed to dry. Then a different color was applied to a different part of the cookie. The results were pretty spectacular.

I didn't do all the fancy decorating and I tweaked her recipe by replacing the crisco she used for butter (so these might be a bit more perishable than hers, which were yummy for nearly two months at room temp!). I also added some different seasonings.

Version 1

Carol's Cookies

wet:
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 free range eggs
tsp vanilla
grated peel of one orange
1/8 teaspoon almond extract (no more!)

dry:
41/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablesppons powdered cardamom

chill, roll out and cut into desired shapes

375 °for about 8 minutes or until slightly browned

Version 2

Bryan's Anise Cookies

wet:
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 free range eggs
tsp vanilla
grated peel of one lemon
1 tablespoon anise seeds

dry:
41/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

chill, roll out and cut into desired shapes

375 °for about 8 minutes or until slightly browned

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Cookie Connection

2004-12-06T16:29:32Z

http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=community&m=community/CookieMain&e=email

Visit Cookie Connection for more great recipes and tips

I am going to add a couple cool pictures too.

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Sugar Skulls

2004-11-22T02:16:23Z

http://bol1200-01.k12.fsu.edu/calaverarosa.JPG

http://www.rso.cornell.edu/lalsa/NewFiles/SugarSkullMound.jpg

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chinese fortune

2004-11-16T06:49:45Z

No one knows what they will pull out of a cookie jar. What fortune awaits the google eyed seeker? Maybe love, maybe a fat carb, perhaps just good taste . What brings us here for life on this planet? And what would life be without a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie?

I need a small electric kiln I can use in my home. i also want to learn how to make glass beads and sell them. What's a good cheal digital camera?

I have a large handbuilt harp made in texas I'd like to sell.

Today's colors are dusty miller and mojave purple and soft faded greens.

lucky numburs are brazil nut macademia chocolate suffle with ginger cream sauce. 2 for U 1 for me.

enjoy!

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Oreo's

2004-11-16T06:41:12Z

What is going on with Oreo cookies??
All the different flavors, and stuffs. Now they have "Golden Oreos". How many does that make?

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Surviving the Holidays:

2004-11-12T02:31:35Z

Surviving the Holidays:
This is the place to ask for or share your favorite recipe. Need ideas on what to make for snacks? Ask. Decorting ideas, dealing with the in-laws, all of the things that make the holidays not the joyful events they should be. Come and share and make this season, better than last year.
http://holidayseason.tribe.net/

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Looking for Vietnamese Almond Cookie recipe!

2004-11-11T20:43:36Z

I'm looking for a recipe for a Vietnamese Almond Cookie. This recipe was in the 1983 (I think) issue of Womans Day or Family Circle. I lost the recipe and haven't been able to find it since. This was a cookie that used almond paste and you refrigerated the dough sliced and baked. I don't remember anything else about it. I hope someone out there has the recipe.

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Girls Scout Cookies.

2004-10-24T00:32:56Z

Finally got into that box of "new" GS Double Dutch cookies. They were a let down, pretty much just Chips Ahoy witha "chalklit" dough. Bleech.

Every time I deviate from the Thin Mints and Trefoils, I regert it.

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cookie copyrights?!?

2004-10-09T13:56:31Z

http://arizona.tribe.net/thread/2b50afef-68c9-42d4-80d8-3972c0d5d6cf?tribeid=c5f80d6b-9039-442d-a182-681b7ecfe872&threads=threaded&r=10403

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Vanilla wafers

2004-10-08T16:22:39Z

Vanilla wafers were once strictly a southern dish. But today
people from all over the country use in them in their
favorite desserts/recipes or to eat straight from the carton
along with a tall glass of milk or a cup of afternoon tea.

The flavor of vanilla has always been a favorite with people
down south, so it is believed that vanilla wafers were made
in the home well before local bakers began to distribute
these lightweight and tasty cookies. No one knows the true
origin of the vanilla wafer, but Nabisco was the first to
distribute these wafers in grease and moisture-proof cartons,
which helped to keep our Vanilla Wafers longer and fresher
than local bakeries.

A hit with everyone, during World War II the popularity of
these cookies was put to the test when restrictions were
placed on sugar by the government. In 1947 once again sugar
was available and cookie makers were able to meet the
growing demands for the Vanilla Wafers.

I use them in a number of fun recipes that I'd like to share
with you.
------------------------------------------------------------
This is sooo easy and an update of an old standard. I make
mine no-bake. If you are a died in the wool crust baker,
300 degrees for 15 minutes.

* Banana Pudding Tarts

1 1/2 C. vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 C melted butter
1-2 ripe bananas
1 vanilla pudding mix made according to directions
Redi-Whip or any other whipped topping, if desired

Crush the vanilla wafers. Melt butter, or margarine. Mix
crumbs and butter well.

Partially fill a muffin pan with the mix. Press firmly to
the sides and bottom making a cup. Put in freezer for 2
hours.

Make the pudding mix while the crusts are in the freezer.
Let it set a bit in the fridge.

Slice bananas into 1/2" slices.

Use a pointed knife, gently release shells from pan. Place
on a large plate or cookie sheet.

Put a banana slice in the bottom, then a dollop of the
pudding...fill with pudding. Chill to fully set.

Put another slice on top...I put them on their edge so they
sit up on top. A squish of whipped cream is nice, too.
------------------------------------------------------------
This is a great cake recipe. If you've never had it, you
will be thanking me forever forward! It is fabulous and it
keeps real well. It's rich and really hits the spot! You
can freeze it and the texture stays just fine. I often take
this cake to parties or to homes that need a little lift.
Makes a feast in a lunchbox!

* Vanilla Wafer Cake

1 C butter or margarine
6 eggs
1/2 C milk
2 C sugar
16 oz vanilla wafers, crushed into crumbs
8 oz Angel Flake coconut
1 C chopped pecans
powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a 9" bundt pan well.

Cream butter and add sugar. Beat untill smooth.

Add eggs, one at a time. Beat batter well after each egg.

Stir in vanilla wafer crumbs a bit at a time alternating
with milk.

Add coconut and pecans.

Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake 1 1/2 hours. Cool completely before taking out of pan.
I loosen the cake from the pan with a narrow rubber spatula
and/or a table knife. It can stick to the pan so take your
time.

Put the cake plate on top and turn over. Release. Powder
with the sugar.

This is too yummy with ice cream...vanilla, butter pecan,
rum raisin...my mouth is watering!

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mold & cutter sites

2004-10-03T23:16:26Z

http://www.frankencutters.com/cccc/tinsmith.htm

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411 on using cookie molds

2004-10-03T23:12:11Z

http://www.baking911.com/cookies_molded.htm

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cookie books

2004-10-03T22:57:29Z

http://www2.lib.ku.edu/preservation/edibleBookTea2003.htm

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Cat Cookies

2004-10-03T22:57:01Z

Slick:

http://a1emporium.com/index566.html

With Bugles for ears!

http://rogers.elkriver.k12.mn.us/AWall/Nursery%20Rhyme%20Party/cookies.JPG

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Rodent Cookies

2004-10-03T22:47:56Z

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.y2k-cafe.com/Mouse_Cookies.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.y2k-cafe.com/recipes.htm&h=304&w=323&sz=20&tbnid=UvxOIsifN8sJ:&tbnh=107&tbnw=113&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmouse%2Bcookies%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG

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choco potato chip cookies?

2004-10-03T19:50:44Z

intriguing enough to make me want to try them, along with fat-free choco cookies, from the ultimate chocolate cookie book:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6153492/

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Butter or shortening?

2004-10-01T17:16:32Z

There is no substitute for the lusciousness of butter, but then Crisco lends a nice thick, crumbly texture... I like to go half and half. (Substitute half of the butter in any recipe with Crisco.) Butter flavored Crisco is artificial and disgusting -- trying too hard to be something it's not.

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Holiday Cookies

2004-10-01T00:34:57Z

Creepy Witch's Fingers

    1 c Butter, softened
      1 c Icing sugar
      1    Egg
      1 ts Almond extract
      1 ts Vanilla
2 2/3 c Flour
      1 ts Banking powder
      1 ts Salt
    3/4 c Almonds, whole blanched
      1    Tube red decorator gel

Gross everyone out with these creepy cookies.

Beat the butter, powdered sugar, egg, and almond flavouring until creamy.
Sift and add the dry ingredients.
Blend to make a soft dough.
Roll into a fingers (They will rise when baked so make them smaller than you'd like the finished finger to be.)
Make a dent for the almonds and lay the almond in to look like a fingernail.
Bake at 325 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Remove from oven and remove almond.
Put a bit of red gel in the nail bed and press the almond back into the finger.

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Tempting recipe:

2004-09-30T18:33:59Z

http://www.nanhamilton.com/workshop/recipes/bakery/nofatchoccookie.html

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Trilobite Cookies!

2004-09-30T17:40:12Z

http://www.georgehart.com/trilobites/trilobite.html

Mmmmmm! Now how abouty some ammonite cinnamon twirls and gingerbread coelacanths!

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The Cookie Political

2004-09-23T23:51:37Z

Talk about dirty tricks!

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/28/politics/campaign/28cookies.html

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Nifty Blog w/cookie pictures

2004-09-23T01:57:27Z

http://www.axis-of-aevil.net/archives/cat_food.html

Two of my favorite things in one: Moomland creatures and ginger cookies!
I want this cookie cutter:

http://cluster.tribe.net/tribe/servlet/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?page=5&currentoffset=27&parentid=c2ba1990-833d-4cab-b017-166c48f535d1

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Urban Legend Cookies

2004-09-13T22:11:58Z

Neiman Marcus $250 Cookie Recipe

The Infamous Neiman Marcus $250 Cookie Recipe Hoax.

The story below is one of the most famous urban legends in history. The story has been going around for over 50 years and it completely untrue. Every few weeks it comes up again in some newsgroup or listserve.

IT IS UNTRUE BUT IF YOU WISH TO TRY THE COOKIES GO AHEAD.

**********************************************************

"THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND   PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS....THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC."

My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie". {EDITORIAL COMMENT: Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store in the United States a.k.a. Needless Markup}.

It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not."   "Well", I said, would you let me buy the recipe?"

With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she responded, "only two fifty, it's a great deal!" I said with approval, "just add it to my tab."

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus and it was $285.00. I looked again and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe $250.00."

That's outrageous!! I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was "two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the phrase. Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my money, because according to them, "What the waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe - we absolutely will not refund your money at this point."

I explained to her the criminal statutes which govern fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State's Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want, we don't give a crap, and we're not refunding your money."

I waited, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and get any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250.00 worth of fun."

I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account has a $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for free. She replied," I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, you should have thought of that before you ripped me off", and slammed down the phone on her. So, here it is!!!

Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this... I don't want Neiman-Marcus to *EVER* get another penny off of this recipe....

Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe

(Recipe may be halved):
    2 cups butter
    4 cups flour
    2 tsp. soda
    2 cups sugar
    5 cups blended oatmeal**
    24 oz. chocolate chips
    2 cups brown sugar
    1 tsp. salt
    1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
    4 eggs
    2 tsp. baking powder
    2 tsp. vanilla
    3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

** Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

Have fun!!! This is *NOT* a joke --- this is a true story..
Ride free, citizens!

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REMEMBER, PLEASE, PLEASE, THAT THIS STORY IS AN URBAN LEGEND!

IT IS _NOT_ TRUE.

Neiman Marcus Responds

Alongside sewer-dwelling bands of alligators, bugs in bottles of soda, and other urban myths resides the Neiman Marcus $250 cookie fabrication.

NM has never charged anyone anything for a recipe, but the story still persists. Help stamp out untrue gossip by forwarding our free chocolate-chip cookie recipe to any naysayers out there!
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
3 tsp. granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. instant espresso powder, slightly crushed
8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Cream the butter with the sugars until fluffy. Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract. Combine the dry ingredients and beat into the butter mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by large spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or 10-12 minutes for a crispier cookie. Makes 15 large cookies.
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