Chocolate Chip PB Oat Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup applesauce
1/3 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 + 1/2 cups flour (whole wheat, all-purpose, or any combination of the two)
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups quick oats
12 ounces chocolate chips (about 2 cups)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl combine all the wet ingredients. Beat with a mixer until smooth. Add dry ingredients and mix till well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Roll into balls and bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes (until golden brown around the edge). Makes about 40 cookies.

Time to make: 10 minutes plus baking time
Difficulty: Easy
Recipe Origin: http://moneysavingmom.com/2012/05/4-weeks-to-fill-your-freezer-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-day-16.html

Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. vanilla
2 + 1/4 cups flour (more if you want them a little thicker)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups chocolate chips (or any kind of chips you want to use)
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine wet ingredients and mix well till smooth. Add dry ingredients, chips, and nuts and mix till blended. Drop by spoonful on a cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 45 minutes
Recipe Origin: Tricia Richards

Waffle Iron Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup margarine
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
6 Tbsp. cocoa

1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:
in a large bowl, cream together the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Heat a waffle iron. Drop dough by spoonful into the hot waffle iron. Bake for about 1 minute. Cool slightly and frost with chocolate icing.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 45 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom

Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 + 1/2 cups sugar

2 + 2/3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. salt

Cinnamon/sugar coating:
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:
In a large bowl, cream together wet ingredients (above). Add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Once dough is chilled, roll it into balls. Roll the balls in the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Place the balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 90 minutes
Recipe Origin: unknown

Raisin Filled Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 + 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Raisin Filling:
1 cup raisins
3/8 cup sugar
3/8 cup water

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Put the ingredients for the raisin filling into a blender and blend till smooth. Empty the blender into a small saucepan and cook till thickened. On a cookie sheet, sandwich the raisin filling in between two spoonfuls of cookie dough. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Medium
Time to Make: about 90 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom

Quacker's Best Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:
1 + 1/4 cups butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 + 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 cups quick oats

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together wet ingredients (above). Then add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Drop dough by spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool 1 minute on the pan and then remove and cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: allrecepies.com

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
14.5 ounce can of pumpkin puree
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 - 12 ounce pkg. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together everything but the flour and baking powder. Add the flour and baking powder and mix till well blended. Drop dough by spoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 2 hours
Recipe Origin: online somewhere

Peanut Kissed Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 + 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
48 Hershey Kisses, unwrapped

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine shortening, peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat with a mixer till fluffy. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla extract and stir till blended. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and stir again till well blended. Shape dough into 1" balls and roll in sugar. Put ball on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and immediately press a hershey kiss into the center of the cookie. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 90 minutes
Recipe Origin: online somewhere

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
3/4 cup peanut butter

2 + 1/2 cups flour
1 + 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the wet ingredients (above) and then add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Form dough into balls. Place balls on a cookie sheet and flatten with a fork (making a criss-cross pattern). Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: Mom

Monster Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
3 eggs

2 tsp. baking soda
1 + 1/2 cups peanut butter
4 + 1/2 cups quick oats
1 - 12 ounce package chocolate chips

Directions:
Cream together the wet ingredients (above). Then add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Chill dough in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Once the dough is chilled, shape the dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Flatten the balls with a cup. Bake the cookies at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 90 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom

Mincemeat Cookies

Ingredients:
3/4 cup margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 + 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup mincemeat
1/2 cup nuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the wet ingredients (above). Then add the remaining ingredients and stir till well blended. Drop dough by spoonful onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: Mom

Jubilee Jumbles

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs

1 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 + 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup nuts (optional)
1 cup coconut

White Icing

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl cream together the shortening, brown sugar, sugar, and eggs. Add the remaining ingredients and stir till well blended. Drop the dough by spoonful onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Cool completely and frost cookies with white icing. Makes about 4 dozen.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: Leona Johnson (Grandma)

Honey Balls

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp. honey
1 cup nuts or coconut
1 tsp. vanilla
Powdered Sugar (for rolling the cookies after they are baked)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and stir till well blended. Roll dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and while they are still warm, roll them in powdered sugar. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 45 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom

Homemade Oreos

Ingredients:
1 package chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
2/3 cup margarine, softened

Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
milk (enough to make a thicker icing)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Drop by small spoonful onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes. Cool completely and sandwich two cookies with the icing in the middle.

Tips: These cookies are best when stored overnight. They can be frozen for extended storage. For variety, try other flavors of cake mix.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: Mom

Gingerbread (Mom's Recipe)

Ingredients:
1 cup molasses
1 cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 1/2 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
6 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. salt

Directions:
In a small pot combine the molasses and shortening and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Simmer for 15 minutes. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine all other ingredients (adding the molasses and shortening at the end). Stir well and chill in the refrigerator until its cool. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Once chilled, roll out the dough between to pieces of wax paper. Cut into shapes. Place shapes on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool completely and decorate.

Difficulty: Medium
Time to Make: a couple of hours
Recipe Origin: Mom

Ginger Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1/4 cup light molasses

2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together all the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Roll dough into balls and roll the balls in sugar. Place the balls on a cookie sheet and flatten them with the bottom of a cup. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: an hour
Recipe Origin: Mom

Fudge Cream Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup margarine or butter
1 + 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup cocoa
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Filling:
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine all the cookie ingredients and stir till well blended. Drop by spoonful[ onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool completely. While cookies are baking, put the ingredients for the filling in a medium bowl and beat them with a mixer until they are thick. When cookies are cool, put a spoonful of filling on the bottom of one and sandwich with the bottom of another. Store in an airtight container.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 90 minutes
Recipe Origin: Mom

Dutch Refrigerator Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg

2 + 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 cup nuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and stir till well blended. Shape dough into logs and cover with plastic. Chill logs in the refrigerator for 1 hour. After chilling, remove the plastic from the logs and cut into medium slices. Place slices on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 5 minutes. Cool completely.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 2 hours
Recipe Origin: Mom

Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
4 squares Baker's chocolate
1 cup butter
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
sugar (for rolling balls in)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a microwavable bowl combine the Baker's chocolate and butter. Heat ingredients in a microwave until melted. (Stir every 30 seconds until smooth). In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir all ingredients together and chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Once chilled, roll dough into small balls and roll the balls into sugar. Place ball on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from the pan.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about an hour
Recipe Origin: kraftfoods.com

Coconut Jam Cookies

Ingredients:
3/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 + 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 + 1/2 cups oatmeal
flaked coconut
fruit jam for filling

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine all the ingredients (except the jam and coconut) and stir until well blended. Form dough into ball and roll balls in flaked coconut. Place the balls on a cookies sheet and make a dimple in the center of them with your thumb. Fill the dimple with any fruit flavored jam. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Cool completely. Makes about 30.

Difficulty: Easy
Time to Make: about 1 hour
Recipe Origin: Mom