Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Red Velvet cookies / photo by Emily Beth Leathers

A while back, I was sitting in one of my classes, Spiritual Formation to be exact, where we were all sharing special traditions. One lady explained how her mother would make cookies every Sunday afternoon to put in her children’s lunches all week. I was fascinated, what a glorious tradition! The Horner Homemaking House, where I live and work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a ministry of offering beverages and cookies to guests who arrive to fix appliances, make {Read More}

Christmas Sugar Cookies

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Good old-fashioned Christmas cookies are simple to make and can be the perfect gift. I used to make these for the children in our church on Christmas Eve. The icing recipe is included below too. Christmas Sugar Cookies 3 eggs 2 softened sticks of margarine 1 cup of sugar 2 tsps. baking powder ½ tsp. salt 1 ½ tsps. vanilla 3 ½ cups of flour Chill dough one hour. Take a small amount of dough and roll out to desired {Read More}

Sugar Cookies for Valentine’s Day

Photo by Ally Plummer

Cake and cookie designer Ally Plummer shares her recipe for sugar cookies today that’s perfect for a Valentine treat. To add elegance to sugar cookies, frost and monogram with your Valentine’s initial. This is a wonderful gift idea for neighbors.  Attach a note that says, “We are blessed to have you as neighbors.” 2/3 cup shortening, 3/4 cup sugar, 6 ounces butter at room temperature (1 1/2 sticks), 1 egg, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 3 1/2 cups {Read More}

Spider Cookies

Spider cookies

1 6 oz. bag chocolate chips 1 6 oz. bag butterschotch chips 1- 12 oz. bag of chow mein noodles 1 cup peanuts (optional) Melt chips together, add chow mein noodles, and heap on wax paper until hardened.

Virtual Advent 2009: Christmas Cookie Tree

Rice Krispie Christmas Tree, photo courtesy of Carla Coroy

Last year I tried something new. I wanted something fun for an extended family Christmas gathering that would be different from the normal fruitcake, chocolate balls, shortbread and tarts. A friend of mine told me about something she’d seen called a Christmas Cookie Tree. I did a little ‘googling’ and got fairly giddy about making a few for the gathering as an edible centerpiece. It went over exceptionally well and I ended up making a few more for other Christmas events {Read More}

Microwave Divinity and Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

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Here are two simple Christmas cookie recipes you can make in a snap!  Either of these would be wonderful to take to a Cookie Exchange party. Microwave Divinity 2 ½ cups sugar ½ cups water 2 egg whites 1 cup chopped pecans ½ cups light corn syrup 1/3 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla In a microwave safe 3 quart container combine sugar, syrup, water and salt. Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Stir and microwave again for 8 to 10 {Read More}

Chips Galore Cookies

First layer: 1 cup sugar, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Second layer: 1 cup old-fashioned oats Third layer: 2/3 cup packed brown sugar Fourth layer: 2/3 cup each of milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips and butterscotch chips. On the recipe card: 1 cup softened butter or margarine, 1 cup peanut butter, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla. In a mixing bowl, cream butter, and peanut butter. Add eggs, {Read More}

Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

Loi Palmer 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup oil, 1 cup shortening, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring, 4 cups unsifted flour, 3 teaspoons cream of tarter, 1 teaspoon salt, 12 oz package chocolate chips, 1 cup nuts. Mix well: sugar, oil, shortening, eggs, vanilla, almond flavoring. Blend in dry ingredients along with the chocolate chips and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees on ungreased cookie sheets 10 to 12 minutes. Cool a couple {Read More}

Make-Ahead Cookies

Vicki Huffman, from December 2005 MMCW 1 cup butter, 1 packed cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup finely chopped pecans, 2 and 2/3 cups sifted flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 2 large or jumbo eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Work in dry ingredients a little at a time. Add nuts and vanilla. With your hands, work dough into rolls about the diameter of a 50 cent piece. Dough will make 5 or {Read More}