Recipes

[tygati]

Recipes for fechan. :) More Christmas cookies. ^.^


Snowballs

1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. soda
1 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
2 cups flour

Cream butter & sugar. Add egg & beat well. Dissolve soda in a little (2 tsp) hot water and add to mixture. Add vanilla and flour.

Drop by teaspoon onto greased pan. Bake in very slow oven, 250F until they just start to color, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly and roll in powdered sugar.


Pinwheels

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. water
1 egg
1 1/2 cup flour, sifted
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp milk
1 oz. baking chocolate, melted
2 Tbsp. cocoa powder

Thoroughly cream shortening/butter, sugar, and vanilla. Blend in egg. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into creamed mixture.
Divide dough in half; to one part add chocolate, cocoa, and 1 Tablespoon milk. Mix. Chill both doughs 1 1/2 hours.

On waxed paper, roll each half of dough into 10x2 inch rectangles. Brush chocolate layer with hot milk, place plain layer atop so its far edge extends beyond chocolate edge. Roll as for jelly roll.
Wrap in waxed paper, chill thoroughly.

Slice thin. Bake on greased cookie sheet in moderate oven 375F/190C for 8 to 10 minutes.


Peanut Butter Kisses

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter/shortening
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
3 1/2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 package Hershey Kisses (or other large kiss style chocolates)

Cream together sugar, brown sugar, shortening/butter and peanut butter. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Beat well.
Sift together flour, baking soda, and stalk. Add to wet mixture. Beat well.
Shape into 1 inch balls, roll in additional sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake in 375F oven for 8 minutes. Remove from oven. Press one Chocolate Kiss into center of each warm cookie. Return to oven. Bake 3 minutes longer.


Chocolate Crinkle-top Cookies

(Note: These are not the cookies we like to mail to people. I can't find the recipe for that...)

1 package chocolate chips (divided)
1 1/2 cup flour
6 Tbsp butter/shortening, softened
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Microwave 1 cup chocolate chips on high for 1 minute, stir. Microwave at 10-20 second intervals, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl.
Beat sugar, butter/shortening, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat in melted chocolate. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in remaining chocolate chips. Cover, chill just until firm. Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, roll in powdered sugar. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake in preheated 350F oven for 10-15 minutes or until sides are set but centers are still slightly soft.


I... should have more, but the big recipe box is at Mom's place and I keep forgetting to transcribe while I'm there. >.> There's also the standard cookie press recipe, but unless you have a cookie press (and most people look at me wonky when I show off mine) it wouldn't do you any good. ^^; One of these days I should make cookie press cookies and mail them out. They're so cute and bite size!

Comments

[mechante-fille.livejournal.com]

I have a cookie press! ^___^ I don't actually use it, but...

Okay, kitchen essentials: rice cooker, electric skillet, wok, crock pot, kitchen scissors. For real cooking. *grins*

But, hey, somebody's gotta do the baking. That can be your job. When we have LJ House an all live together with our laptops. ^_^

[tygati.livejournal.com]

*blinkblink* So, uh, when you were trying to figure out some Really Easy Cookies to make, why didn't you just break out the cookie press? o.o; It really doesn't get much easier than that, and it's fun too! ^^; Click! Next. Click! Next. ^.~

Hmm.. >.> Rice cooker, check. It's all in Japanese though and I haven't finished translating the menus so it rarely gets used. ^^ ... electric skillet? >.> What's wrong with the normal ones? The normal ones can double as burglar-repellent. ^___^ wok, uh, nope. >.> Mikey doesn't eat veggies and I'm not allowed near the stove. ^^; Crock pot... ;_; waaannntt.... scissors, heh, sort of. We use my largest pair of craft scissors as kitchen scissors. ^^;

Ooh, that would be fun. *.* I would be the High Kitty In Charge Of Sweets! ^_____^ Hee. <3

[mechante-fille.livejournal.com]

Eh, I gave up on the idea of baking, anyway. I had too much else to do that weekend, as it turned out.

I mostly use my rice cooker for rice, sometimes to steam veggies. A little boullion, or use broth instead of water, and you have flavored rice! Electric skillet can double as a griddle, and frees up room on the stove. I have real skillets, too. ^_^

Craft scissors... so, when you cut the chicken or whatever up, does it have scalloped edges and stuff? ^^

Yay! High Kitty of the LJ House!

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, the next time you want Really Easy cookies, break it out. :) The basic recipes are all really easy, it makes pretty shapes, and they're all bite-size! ^^

Griddle, huh? >.> I guess if we cooked more this would ring bells, but I tend to eat out of a can and Mikey's sort of the fast-and-binge type. x.x Sigh. That boy...

*lol* No, no. But I got this set of three scissors once and I wasn't using the largest pair for anything and we needed kitchen scissors, so...

[fechan.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you so much~~! I'll bake lots!! *saves recipes*

I already have everything to make snowballs! :D

I didn't know cookie presses existed until 3 minutes ago. It looks so awesome though!! I thought the only way was using cookie cutter. ^^;;; I tend to make my cookies by dumping 1 teaspoon of dough on a cookie pan. XD;;;

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Yay for cookies! ^__^ Yay for snowballs! ^____^

Cookie presses are awesome fun. But you have to make sure you get a good one. The ones that have turn-cranks (like screws) are not good. The ones that look like guns aren't good either. The best ones look like this (http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/images/kitchengargets/janthikalamaker1.jpg). (The one on the right)
I have LOTS of cookie cutters, and the dumping method works good too. :) But the cookie press is just so much FUN. ^____^

[arinan.livejournal.com]

Wheee! new cookie recipes.

Made the pinwheels; they're fun. 'cept I had trouble putting them together. It worked out in the end though. Do you have any tips?

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Erm. It's been... well... before I left Idaho since I made pinwheels. ^^; I think I vaguely remember Mom rolling-pinning them together a bit? Hmm... Should give them a shot again and see how it goes.

[koneikaa66.livejournal.com]

Those seem killer-wicked but I'll give it a try one day...