COOKIES!!!! Our Favorite Recipes

Who doesn't like cookies?!?!?!?!? Here are some of our family favorites!

So Easy Cookie Bars

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

1 3/4 cup flour

1 cup butter or margarine

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 375*. In a large bowl combine sugars, margarine or butter, egg and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, baking soda, and slat, mix well. pour into a greased 9x13-inch pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

No Bake Chocolate Cookies

Combine in a sauce pan over medium heat:

2 cups sugar

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup milk

3/4 stick (or half a cup) butter or margarine

a pinch of salt

Cook for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and add:

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups quick oats

Stir well and drop onto waxed paper and let set until hard.

Sugar Cookies (this is a double batch)

2/3 cups shortening

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cup sugar

3 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

2 eggs

2 teaspoons baking powder

Blend shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix well until dough is like play dough. Knead on a floured surface. Roll out to 1 inch thickness. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Bake at 425* for 5 minutes. These freeze very well.

Cake Mix Cookies

1 package cake mix (any flavor)

1 egg

1/4 cup oil

1/4 cup water

Mix all ingredients well in a bowl. Drop by teaspoons about an inch apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until done. Makes about 4 dozen.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup Splenda or sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon molasses

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups quick oats

1 cup raisins

Beat butter and splenda or sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, molasses and vanilla. Beating until blended. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda and  cinnamon. Gradually add to the mixer bowl. Stir in oats and raisins. Drop by teaspoons onto a baking sheet. Bake at 350* for 10-12 minutes.

Quick, Easy and Cheap Muffin Recipes

One of our friends recently posted a comment on our blog. "Do you, the kids, or any of your friends have any favorite make your food budget stretch recipes? I think my kids are getting sick of third day soup!"

~ Heather

Here we have posted some of our family's favorite, easy, quick and very cheap recipes. Check back soon, we will be posting more recipes soon!

Bethany

Basic Muffins (this makes 24 muffins, but if you only want 12 cut everything in half)

4 cups flour

1cup sugar

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups milk

2/3 cup oil

2 eggs, beaten

Pre heat oven to 400*. Grease bottoms only of your muffin pans. Combine in a big bowl all dry ingredents. Then in a smaller bowl mix all the wet ingredients. Then at once pour the wet mix into the dry mix. Stir just until the ingredients are moistened, the batter will be lumpy. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Variations:

Apple Cinnamon:

Decrease sugar by a half of a cup. Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 cup finely chopped and peeled apple. Substitute apple juice for milk, bake at 440 for 18-22 minutes.

Blueberry:

Stir 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries. (If you use frozen blueberries then do not thaw them out first, this keeps the berries from busting). Add 1 teaspoon grated orange peel into dry ingredients.

Chocolate Chip:

Add chocolate chips and sprinkle cinnamon sugar (1 part cinnamon to 4 parts suagr) on top of the muffins before baking.

Jam Muffins:

Place 1/2 teaspoon of jam on top of each muffin before baking. Sprinkle top of muffins with chopped nuts.

Streusel Muffins:

In a small bowl mix 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons margarine, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Sprinkle over muffins before baking.

Cherry Pie Muffins:

Stir 1/2 a can of cherry pie filling into the batter before filling muffin tins. (To make the muffins sugar free, use Splenda instead of sugar and use the sugar free cherry pie filling).

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