Snickerdoodles

Soft and chewy style!

1/2 c. butter, softenend
1/2 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. white sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 c. sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls. Mix the 2 Tbsp sugar and cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8 minutes...no longer, even if it looks like they're not done, they are! Remove immediately from baking sheets.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

What could be better than these cookies! Peanut butter and chocolate! YUMMY!!!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1-2 cups chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a large bowl and set aside.

Beat the butter and sugars together in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the peanut butter until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla, then eggs until combined.

Reduce speed of mixer to low and mix in the flour mixture until combined. Mix in the chocolate chips.

Bake for 10-12 minutes and let cool.

**Good without chocolate chips too!**

Chocolate Chip Cookie yumminess

These are very similar (I just realized) to Rachel's chocolate chip cookies from our cookbook. I just found this recipe on my ipod (with the allrecipes.com app), and they turned out yuuummmmy. (It's also online here. I only edited it slightly based on comments.) I even messed it up and they are still amazing. Here goes --

Oh and 1/2 this recipe unless you want 6 dozen!

• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups chopped walnuts (optional -- they add a great flavor to these cookies)

1. Preheat oven to 350*. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. I made these pretty big, with my medium cookie scoop overflowing a little, and 12 minutes was perfect. Edges should be golden brown. (Remember they will keep baking a bit when you take them out, so don't worry if they look a little soft still.)
   

Sister Weatherstone's Sugar Cookies

Rachel got this cookie recipe from cute li'l Sister Weatherstone at Ricks College. Yum, it's my current favorite sugar cookie.

(I 1/2 this recipe)

2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
4 beaten eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream
4 tsps baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
6-8 cups flour (until desired consistency)

Mix & chill for 2-4 hours. Roll out pretty thick (mmm), cut cutesy shapes, and bake at 350* for 10-15 min.

I like to frost with my MIL's basic vanilla butter frosting

1/3 cup soft butter
3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
about 2 tbsp milk

Blend butter and sugar, mix in vanilla and milk, beat until smooth. Separate and mix in food coloring.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies

Mmm, these are yummy and really cake-y. Oh, and this recipe makes a TON (like 7 dozen), so I recommend 1/2ing it! :) People always ooh and aah over these. Mmm.

1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree
4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or more ... I always add more:)
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1) Preheat to 375*. Grease cookie sheets.

2) In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla and pumpkin until well blended.

3) Separately combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir into the pumpkin mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips and walnuts (if you want.) Drop by teaspoon-ish size on the cookie sheets.

4) Bake 12-15 min until edges start to brown. Allow to cool for a few min before removing to wire cooling racks to cool completely.