Christmas Cookies

Grandma Pomeroy's Chocolate Chip Cookies


Chocolate Crinkle Cookies


Forgotten Cookies


Russian-Teacakes


Snickerdoodles




Grandma Pomeroy's Chocolate Chip Cookies
  1. INGREDIENTS:
    INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Cream shortening and sugars together.
  3. Add eggs, soda and water, and vanilla.
  4. Combine flour and salt, add to mixture.
  5. Add nutmeats and oats.
  6. Add chocolate chips.
  7. Drop by level teaspoonful onto baking sheet.
  8. Bake 10 minutes (should be soft when removed)
  9. Makes about 4 dozen.





Chocolate Crinkle
  1. INGREDIENTS:
    INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Mix oil, cholate and gran. sugar
  2. Blend in one egg at a time until well mixed.
  3. Add vanilla
  4. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into oil mixture
  5. Chill several hours or overnight to stiffen dough.
  6. Heat oven to 350 degrees
  7. Drop by tspful into powdered sugar.
  8. Roll in sugar, shape into little balls
  9. Place about 2" apart onto cookie sheets
  10. Bake 10-12 minutes - should still be soft, do not overbake!
  11. Makes about 6 dozen small.





Forgotten Cookies
  1. INGREDIENTS:
  • 2 egg whites
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 package Hershey's Mini-chips
  • 3/4 C. granulated sugar
    INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Beat Egg Whites Until Stiff
  3. Add Salt
  4. Slowly beat in 3/4 C.of sugar until very stiff
  5. Add vanilla and mini-chips
  6. Drop by level teaspoonful onto foil covered baking sheet.
  7. Place in oven, shut the door and slowly count to 30
  8. Turn off heat and "forget" the cookies until morning (6-8 hours)
  9. Makes about 3 dozen small.
  10. (For an alternate way to do cookies fast, bake for 15 minutes at 300 degrees, and wait for about an hour for them to cool and harden. They should be airy and melt in your mouth.





Russian Tea Cake Cookies
  1. INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 C. Butter
  • 1/2 C. powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2-1/4 C Flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 C finely chopped nuts.
    INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla thoroughly
  2. Stir flour and salt together.
  3. Blend dry into wet ingredients
  4. Mis in nuts.
  5. Chill dough 1 hour
  6. Heat oven to 400 degrees
  7. Roll dough into 1" balls.
  8. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. (They do not spread)
  9. Bake 10 - 12 minutes - DO NOT OVERCOOK! Cookies will still look white, but bottoms burn easily.
  10. While still warm roll in powdered sugar
  11. Cool, and roll in powdered sugar again.
  12. Makes about 4 dozen 1" cookies





Snickerdoodles Cookies
  1. INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 C. Shortening - part butter
  • 1-1/2 C. granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2-3/4 C Flour
  • 2 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp. colored sugar
  • (or 2 tbsp. gran sugar + 2 tsp. cinnamon)
    INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Mix shortening, 1-1/2 cups sugar, and eggs thoroughly
  3. Blend flour, cream or tartar, soda and salt add to wet mix
  4. Make 1" dough balls
  5. roll in colored sugar
  6. Place 2" apart on baking sheet
  7. Bake 8-10 min.
  8. These cookies puf up at first then flatten.
  9. Makes 6 dozen cookies


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