Grandma Morgan's Molasses Cookie Recipe

Grandma Morgan's Molasses Cookies

 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Molasses
• 3/4 cup Shortening (I prefer the butter flavor shortening.)
• 1 Egg
• 2 cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon All Spice
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt

Mix together in a bowl the sugar, molasses, shortening & egg. Slowly add in the flour, baking soda, salt & all spice. Shape the dough into a large ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours (or freezer for 15-20 minutes).

Form dough into balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. This recipe makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.

White Cloud Meringue Cookie Recipe

This is my absolute favorite Christmas Cookie recipe. My grandmother made them for me almost every Christmas.

White Cloud Meringue Cookies

 

Ingredients:

• 5 Egg Whites
• 1 2/3 cups Sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons Vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
• 3/4 package Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whip egg whites until frothy. Add sugar slowly and whip until stiff.   This can be done by hand (warning:  your arms will be tired!) or with a mixer (Love my Kitchen Aid!) Whip in vanilla & cream of tartar. 

Fold in the chocolate chips. 

Place spoonfuls of meringue on a foil lined cookie sheet.

Place cookie sheet in the preheated oven. Turn off the oven and leave cookies in the oven until completely cooled or overnight. DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR until the cookies have completely cooled or they will be ruined!!! No peeking.

I like to make these at night and then leave them in the oven overnight. If you do this, make sure and leave a note on the oven door so that you don't forget there are white cloud cookies in the oven and accidentally turn on the oven and create a blackened, smoking, burned cookie mess! Don't ask me how I know this ; )

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Thomas Jefferson's Favorite Coconut Macaroon Cookies Recipe

Thomas Jefferson's Favorite Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Sweetened Flake Coconut (14oz. package)
• 1 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 teaspoon Almond Extract
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt

Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Drop from a teaspoon onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Shape the cookies into rounds with your fingers.

Bake 9-12 minutes in a 350 degree oven until tops and bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on parchment paper. Makes 2-3 dozen macaroons depending on size.

This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks Presidential Cookies by Bev Young.

Cherry Mash Bar Recipe

Cherry Mash Bars

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Minature Marshmallows
• 2/3 cup Evaporated Milk
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 2 cups Sugar
• 10 oz. package Cherry Chips
• 12oz. package Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 3/4 cup Peanut Butter
• 12oz. Crushed Salted Peanuts

Add butter to a sauce pan and melt on low. Once melted, add marshmallows, evaporated milk & sugar. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in cherry chips until completely melted.

Line a 9x13 pan with wax paper. Pour cherry mixture into the pan and spread out evenly.

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a double boiler or in the microwave. Mix in crushed peanuts. Pour on top of cherry mixture. Let the bars cool and then refrigerate overnight or 4-6 hours.

Once chilled, lift the wax paper to remove from the pan. Cut into bars & enjoy!


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• Tempt My Tummy Tuesday
• Tuesdays at the Table
• Tasty Tuesday
• Tuesday's Table

Seven Layer Cookie Bars Recipe

This is one of those recipes that is so easy to make & they are delicious! My grandmother used to call them Hello Dollies but most people know them as 7 Layer Cookie Bars.

Seven Layer Cookie Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 Stick of Butter
• 10 Graham Crackers (crushed into crumbs)
• 1 cup Coconut
• 1 cup Pecans or Walnuts
• 1 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Butterscotch Chips
• 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the stick of butter in a 9x9 baking pan and put in the oven until the butter is completely melted. Once the butter is melted, remove the pan from the oven and evenly sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs in the pan. Next add a layer of coconut, then a layer of nuts. Mix together the butterscotch & semi-sweet chocolate chips and then evenly sprinkle them on top. Finally, evenly pour the can of sweetened condensed milk on top. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow the bars to cool completely before cutting.

Sugar Cookies from Mrs. Eisenhower's Recipe Files

This week is Christmas Cookie Week and so each day I will be sharing a recipe (or two) for some of our favorite Christmas Cookies.  I am starting off the week with my favorite recipe for Sugar Cookies.  This recipe is from  Presidential Cookies by Bev Young.

Sugar Cookies from Mrs. Eisenhower's White House Recipe Files

(makes 2-3 dozen cookies depending on size of cookie cutter)

 

 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 Egg Yolks (well beaten)
• 1 tablespoon Cream
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 1/2 cups Flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter, adding sugar slowly. Mix until fluffy.
4. Stir in well-beaten egg yolks and vanilla.
5. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the cream.
6. Chill cookie dough for one hour. Roll out on a floured surface and cut in any desired shape.
7. Sprinkle with sugar before baking. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Christmas Cookie Week 11/26-11/30

Next week is Christmas Cookie Week!  Each day I will be sharing a favorite Christmas Cookie Recipe. 

7 Layer Cookie Bar Recipe

This is one of those recipes that is so easy to make & they are delicious!  My grandmother used to call them Hello Dollies but most people know them as 7 Layer Cookie Bars. 

7 Layer Cookie Bars

• 1 Stick of Butter
• 10 Graham Crackers (crushed into crumbs)
• 1 cup Coconut
• 1 cup Pecans or Walnuts
• 1 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Butterscotch Chips
• 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Place the stick of butter in a 9x9 baking pan and put in the oven until the butter is completely melted.  Once the butter is melted, remove the pan from the oven and evenly sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs in the pan.  Next add a layer of coconut, then a layer of nuts.  Mix together the butterscotch & semi-sweet chocolate chips and then evenly sprinkle them on top.  Finally, evenly pour the can of sweetened condensed milk on top.  Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.  Allow the bars to cool completely before cutting.

Tuesday is Christmas Cookie Baking Day!

On Tuesday Connor & I will be making Christmas Cookies to give as Christmas gifts and of course some for our family to enjoy as well. 

Here is a list of the cookies we will be making:

• Cherry Mash Bars
• White Cloud Meringue Cookies
• Peanut Butter Cookies (recipe coming soon)
• Coconut Macaroons
• Sugar Cookies
• Spritzer Cookies (recipe coming soon)
• Chocolate Chip Cookies (I use the original Tollhouse Recipe.  I have tried lots of chocolate chip cookie recipes but I always come back to this one!)

Join us tomorrow for pictures & more recipes!