Moms One Hour Cookies Recipes

MOM'S UNCOOKED COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan over medium-low to medium heat.
• Add the evaporated milk, cocoa powder, and sugar to the melted butter. Stir and cook until the mixture comes to a complete boil.
• Cook for one minute.
• Remove the pan from the heat and add the vanilla, rolled oats, nuts if using, and coconut. Stir until completely mixed.
• Scoop mixture onto a cookie sheet that has been lined with wax paper.
• Let the cookies set until firmed up.

MOM'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream together the shortening and the butter. Add the brown sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until well blended.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves over the creamed mixture. Mix in then stir in the raisins, nuts and dates.
• Drop cookies onto ungreased baking sheets and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.

MOM'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar, shortening and eggs.
• Add 1 cup flour, soda, salt, and baking powder.
• Combine milk and vanilla.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with remaining 4 cups flour.
• Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
• Roll onto lightly floured surface 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut with desired shapes.
• Bake on ungreased cookies sheets at 400°F for 8-10 minutes or until edges just begin to turn light golden brown.
• Cool and frost with favorite frosting.

MOM'S COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan. Pour cereal and peanuts into the pan and spread around evenly.
• In a heavy sauce pan, bring sugar and corn syrup to a rolling boil, over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter. Pour the sugar mixture evenly over the cereal and peanuts. Let cool and cut into squares.

MOM'S CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix butter, brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon white sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg yolk and vanilla and mix until well combined. Blend in flour gradually. Cover and chill in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place remaining 2 tablespoon white sugar on a plate.
• Remove dough from the refrigerator. Shape into small balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Dip a glass into the sugar and press on each ball to flatten.
• Bake in the preheated oven, switching racks halfway through, until edges are golden, 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool, 8 to 10 minutes more.
• While the cookies are cooling, mix butter and powdered sugar until blended. Mix in milk and vanilla.
• Frost cooled cookies with frosting. Press sprinkles into the frosting while still soft.

MOM'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together brown sugar, Crisco, molasses and egg; add in flour, soda and spices, mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Shape dough into walnut-sized balls.
• Dip tops in granulated sugar.
• Place sugar-side up about 3" apart on cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.
• Remove immediately from cookie sheet and let cool.

MONA'S MOTHER'S MOTHER'S BEST FRIENDS FAVORITE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat egg in a medium bowl.
• Add butter and both sugars. Cream well.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix to combine.
• Drop onto baking sheet and flatten slightly.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden.

MOM'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, molasses, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 10-14 minutes or until tops crack and edges are slightly firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.

MOM'S MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt shortening and let cool. Add 1 c sugar, molasses and egg. Beat well.
• Sift dry ingredients, except the remaining sugar. Add to first mixture. Mix well.
• Chill at least 1 hour. (Don't skip this step!).
• Form in 1 inch balls and roll in remaining sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes on greased cookie sheets. (As low as 7 minutes in a convection oven).
• NOTE: To get the texture just right, follow the directions closely. Specifically three things: don't substitute butter or margarine for the shortening, melt the shortening, and hand form the cookies.

ONE AND A HALF MINUTE COOKIES

Steps:

• Bring margarine, sugar, milk and cocoa to boil. Let boil for exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds.
• Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and peanut butter. Then stir in oats.
• Quickly drop by large tablespoon onto wax paper laid on top of newpaper. Let cool, peel from paper and turn over to finish drying.
• Store in closed container.

MOM'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add pudding mix, eggs and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

MOM'S SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and nutmeg. In another bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and eggs. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add sour cream and dissolved baking soda to creamed mixture. Gradually beat in flour mixture (dough will be sticky). Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. Working with one-third of the batch at a time, roll dough on a well-floured surface to 1/4-in. thickness. (Cover and refrigerate remaining dough until ready to roll.) Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round or other shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. If desired, sprinkle tops with sugar and top with walnuts., Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are set but not browned. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

MOM'S THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'.
• Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• Add yolk and mix.
• Add flour, beat until well blended.
• In a small bowl, lightly beat egg white.
• Form dough into small balls.
• Dip each ball in egg white and roll in nuts, place on a cookie sheet.
• Bake 5 minutes.
• Make depression in each cookie, the back of a small measuring spoon works well.
• Bake 10 more minutes.
• Cool, add small spoonful of jelly in the depression of each cookie.
• Substitutions: may use walnuts or almonds, instead of pecans.
• May use icing instead of jelly.