Moonbeamcookies Recipes

THE BEST M&M COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.
• Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time until smooth, then beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Reserve 1/4 cup of the chocolates, then stir in the remaining 1 3/4 cups of chocolates by hand. Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the dough and refrigerate until chilled through, about 1 hour.
• Arrange the racks in the upper and lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll the dough into 24 balls, each about 3 tablespoons (alternatively, use a #20 large cookie scoop). Place 6 dough balls on each of the prepared baking sheets; stud the top of each dough ball with some of the reserved chocolates. Bake 2 trays at a time until the cookies are golden around the edges but still soft in the middle, rotating the trays halfway through, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough and chocolates.

MOONBEAM COOKIES

Steps:

• heat oven to 350.
• in large bowl, break up cookie dough, stir in coconut.
• shape dough into 1 inch balls; place two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• with thumb or handle of wooden spoon, make indentation in center of each cookie.
• spoon 1/2 t. lemon curd into each indentation.
• bake 10-13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• cool 5 minutes.
• in small microwave bowl, microwave chips on medium 2 minutes;stir until smooth. drizzle over cookies.

DELORES' NO BAKE MOON ROCK COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium heat and cook the pancetta until crisp.
• In a saucepan, combine the granulated sugar, 1 cup water, kumquats and cayenne and bring to a boil. Cook the kumquats until they burst.
• In a microwave, on half power, melt the butterscotch chips and kisses in a heatproof bowl. Stir in the crumbled graham crackers.
• Drain the kumquats and mix with the graham cracker mixture, salt and garam masala. Stir in the pancetta. Form the mixture into flat cakes about 4 inches in diameter.
• Garnish with powdered sugar.

MOONLIGHT MADNESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until soft dough forms.
• On floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 3- to 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter; combine scraps and reroll dough once. On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 1 inch apart. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• Frost cookies with white icing and small amount of black icing to form gray, swirling to blend. Press 2 candies into each cookie for eyes. Let stand until set. With black icing, pipe eyebrows, nose and mouth onto each cookie.

THE "ORIGINAL HALF MOON COOKIES"

Steps:

• Cream together shortening and sugar and then add beaten egg and vanilla.
• sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
• add alternately mixture of sifted flour ingreidents and the soured milk to the creamed shortening mixture batter should be thick drop by tablespoons (one on top of the other to give it height one unlevel on bottom one level on top) onto cookie trays bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes until lightly brown on bottoms.
• cool completely and frost one side with pure white frosting and the other with dark chocolate frosting you can make your own or used canned.
• If the batter comes out soupy or sticky I add additional flour

SOFT MOLASSES COOKIES V

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and egg until well blended. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture. Cover the dough and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

MOONBEAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Break up cookie dough into large bowl. Stir in coconut. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. With thumb or handle of wooden spoon, make indentation in center of each cookie. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon lemon curd into each indentation.Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets. Cool 5 minutes.Microwave candy coating in small microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM for 2 minutes. Stir well. Drizzle over cookies.*TIP: Lemon pie filling can be substituted for the lemon curd.Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 90 Protein 19 Carbohydrate 13g Fat 4g Sodium 60mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.