Susans Cookies Recipes

BROWN-EYED SUSANS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter, margarine and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Add the flour and mix until just blended. Do not overmix.
• Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place cookies 2 inches apart into prepared cookie sheets. Make a slight indentation in the center. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be lightly browned. Cool slightly and frost the center of each cookie.
• To make the icing, combine the confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir in the hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle the icing from the tip of a knife or spoon onto the center of each cookie. Allow the cookies time to set up before serving.

BLACK-EYED SUSAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Divide dough in half so that one portion is slightly larger than the other; shape each into a disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll larger portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. round or scalloped cookie cutter to make flower bottoms. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough using a floured 2-3/4-in. flower or scalloped cookie cutter to make an equal number of flower tops., Bake larger cookies at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown; bake smaller cookies for 5-7 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk, extract and, if desired, food coloring; mix until smooth. Immediately spread over cooled cookies. Stir additional confectioners' sugar into remaining glaze to thicken; spread a small amount on bottom of smaller cookies; place over larger cookies. Top with gumdrops.

SUSAN BRANCH'S BUTTER COOKIES - THE BEST (REALLY)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• With an electric mixer (even the hand-held kind), cream together the butter and the sugar.
• Add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well.
• Sift flour and salt together, shaking back and forth in a fine sieve.
• Beat into the butter mixture until well-mixed.
• When ready to bake, use an ungreased cookie sheet and place the cookies 1 inch apart.
• Bake for about 10 minutes and DO NOT BROWN THEM.
• Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet while still warm and cool on sheets of waxed paper.
• Decorate if you like:.
• Shape dough into a roll the width of a cookie.
• Wrap in waved paper and chill.
• Before baking, roll in chocolate shots.
• Slice 1/2 inch thick and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350° for 10 minutes. Do Not Brown.

SUSAN'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350-370°F.
• Cream the butter and sugars together.
• Beat in the eggs and the vanilla.
• Mix together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, before slowly folding them in with the wet ingredients.
• Add the chocolate chips, stirring until just mixed.
• Place on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

SUSAN'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the white sugar , brown sugar and butter. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Combine the flour, rolled oats, baking powder and baking soda, add to the sugar mixture and mix well with your hands to form a dough. Mix in the coconut last.
• Drop cookies by teaspoons onto an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, in the preheated oven. Cookies will turn golden brown. Remove to cool on baking racks.

SUSAN'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the white sugar , brown sugar and butter. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Combine the flour, rolled oats, baking powder and baking soda, add to the sugar mixture and mix well with your hands to form a dough. Mix in the coconut last.
• Drop cookies by teaspoons onto an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, in the preheated oven. Cookies will turn golden brown. Remove to cool on baking racks.

BROWN-EYED SUSAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat over to 400°F Grease cookies sheets.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Add sugar, almond extract, and salt. Blend in flour.
• Shape a tablespoon of dough into a ball. Place on cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of a glass that has been dipped in flour.
• Bake 10-12 minutes, until cookies look dry and are beginning to brown around the edges. Remove to rack. Cool.
• Prepare Frosting: In a small saucepan, melt butter with chocolate (or microwave). Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.

SUSAN'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the white sugar , brown sugar and butter. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Combine the flour, rolled oats, baking powder and baking soda, add to the sugar mixture and mix well with your hands to form a dough. Mix in the coconut last.
• Drop cookies by teaspoons onto an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, in the preheated oven. Cookies will turn golden brown. Remove to cool on baking racks.

SUSAN'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the white sugar , brown sugar and butter. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Combine the flour, rolled oats, baking powder and baking soda, add to the sugar mixture and mix well with your hands to form a dough. Mix in the coconut last.
• Drop cookies by teaspoons onto an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, in the preheated oven. Cookies will turn golden brown. Remove to cool on baking racks.

SUSAN STRAHM'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream first 5 ingredients together.
• Sift the last 4 ingredients together, then mix with the rest.
• Chill dough.
• Roll out 1/2" thick & cut.
• Bake at 375 for 8 - 10 minutes, just till barely brown. Don't overcook.

SUSAN'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Sugar Cookies 3/4 Cup butter 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 1/2 t vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1 t baking powder 1 t salt I sift the dry ingredients and then add to the other. Chill at least an hour bake 6-8 minutes at 400degrees Recipe for sugar cookies 1 lb powdered sugar 1/4 cup butter 8 oz cream cheese 2T milk 2 t vanilla This keeps forever = I have made at Christmas and finished using it Valentine's Day Thanks again - you have some amazing children. Love

BLACK EYED SUSANS

Steps:

• Combine butter, sugars, egg, vanilla and peanut butter until creamy.
• Sift flour, soda and salt together and add to creamed mixture.
• Force batter thru flower disk of cookie press onto greased cookie sheet.
• Put a chocolate chip in center of each.
• Bake@375 F for 12-15 minutes.