VALENTINES DAY COOKIES

Grandma Doll's Valentine Cookie Recipe

Ella making this recipe for Valentines Day
Ingredients
1 Cup shortening
2 Cups sugar
2 eggs
1 Cup sour cream
1 Tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp soda

1/2 tsp salt

4 tsp baking powder

4 1/2 c flour

1. Cream shortening and sugar,
2. Add eggs, sour cream, and vanilla
3. Stir in remaining ingredients
4. Chill and roll out fairly thick
5. Cut in heart shapes

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

* Stefani made these with Carly's kids, they were soft and yummy!

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with sweet potato

Since I have had a surplus of baby food these days-with Lila not eating as much as I anticipated. (she enjoys table food better, I don't blame her either) I've been trying to find ways to sneak it into our dinners, desserts...or just about whatever I can! I put a jar of creamed corn in our chicken noodle soup the other night. (you couldn't even tell!) I think it just made it have a richer flavor. Well I searched sweet potato cookie recipes on google and found a yummy chocolate chip oatmeal cookie with sweet potato. Aaron said they were some of the best cookies he's ever had! Because they stay moist, he hates hard cookies. So here is the recipe if you care to try them yourself. It calls for 1/4 cup of pureed sweet potato. In my case I just added 1 jar of baby food sweet potato, which is 4 oz., which is fairly close if not exactly 1/4 cup. Give them a try, you can't go wrong with cookies!

http://bakingbites.com/2009/10/sweet-potato-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Holly and Lila enjoyed them. We ate about half the dozen before they could even cool off!

(Holly I think was sneaking Lila bites while I was putting more dough on the pan, cause when I came back she had chocolate all over her face:)

Stefani's GRANOLA COOKIES

Set your timer or yours might get a little overdone like Mariah's did

Makes a lot of cookies 4 dozen or so. Bake at 350 for 8-10 min

Mix and set aside

3 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. salt

Cream

2 cups shortening (can use part unsalted butter)

2 cups brown sugar

2 cups white sugar(we used 1 1/2 and it was fine)

add and mix well

4 eggs(we used 2 whole and 2 egg whites)

4 tsp. vanilla

add

6 cups oatmeal granola

2 cups choco chips

and whatever else you want Stefani added chopped dates once, and

we didn't have dates so we added prunes that we put thru the food processor.

They were yummy.

Happy Valentines Day!

Sorry a little late but here's a good recipe for your file

Grandma Doll's Valentine Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

1 Cup shortening
2 Cups sugar
2 eggs
1 Cup sour cream
1 Tsp. vanilla
1/2 Tsp. soda
1/2 Tsp. salt
4 Tsp. baking powder
4 1/2 Cups flour
3/4 Cup nuts (optional)

1. Cream shortening and sugar,
2. Add eggs, sour cream, and vanilla
3. Stir in remaining ingredients
4. Chill and roll out fairly thick
5. Cut in heart shapes

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

* Stefani made these with Carly's kids, they were soft and yummy!

Pumpkin Cookies moist, delicious and Low in Fat

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar(I used brown and a little less)

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups canned pumkin

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 375F. Spray cookie sheet with pam or use parchment

In large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and

beat until light, beat in the pumpkin and buttermilk

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, and beat into

pumpkin mixture.

Drop the batter by spoonfuls onto the prepared pan, put them close they don't

spread much. Bake for about 12 min. or until very lightly golden on edges.

Icing:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 TBL butter

3/4 tsp vanilla

2 TBL nonfat milk

3/4 cup powdered sugar

In microwave-proof bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter and milk. Microwave for about

20 seconds, until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Add the vanilla and powdered sugar and

beat to combine.

Use a tsp. of icing on top of each cookie while warm.

Makes 36 cookies

By Kim

White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 c brown sugar
1/4 c white sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup boiling water
2 cups quick oats
1 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 or 3/4 cup dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 350.

Put water on to boil.

Mix butter, brown & white sugars and vanilla thoroughly. Add in flour and salt. Mix.

Dissolve baking soda in boiling water and mix into dough.

Mix in oats, white chocolate and cranberries.

The dough will be thick and not gooey. Form into 1 1/2″ balls and put on lightly greased cookie sheet (I prefer to use parchment paper).

Bake for 9-11 minutes.