Category Archives: Cookies

DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 26 Ingredients- 1/2 pound butter, slightly softened 3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice 2 1/4 cups flour 1/2 cup rolled … Continue reading

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The BEST Sugar Cookies

At Christmas time I decided to make several different sugar cookie recipes in a quest to find my favorite. Kristina recommended this recipe   Sally’s Baking Addiction has a lot of great recipes you should check out. The thing I love … Continue reading

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Chocolate Chip Marbled Cookies

1 cup butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup dark brown sugar 2 egg yolks 1 egg 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract 1 cup pastry flour 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking … Continue reading

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Ruby Snap Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Ruby Snap is a fun and fabulous cookie place in Salt Lake- I found this recipe on ksl.com. I will post a photo when I make them… • 1/2 cup butter, softened •3/4 cup sugar •1/2 cup packed brown sugar … Continue reading

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Soft Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies

I found the recipe for these yummy cookies at Two Peas and Their Pod. They are so good! Ingredients: ½ cup of butter, at room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar, plus more for rolling the cookies ½ cup of pumpkin … Continue reading

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Cookie Monster’s Famous Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe

When Ally and James were little we collected a series of Sesame Street books from the grocery store. There was a new one each week for several weeks. At the time I thought this was the best sugar cookie recipe … Continue reading

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Genie Grandma’s Sugar Cookies

So be warned…I have only made this recipe once and they turned out very dry, as in they were little Hockey Pucks! Now, that could be attributed to my poor cooking skills when I was in my twenties or it … Continue reading

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Melinda Colton’s Sugar Cookies

Cream Together: 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup butter 1-8 ounce package cream cheese Add: 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg 3 1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Chill dough for one hour. … Continue reading

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New York Times-Chocolate Chip Cookies

I haven’t tried these yet! I’ll report back when I do. I found this recipe at NYT Cooking. INGREDIENTS 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons (8 1/2 ounces) cake flour 1 ⅔ cups (8 1/2 ounces) bread flour 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 … Continue reading

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Dixie’s Sugar Cookies

Ruth’s friend, Dixie, has an amazing party every year to decorate Valentine sugar cookies. One of the amazing things is how many hundreds of these it appears that she makes. The other amazing thing is that the party is an … Continue reading

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