Coconut Chews

From Joy Stucki

• ¾ cup butter or margarine
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ cups brown sugar

Cream together.

• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Add to butter & sugar mixture.

• 1 ¼ cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¾ tsp salt
• ½ baking soda
• 2 ½ cups Quaker oats
• 1 cup nuts (optional)
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Mix in dry ingredients.

Bake at 350 for 12-13 minutes, cool and put in tight container.

*(I slightly undercook mine because they tend to dry out fast.)*

Rufio’s Healthy Cookies

By Rufio

• 1 box of cake mix, any flavor you want
• 1 can (15 oz) plain pumpkin
• 1/2 bag (6 oz) chocolate chips (optional)

Mix together cake mix and pumpkin…that’s it, no water or eggs or oil.  Add chocolate chips.

Drop by spoonful onto sprayed cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Butterlicious Drop Sugar Cookies

• 2 3/4 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• dash salt
• 1 c. butter, softened
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 egg (I used two)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 tsp. almond extract
• (I added a Tbs of milk b/c the mixture was too dry)

Sift together the flour, soda, baking powder, and salt. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and blend until combined. Drop by teaspoonful onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until you see the color changing slightly along the edges at 375 degrees. Allow to sit on the pan for 2 minutes before cooling on a wire rack. Frost and decorate if desired.

Steve’s Out Of This World Cookies

By Steve Cisneros

• 1 lb unsalted butter (not margarine)
• 2 c packed light brown sugar
• 1 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• Cream butter and sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla.
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 6 c flour, all purpose unbleached
• 4 c milk chocolate chips
• Add dry ingredients.

Bake for 8-9 minutes for 350 degrees.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Ashley Day

• 2/3 c shortening
• 2/3 c butter
• 1 c sugar
• 1 c brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• Combine sugar, shortening, butter and mix until smooth.  Stir in eggs.  Add vanilla.
• 2 2/3 c flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 pkg (6 oz) Andes mint chocolate chunks
• Add flour, soda and salt.  Mix well.  Add chips.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.

Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies

By food.com

• 1 c butter
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 2 large eggs
• Mix well in a large bowl.
• 2 3/4 c flour
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture.
• 3 Tbs sugar
• 3 tsp cinnamon

Chill the dough and a cookie sheet in fridge for about 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix sugar and cinnamon in a ziplock bag.  Scoop 1 inch balls of dough into sugar/cinnamon mixture and coat dough well.

Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Never Fail Sugar Cookies

By Kristin Nelson

• 1 c margarine
• 1 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 1/2 c flour
• 3 tsp baking powder

Cream together margarine and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Stir in flour and baking powder.  No need to chill dough.  Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick and cut w/ cookie cutters.

Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.  Cookies should NOT look browned.

Pizza Cookie

By Mom Brown (Aunt Jana’s MIL)

• 1/2 c shortening
• 1 c sugar
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 c flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 Tbs baking powder

Spread on round pizza pan.  Bake for 12 minutes at 360 degrees or until golden brown.

Spread with cool whip and decorate with favorite fruit.

Cool and cut like a pizza.

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Eric Johnson

• 1 c butter
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 c sugar
• 3/4 c brown sugar
• 2 c flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 Tbs hot water
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 c coconut
• 2 c old fashioned oatmeal
• 1 pkg (12 oz) chocolate chips

Cream wet ingredients then add dry ingredients.

Bake until lightly brown at 375 degrees.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1 c butter or margarine
• 3/4 c firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 c Quaker oats
• 1 bag (12 oz) milk chocolate chips (and peanut butter chips if you want)

Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Add egg and vanilla.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt.

Mix with wet mixture and beat well.  Stir in oats and chips.

Bake for 8-9 minutes at 375 degrees.

Mrs. Fields Oatmeal Cookies

By Jana Brown

• 1 lb butter
• 2 c white sugar
• 2 c brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp soda
• 4 c flour
• 5 c quick cook oatmeal
• 2 bags (12 oz) chocolate chips

Mix and cream together all wet ingredients and sugars.

Mix all dry ingredients and add to creamed ingredients.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 6 minutes ONLY at 400 degrees.

Provo High Coconut Cookies

Mom said Dad used to LOVE these cookies

• 3 sticks butter
• 2 1/4 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 5 c flour (approx)
• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 lb coconut

Mix all together.

Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.

No Bake Cookies

• 1/2 c butter
• 2 c sugar
• 1/2 c milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 Tbl peanut butter

Mix together in a pan and bring to a boil.  Take off heat and add:

• 3 Tbl cocoa powder
• 3 c rolled oats

Mix well.  Drop by spoonful onto wax paper and let cool.