No Bake Cookies

Sour Cream Sugar Cookes

Recipe from Minico High School foods teacher, Mrs. Edgar

COOKIES
1 cup shortening
1 cup sour cream
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Mix the above ingredients well and gradually add following ingredients:

2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 1/2-6 1/2 cups flour

Mix until a rather stiff dough forms. Roll out about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter and bake 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.

FROSTING
4 ounces cream cheese
1 cube margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Mix well and frost cookies. Color frosting if wanted.

Homemade Oreos

Recipe from Emerson 2nd Ward Cookbook

1 Devil Food Cake Mix
2 Eggs
3/4 cup shortening

Mix ingredients. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Slightly flatten with bottom of a cup. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 min. Cool on wire rack.

Filling:
1/4 cup butter
8 ounce cream cheese
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar

Mix butter, cream cheese and vanilla. Slowly add powdered sugar. Spread on bottom of one cookie and sandwich with a second.

Oatmeal Scotchies

These are probably my favorite cookies of all time! I always forget how much I like them until I make a batch and then my lack of self control reminds me!!!Recipe from Nestle Butterscotch Morsels package

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or grated peel of 1 orange
3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
1 2/3 cups (11-package) Nestle Toll House Butterscotch Flavored Morsels

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in oats and morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 7-8 minutes for chewy cookies; 9-10 minues for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Ranger Cookes

Recipe from Cindy Gillette

2 cups margarine or butter (softened)
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 tablespoons milk
4 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups oats
2 cups coconut
4 cups rice krispies

Cream margarine. Add sugars gradually and beat until creamy. Add milk, eggs and vanilla. In separate bowl, blend dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly add dry mixture to other. Blend well. Add oats, coconut, and rice krispies. Mix. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Easy Sugar Cookies

These are super easy drop-sugar cookies. I made this particular batch to go with my "Preparing for Young Womens" Achievement Day. We played a matching game- value to story and then I let the girls decorate their own cookies with the value colors.

Recipe from Emerson 2nd Ward Cookbook

1 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour

Mix ingredients in order given. Roll into balls and bake 6-19 minutes in 350 degree oven.

Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter
3-4 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla

Mix well and frost cooled cookies.

Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

From the Essential Mormon Cookbook

1 cup butter- softened
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
3/4 tesaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 (12-ounce) bag chocolate chips

Cream together butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and beat well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop onto greased cookie sheet by heaping tablespoons. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes until lightly browned. Makes about 3 dozen.