How to Make Easy Meals

Archive for the ‘Cookies’ Category

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions:

Mix butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy. Mix in egg and lemon extract. In another bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350F for 9 to 10 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1 egg
1/2 cup mashed banana (ripe)
Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, mix butter and brown sugar. Mix in egg, mashed banana and vanilla. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix well. Stir in rolled oats and walnuts (is using). Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a non-stick cookie sheets. Leave about 2 inches between cookies for spreading. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup butter (softened)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup mashed banana (ripe)
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375F. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda into a bowl and set aside. Mix butter and sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Mix in eggs, vanilla, and mashed banana. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir until just combined. Gently stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a non-stick cookie sheet. Bake about 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

*Tip: When baking banana cookies try to use bananas that are very ripe. These will give the cookies a sweeter taste, which means you can even use less sugar than recipe calls for.

* This recipe is a lot of fun to make with the kids and the cookies look great once they’re baked.  You can use them to decorate the tree or just display them in a nice bowl or of course just eat them!

Ingredients:

3 cups sifted flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter (melted)
1/3 cup honey
¼ cup water
Bright colored hard candies
Cookie cutters

Directions:

Mix the butter, sugar and honey in a large bowl and add water, mix until smooth.  Combine the salt, baking soda and sifted flour in a large bowl.  Add butter mixture to flour mixture and knead the dough a little with your hands.  Wrap up roll in cling film and place in freezer for approximately 20 to 30 minutes.

While the dough is chilling unwrap a selection of round hard candies and set aside.

Once the dough is ready roll it on a lightly floured surface and cut out shapes using cookie cutters.  Using the tip of a knife cut out a circle in the center of the cookie to approximately fit the hard candy.  If you’re cookie is meant to be an ornament make a hole at the top using a straw.
Bake at 350F for approximately 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly golden, remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.  Place the hard candy in the center of cookie and bake for another minute or so (just until the candy slightly starts to bubble).  Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before displaying or eating.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar (powdered and sifted)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour (sifted)
1/4 teaspoon Salt
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl and mix in vanilla.  Sift flour and salt together and add to the sugar mixture.  Gently fold in the chopped pecans.  Shape mixture into golf ball sized balls.  Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for approximately 15 minutes at 350F or until baked through and slightly golden.

While cookies are baking place a little extra powdered sugar in a bowl.  Once the cookies are done baking roll through the sugar and set aside to cool.