favorite non -chocolate cookie

[clarabelle]

Unfortunately -I am going to have to try many of these before I can make a decision

 

[NHdisneylover]

My standard holiday cookie plates contain the following non chocolaty items:

soft molasses cookies with butter cream frosting

key lime cookies

butter cookies with almond flavouring

oatmeal scotchies

gingerbread cookies

peppermint pinwheels

cinnamon twists

 

[clarabelle]

Key Lime
Are they crisp or chewy?

 

[NHdisneylover]

Key Lime
Are they crisp or chewy?

They are soft (in a melt in your nouth kind of way, so neither crisp nor chewy ), fat crescent shapes coated in powdered sugar. I was just thinking I need to see which recipes made it thought the move with me, and which I will have to get DMiL to find and email. If I have it here I will post it if you'd like. I like to add them in becuase they are so different than the otehr things this time of year.

ETA--found the recipe! Here it is:
2 cups butter or margarine, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 1/2 flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tablespoons grated lime zest
2 teaspoons key lime juice

Cream butter and powdered sugar and lime juice with beaters.
Sift in flour and cornstarch and mix with wooden spoon or beaters on low. Mix in lime zest.
Form tablespoons of dough into fat crezent shapes.
Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes
Brush very lightly with lime juice upon exiting the oven.
Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pan and shake in a baggie full of powdered sugar.
Allow to cool competly before serving.

 

[OK!]

Sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, and shortbread are my absolute favorite cookies.

 

[Disney Ron]

CHOW MEIN NOODLES COOKIES

2 pkg. butterscotch morsels
1 lg. can chow mein noodles
1 c. chopped cashews

Melt morsels over low heat in double boiler. Remove for heat and mix in noodles and cashews. Drop on cookie sheet and cool. No baking necessary!

*** These have been around forever and are an old classic that reminds me of my DGM.

Frosted Ricotta Cookies
•COOKIES:
•1lb. butter (no substitutions)
•2c. sugar
•3 eggs
•1lb. ricota cheese
•2t. vanilla
•1t. salt
•4c. flour
•1t. baking soda

•ICING:
•2T. butter
•2c. powdered sugar
•2T. milk
•optional food coloring or sprinkles

Directions
1.Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
2.Combine next 4 ingredients and add to butter mixture.
3.Sift together flour & soda and gently add to butter mixture.
4.Spoon dough onto cookie sheet.
5.Bake @ 350F, 12 min.
6.Cool & frost with icing.
7.ICING:
8.Mix all ingredients until you reach desired consistency by add or subtracting the amount of milk.
9.Add food color if desired.






Mrs. Disney Ron

 

[clarabelle]

yummo!
Thanks for the recipes guys!

 

[AmyinKY]

Just a quick tip:

If using raisins or any other dried fruit, soak in water or brandy before mixing into your dough. They "plump" up and do not dry out when you bake them.

Amy

 

[C.Ann]

Coconut macaroons; lemon bars; ricotta cheese cookies; soft molasses cookies; and the soft, round sugar cookies with the sugar sprinkled on top..

 

[alexandria674]

I like sugar cookies, but I sprinkle them with a little bit of cinnamon or nutmeg.

 

[clarabelle]

I have never had Ricotta cheese cookies!
You don't see them all that often in GA. I might have to try those to be different

 

[belle09]

Toffee cookies! They're sooooo delicious, and super easy. I like the recipe from the Skor toffee bits bag, but I can never find Skor here, so I substitute heath toffee bits.

2 1/4 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c (1 stick) butter, softened
3/4 c white sugar
3/4 c brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs, at room temp
1 bag toffee bits (I think it's about 2 c)

Mix flour, baking soda, salt in a small bowl.
In a large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time, incorporating well after each addition.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture, beat until mixed.
Stir in toffee bits.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

 

[Planogirl]

Oatmeal with or without raisins. I'd rather have them than a chocolate cookie.

 

[MulanUSAF]

Pecan pie cookies are always a big hit when I make them for Christmas cookie swaps.

The recipe is here

 

[Rora]

Peanut butter or oatmeal!!

YUM!

 

[clarabelle]

Thanks
Y'all are making it hard to make a choice

 

[Disneylover79]

Carrot cake cookies... just made them this weekend and they're all gone already! You can also add some cream cheese icing to make cookie sandwiches.

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
3/4 cup shredded carrots
1 cup raisins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, stir in the crushed pineapple, carrots and raisins. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; stir into the carrot mixture. Mix in the walnuts if desired. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottoms begin to brown and cookies are set. Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

OMG you just mad my day... I am sooooo addicted to carrot cake and now I can have it in cookies!!!!!

 

[etoiles]

These version of the chow mein noodle cookies were a huge hit and I made 10 dozen in less than an hour! Even the health nut at work admitted secretly to me that she ate her entire cookie exchange portion on the ride home.

Also my mother in law loves Mexican Wedding Cakes and I make a big batch for her to take home with her when she flies back after the holidays.

 

[TwingleMum]

They are soft (in a melt in your nouth kind of way, so neither crisp nor chewy ), fat crescent shapes coated in powdered sugar. I was just thinking I need to see which recipes made it thought the move with me, and which I will have to get DMiL to find and email. If I have it here I will post it if you'd like. I like to add them in becuase they are so different than the otehr things this time of year.

ETA--found the recipe! Here it is:
2 cups butter or margarine, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
3 1/2 flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tablespoons grated lime zest
2 teaspoons key lime juice

Cream butter and powdered sugar and lime juice with beaters.
Sift in flour and cornstarch and mix with wooden spoon or beaters on low. Mix in lime zest.
Form tablespoons of dough into fat crezent shapes.
Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes
Brush very lightly with lime juice upon exiting the oven.
Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pan and shake in a baggie full of powdered sugar.
Allow to cool competly before serving.

OMG these sound delish!!

 

[clarabelle]

Disers sure know their cookies!