favorite non -chocolate cookie

[jiminyC_fan]

Your thread made me remember that I have to look for recipes for a cookie exchange party. I just ran across this. Haven't tried it but it sounds yummy:

Black Forest Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup shortening
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2-1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal (not instant)
1-1/2 cups chopped red candied cherries
1-1/4 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 375°F.

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla until creamy.

Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture until well blended. Stir in oats, mix well, and stir in remaining ingredients.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F for 10 to 13 minutes or until light golden. Cool 10 minutes before removing to racks. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

 

[ahutton]

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.

I make a variation of these. I replace leave out the nuts (we just don't love them) and add 1 teaspoon of almond extract. So simple and so yummy!

 

[Luv Bunnies]

Iced sugar cookies are my absolute favorite. I have over 200 cookies cutters for every occasion.

My sister makes really great Russian Teacakes for Christmas each year.

I also like lemon cookies - either Lemon Bars or Lemon Drop Cookies with lemon glaze. I have a lemon tree that produces all year long so I'm always looking for lemon recipies.

 

[candykisses]

Thumbprints or Cream Wafers with butter cream icing

 

[Imzadi]

This is seriously one of the best threads on the DIS:

Cookies from cake mixes! Also: BISCOTTI and Cookie BARS

With so many different cake mixes and different kinds of imaginative add-ins, you never have to make the same cookie twice.

I guarantee you, no one else will have your cookie in the Cookie Exchange, if you make one of these cookies.

 

[overlyspoiled4sure]

I know this thread was for cookies without chocolate, but....

Seems to me I remember my Grandma making a version of chow mein noodle cookies but they were chocolate. Think she melted chocolate chips & mixed in the chow mein noodles. Nothing else. I bet they could be made with a mixture of chocolate chips & butterscotch chips too.

Then there was the one this same Grandma made with corn flakes, but that one was either butterscotch or peanutbutter. It's been far too long & I can't remember for sure. She passed away in the early 1970's.

This thread has been wonderful. Makes me want to get busy & bake. I think I'll take the hint & freeze the dough for baking later. Now if only I had the room to freeze trays of unbaked cookies to then transfer to a bag...that way I could pop out a few at a time for baking.

 

[TwingleMum]

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.

What do these taste/look like???

 

[clarabelle]

I think this may be the longest thread I have ever started!
Thanks

 

[NHdisneylover]

I know this thread was for cookies without chocolate, but....

Seems to me I remember my Grandma making a version of chow mein noodle cookies but they were chocolate. Think she melted chocolate chips & mixed in the chow mein noodles. Nothing else. I bet they could be made with a mixture of chocolate chips & butterscotch chips too.

Then there was the one this same Grandma made with corn flakes, but that one was either butterscotch or peanutbutter. It's been far too long & I can't remember for sure. She passed away in the early 1970's.

This thread has been wonderful. Makes me want to get busy & bake. I think I'll take the hint & freeze the dough for baking later. Now if only I had the room to freeze trays of unbaked cookies to then transfer to a bag...that way I could pop out a few at a time for baking.

My grandmother used to make a cookie bar with cornflakes and butterscotch! I had forgotten about those. Thanks for the reminder

 

[Pooh67_68]

Hi
I am participating in a cookie exchange where we bring two different kinds of cookies. I wanted to bring one with chocolate and one without.

Any suggestions for a non-chocolate kind of cookie?

Oatmeal

Mollasses

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

Thanks for the ideas! My cookie swap is coming up in a few weeks!

 

[::Snow_White::]

I haven't had them in a long time, but I love pecan cookies.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I remember my grandma making corn flake cookies and loving them. Anyone have a recipe?