Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Got this recipe from Jaclyn

http://www.afamilyfeast.com/soft-pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Ingredients

• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup oil (canola or vegetable)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda mixed with 1 teaspoon milk 
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional but highly recommended)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper sheets (or lightly grease the cookie sheet if you don’t have parchment paper).
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla and egg. Mix until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a small bowl, dissolve the baking soda with the milk. Add both the dry flour mixture and the wet baking soda mixture to the pumpkin mixture. Mix well.
4. Add in the chocolate chips and nuts and stir until evenly combined.
5. Using a medium cookie scoop(medium scoop is equal to 1 1/2 tablespoons), drop mounds of the cookie dough on the prepared cookie sheets.
6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool for slightly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Easy Sugar Cookies for Fruit Pizzas and Frosting

1 c. Vegetable oil
1 c. margarine (butter will make them cook faster)
1 c. powdered sugar
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
4 1/2 c. flour
1 t. salt
1 t. cream of tartar
1 t. baking soda

Beat first five ingredients together with mixer. Add flour, salt, cream of tartar, and baking soda to the blended mixture. Roll into Tbsp sized balls and flatten onto cookie sheet. Bake 375 for 10 minutes or until set. Makes 100 cookies

Frosting
2  8 oz packages cream cheese
1 c. white sugar
4 t. vanilla
Mix together and refrigerate 2-3 hours.

Frost cookies and top with fruit.

From joyisathome.blogspot.com

July's Caramel Bars

My neighbor has made these for me a few times, and they are so good!

2 cups butter
2 1/4 cup brown sugar
3 cups quick quaker oats
1 tsp. salt
... 2 tsp soda
1 bottle Mrs. Richard's Caramel Topping
16 oz pkg milk chocolate chips
chopped walnuts (optional) I never do these...yucky :)

soften butter in microwave. In a large bowl, mix butter, brown sugar, flour, oats, salt and soda together. Take 3/4 of the mixture and press on cookie sheets (press up on sides). Bake for 8 minutes at 350. Remove and pour on caramel. Spread evenly, sprinkle on chocolate chips and walnuts. Then sprinke remaining cookie mixture on the top. Bake again for 10-12 minutes at 350. Do not over cook or the caramel goes hard.

Scotcheroos

1 c. corn syrup
1 c. sugar
1 c. creamy peanut butter
6 c. rice krispies
1 c. semi sweet chocolate chips
1 c. butterscotch chips

Cook corn syrup and sugar together in a large pan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, mix well. Add cereal, stir until evenly coated. Pour into greased 9 X 13 pan. Pat into place. While still hot, sprinkle chocolate and butterscotch chips over the top and spread until well combined. Cool at least 45 minutes.

Molasses Cookies

These are one of my favorites at Christmastime. My mom makes them and it makes the whole house smell like Christmas!
2 1/4 c. flour
2 t. ginger
1 t. baking soda
3/4 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. cloves
1/4 t. salt
1/2 c. oil
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1/4 c. molasses

Combine first 6 ingredients and set aside. Beat oil and sugar together until fluffy. Add egg and molasses; beat well. Stir in dry mixture. Shape into balls, and roll in sugar. Bake on cookie sheet for 10 minutes at 350. Let stand on cookie sheet for two minutes before removing them.

Best Ever Brownies

From Cooks Illustrated

1 1/4 c. cake flour
1/2 t. salt
3/4 t. baking powder
6 oz unsweetened chocolate
12 T unsalted butter
2 1/4 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 T. vanilla

Preheat 325
Whisk dry ingredients together and set aside. Melt chocolate and butter together, whisk in sugar, whisk in eggs one at a time, add vanilla. Fold in flour mixture in 3 parts. Bake 30-35 minutes. Cool 2 hours.

Sugar Cookies-- Aunt Mary's Recipe

3 1/4 c. flour
1 t. soda
1/2 t. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 egg
2 t. vanilla
1/2 c. sour cream or buttermilk (sr. cream is better)

Bake 425 for 6-10 minutes

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I don't remember where I adapted this recipe from, but it's been my favorite cookie recipe of all time. Anyway, I have experimented with it through the years, and now I think they are perfect!

1 lb butter
2 c. Sugar
1 c. brown sugar
½ t. vanilla
¾ t. salt
4 eggs
4 c. flour
2 t. baking soda
1 ½ t. cinnamon
½ t. nutmeg
3 c. oatmeal
2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips (milk choc chips don’t taste as good in this recipe)

Cream butter and sugars then add vanilla and salt and mix. Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Gradually, stir dry ingredients into butter mixture ( DO NOT use a hand mixer for this, you will break it). Stir in oatmeal then chocolate chips. Bake 8-10 min. at 350.
The key to making these cookies moist is to keep the batter cold. I always refrigerate it for a few minutes before I form it into balls to cook. I keep it refrigerated as I cook each batch. Take them out of the oven when they are nearly done and let them sit before moving them. These cookies are good frozen as well. It makes a lot of cookies!