I love chocolate chip cookies! This recipe is easy to throw together and will bring big smiles

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

 

In a mixing bowl add 1 cup white sugar

Add 1 cup packed brown sugar

 

Add 2 sticks softened butter (one cup) then cream together with a mixer until smooth

 

Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla

 

Add one teaspoon baking soda in hot water and dissolve

 

Add to baking soda mix to the batter along with a half teaspoon of salt

 

Stir in 3 cups of flour

 

Stir in 2 cups of chocolate chips and one cup of nuts

 

Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans or line with parchment

 

Space evenly about 2″ apart

 

Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven or until edges are nicely browned

 

Allow to cool on a wire rack and enjoy!!

I learned to bake when I was young because I had a sweet tooth and my mother did not bake. I created this cookie recipe for my great-grandmother Bessie Hudson. She could not wait to start eating them as I was measuring everything out.  She would actually sample one as I would pull them out of the oven. It was always fun waiting for baked good to be cool enough to eat. These cookies were her all time favorite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure out sugar into a large mixing bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add brown sugar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add butter and peanut butter then cream it all together

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the vanilla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beat in eggs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a separate bowl add flour and baking powder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

baking soda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add salt then sift all the dry ingredients together

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stir the dry ingredients into batter and put into refrigerator for 1 hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grab a spoon of dough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form into 1 inch balls and put on parchment lined baking sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flatten each ball with a fork

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make a criss-cross pattern by pressing the other way

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let them cool completely and try not to eat them all in one cookie monster session

This is my grandmother Claire’s recipe. My father could sit with the whole batch and finish them off in one day! Whenever I make this I can hear my dad thanking me for making them because he loved them that much. It also brings back many memories of Christmas especially of times with the family. I remember being in the kitchen with my grandmother helping her to make them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 cup crisco
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup ice cold water
1 jar mincemeat or make your own
1 cup Confectioners Sugar

This is what the written recipe says:
Preheat the oven to 350 F and strain the mincemeat – lump it all & mix. Flour fingertips to work. Wet paper towel and cover bowl. Roll out dough and cut into squares. 1 tsp. mince on middle of square. Roll and tuck ends or squeeze. Cookie sheet ungreased. Put fork marks on top to release air. Check. Powdered sugar to cover after finished.

Now let me break this down for you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure out the crisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrape it into a bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure out the flour and add to the bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the salt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Add the baking powder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the ice water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See it is all lumped together now per her recipe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flour your fingers and work the dough until it comes together smooth. Wet a paper towel and cover the dough in the bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like to divide the dough and only work with half at a time. Roll it out and cut into squares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put 1 teaspoon of mincemeat in the middle of the square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuck the end, squeeze and place on an ungreased cookie sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep working until all the dough is gone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put fork marks on top to release steam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes or until lightly brown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put confectioners sugar into a bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toss the hot tarts with the sugar and let cool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serve warm or cool.. YUM!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what they look like inside…… Oh the memories