Posted by Diane | Posted in Cookie Recipes | Posted on 09-12-2008

Mmmmmmm! This melt-in-your-mouth cookie recipe will melt your heart.
Ingredients:
1 pkg. SuperMoist yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 6oz. pkg. semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix half of the cake mix, butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl until smooth. Stir remaining cake mix, chocolate chips and nuts into first mixture. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls two inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 – 12 minutes, (centers will be soft). Cool slightly, then remove from the cookie sheet. Yield: 5 dozen cookies.
What’s your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe?
Posted by Diane | Posted in Holiday Cookies | Posted on 09-12-2008

3 oz. white chocolate
Green food coloring
1 1/2 cups chow mein noodles
Red hot candies
Melt white chocolate in the microwave, about 40-60 seconds on high. Add food coloring one drop at a time until mixture is the desired color. Gently stir in chow mein noodles until evenly coated. Drop by rounded Tblsp full onto wax paper and press center of each mound so it forms the shape of a wreath. Add a few red hot candies to each wreath, then let them set for about an hour before serving. Yield: one dozen.
Posted by Diane | Posted in Cookie Recipes | Posted on 09-12-2008

Nothing is more refreshing than a cookie recipe with a touch of mint?
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup shortening, creamed
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 oz. baking chocolate
1/4 cup evaporated milk
Peppermint Patties
Combine flour, salt & baking powder until well mixed; set aside. Add sugar to the creamed shortening and mix well. Stir egg into shortening mixture, then melt baking chocolate and stir it into creamed mixture until well mixed. Add milk and dry ingredients alternately until well blended, then form into a roll about 1 1/2- 2 inches in diameter and chill for several hours or overnight. Prior to baking, cut into thin slices and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes. Place a Peppermint Pattie between two cooled cookies.
Do you have a chocolate mint recipe to share?