Sugar Cookies
If “a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand,” you’ll be well on your way to nutritional excellence with these old fashioned sugar cookies. With two sticks of butter in one hand and two cups of sugar in the other, this classic cookie is pure, simple, and oh so satisfying. So try them out…and give the last one to someone you love on Valentine’s Day.
“Sometimes me think what is love, and then me think love is what last cookie is for. Me give up the last cookie for you.” Cookie Monster
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Sugar Cookies
From Martha Stewart
Shaped Sugar Cookies
Makes about 16 large cookies
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup (two sticks) of unsalted butter
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice and grated zest of 2 lemons
In a large bowl, sift together the flour , salt, and baking powder. Set aside. (more…)
Chocolate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
By Leslie Kedash
Chocolate and chocolate, a match made in heaven and great traveling companions for butter, sugar and eggs.
These cookies have a rich history in our house. First, they were the companion cookies to the more standard chocolate chip version sent to school for various occasions, usually birthdays.
Somehow, this cookie became “the” cookie of choice for those special occasions when I am informed at 7:30 pm that baked goods need to be ready for school by 7:30 am (the next day…). Occasionally, I am tempted to run to the market for a bag of cookies, but considering the time and hassle of the supermarket, it’s just as easy (almost) to make these. They fill the kitchen with a chocolaty, just baked aroma.
Take some time this weekend and make these cookies, pour a glass of milk and curl up by the fire, watch an old movie or read a book. They are sinfully rich so consume with care.
They just might become your favorite treat.
Chocolate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Makes 40 to 48 cookies
A “reverse” chocolate chip cookie: chocolate dough with white chocolate chunks.
1/2 pound unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 extra-large eggs at room temperature
2/3 cup good unsweetened cocoa
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 pounds good white chocolate, coarsely chopped
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (more…)
