Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 18 servings

• .5 cup butter, creamed
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 1 cup grated pecans

Steps

1. Roll into balls. Bake at 350F for 20 minutes. Roll while hot in powdered sugar.

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This is a GOOD sugar cookie recipe. The cookies should be large soft and thick. I have made these cookies with grandchildren to enter in the fair in the "Grandmother-Grandchild" category and have won first place with them. My memory is dim, maybe it was second place, but anyway, we DID win a prize. I also have used this recipe to make Christmas cookies and have iced them with colored icing in Christmas colors. Fun to do with grandchildren!

Ingredients for 36 servings

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• .5 tsp baking soda
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 4.5 cups flour
• .5 tsp salt

Steps

1. Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs and beat. Add sour cream and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients (baking soda, baking powder, flour and salt) and add to the shortening, sugar, egg, sour cream and vanilla mixture. Dough should be soft, but not sticky. Roll out to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut in desired shapes. Bake in a 350F oven for 8-10 minutes. enjoy!

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This was a recipe given to me by Barbara Perryman Bibbins. It is a GOOD chocolate cookie recipe! I have made it many times.
Jennifer Crites: Mom sent these cookies to me in a Pringles Potato Chip canister when I was on my mission in Honduras. It brought such a sense of home to receive one of my favorite cookies!

Ingredients for 36 servings

• .5 cup shortening or margarine
• 1.66666666667 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 6 tbsp cocoa
• 2 cups flour (plus)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• .5 tsp salt
• .33 cup milk
• .5 cup nuts

Steps

1. Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla. Beat in eggs, add cocoa. Alternate dry ingredients and milk. Chill 2-3 hours. Form in balls, roll in powdered sugar. Bake in 375F oven for 10-15 minutes.

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Ingredients for 48 servings

• .75 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 egg whites
• .5 cup molasses
• 2 cups whole wheat four
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cloves

Steps

1. Cream together butter, sugars, and egg whites. Add molasses. Sift dry ingredients and gradually add to the creamed mixture. Form into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar. Bake at 350F on a greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes.

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Ingredients for 36 servings

• 1 cup shortening
• .75 cup sugar
• .75 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Steps

1. Mix shortening, sugars, vanilla, and eggs together. Then add dry ingredients and chocolate chips. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350F for 10-12 minutes.

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Ingredients for 36 servings

• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups light Karo syrup
• 10.5 cups Rice Krispies
• 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 12 oz butterscotch chips

Steps

1. Mix Karo syrup and sugar together and heat until sugar is dissolved. Stir constantly. Add peanut butter. Stir till blended. Fold in Rice Krispies. Spread mixture onto a greased sheet pan.
2. Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips together and spread over the Rice Krispies. Let cool (although they are mighty tasty warm)!

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Oatmeal cookie with a very nutty flavor.

Ingredients for 24 servings

• 0.75 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 0.75 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1.5 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.5 tsp baking powder
• 0.5 tsp baking soda
• 0.25 tsp salt
• 0.5 cup pecans (hazelnuts or walnuts)
• 0.25 cup sunflower seeds (optional)
• 2 tbsp flax seeds (optional)
• 0.5 cup wheat germ (optional)

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 375 F
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla and nutmeg.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pecans (hazelnuts or walnuts), sunflower seeds, flax seeds and wheat germ. Gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Add extra nuts if not using seeds, extra oatmeal if not using wheat germ.
4. Drop by rounded spoonfuls, a couple of inches apart, onto greased cookie sheet. Don't flatten.
5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. (Make this lower calorie/lower fat by reducing the butter to 1/2 cup and add 1/4 cup "no sugar added" apple sauce. This makes the cookie more moist and cake-ish.)

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Ingredients for 9 servings

• 1.5 cups flour
• .5 cup cornstarch
• .5 cup sugar
• .5 lb real butter
• Pinch salt
• 1 tbsp butter
• Lemon juice
• Powdered sugar
• Walnuts

Steps

1. Combine first 5 ingredients and press into a square pan. Bake 20 minutes at 350F. Cool and ice with frosting made with 1 tbsp butter, lemon juice and powdered sugar. Top with chopped walnuts.

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Ingredients for 72 servings

• 1 lb butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 6 cups flour
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1.5 tsp soda
• 24 oz chocolate chips

Steps

1. Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and beat for three minutes. Add vanilla. Add flour, salt and soda. Add chocolate chips. Roll into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart, flatten slightly. Bake at 350F for 7-10 minutes

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Ingredients for 36 servings

• 1 lb butter or margarine
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 5 cups quick oatmeal
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 4 cups flour
• 20 oz chocolate chips

Steps

1. Cream butter and sugars together. Add eggs and beat well. Add vanilla. Add oatmeal. Add flour, soda, baking powder. Add chocolate chips. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake at 400F for 6 minutes. Can substitute raisins and chopped walnuts for the chocolate chips.

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