The Big Book Of Cookies: Over 200 Delicious Cookie Recipes

Whatever kind of cookie you're looking for, you'll find it in The Big Book Of Cookies. Here are just a few of the delicious cookie recipes you will find:
Candy Corn Shortbread
Caramel Apple Cookies
Chocolate Drop Cookies
Christmas Cookie Slices
Deluxe Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double Peanut Cookies
Dream Bars
Frosted Banana Bars
Fudgy Layer Squares
Giant Colorful Candy Cookies
Lemon Cream Oat Bars
Malted Milk Cookies
No-Bake Honey-Oat Bars
No-Bake Peanut Butter Squares
Old-Fashioned Rum-Raisin Cookies
and Hundreds More!

Black-Eyed Susans
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3/4 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 drops yellow food color
1 egg
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese -- softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 dozen (about) large semisweet chocolate chips
Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, food color, egg and cream cheese in large
bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in
flour. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
Heat oven to 375º. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 2
inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Make 3 cuts with scissors in
top of each ball about three-fourths of the way through to make 6
wedges. Spread wedges apart slightly to form flower petals (cookies
will flatten as they bake).
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown.
Immediately press 1 chocolate chip in center of each cookie. Remove
from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Cut balls from top into 6 wedges about 3/4 way through dough.
Brandied Fruit Drops
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/3 cup brandy
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup dried apricots -- chopped
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup golden raisins
Heat oven to 350º. Grease cookie sheet. Beat brown sugar, butter,
brandy and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or
mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon and
nutmeg. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie
sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie
sheet to wire rack.

Banana-Ginger Jumbles
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 tablespoon grated ginger root
OR
1 teaspoon ground ginger*
2 eggs
1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 medium)
1/4 cup milk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar, if desired
Heat oven to 375º. Beat brown sugar, butter, shortening, ginger root and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in bananas and milk. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto unreleased cookie sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while warm.