Recipe for
Gourmet Cookies
1 c Butter, softened
1 c Dark brown sugar, packed
1 c Light brown sugar, packed
1 tb Vanilla extract
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Baking powder
2 1/2 c Flour
1 1/2 ts Salt
4 c Walnuts chopped
3 c Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Cream butter in a large bowl. Beat in the sugar, a little at a time; beat
until light. Stir in vanilla extract. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir salt
into flour and add to batter. Add nuts and chocolate chips.
Chill batter for an hour and drop by 1/4 C measures 3" apart on buttered
baking sheets. Bake in the middle of a 375F oven for 12 to 15 minutes; cool on
rack.
Makes gorgeous huge gourmet style cookies.
Low
Calorie Low Fat Cookies
1/2 c Granulated sugar
1/4 c Packed brown sugar
1/4 c Margarine
1 ts Vanilla
1 Egg white
1 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 c Miniature semisweet Chocolate chips
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugars, margarine, vanilla, and egg white in
large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, you may find it easier to roll in your hand
and place on sheet, the dough tends to be very crumbly. 2 inches apart onto
ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie
sheet. Cool on wire rack.
These cookies are great. 8 minutes to bake. Cool on the sheets for about 5
minutes before easily moving them to cooling racks.
Don't be alarmed by the crumbly look of the dough, they turn out magnificantly.
They taste as sinful as the high calorie ones!
Outrageous Chocolate Chip
1/2 c Granulated sugar
1/3 c Packed brown sugar
1/2 c Butter, softened
1/2 c Peanut butter
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 Egg
1 c Flour
1/2 c Oats (quick or regular
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 pk 6 oz semisweet chocolate Chips
Heat oven to 350F. Beat sugars, butter, peanut butter, vanilla and egg in a
medium bowl, until creamy and well blended. Mix in flour, oats, baking soda and
salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreas- ed cookie
sheet. 3. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet.