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Cast Iron Skillet Cookie Cake  Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened  3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs 2 1/4 cups flour  1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 2 cups (11 oz. package) semi sweet chocolate chips  Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until cream.  Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt; Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Rub softened butter around the inside of the skillet (I like to get some butter on a paper towel and rub it around). Press into a 9 inch or larger cast iron skillet. Bake for 30-40 minutes ( I baked mine uncovered for about 20 minutes and then covered with tin foil for the remaining time, checking periodically, every oven is different so you'll want to watch it closely after about 20 minutes. If you like it a little more crispy...

PB&C Cookie Sandwiches Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 6oz peanut butter chocolate chips 6oz semi sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup chocolate frosting 1/2 cup peanut butter Directions: In large mixing bowl beat butter on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, brown sugar, soda, and salt. Beat until combined.  Add egg and vanilla and combine.  Add flour and combine. Add cocoa powder and combine. Stir in peanut butter and chocolate chip pieces. Cover and chill dough for 2-3 hours or until easy to handle. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten cookies slightly with a glass dipped in sugar. Bake for 7-8 minutes or until tops are cracked and look dry Let cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute. Remove and cool ...

Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients: 3 Eggs 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Brown Sugar 1 cup Butter  1 cup Peanut Butter 2 tsp Vanilla  3 cups Flour 2 tsp Baking Soda 3/4 Salt Directions: Mix your wet ingredients together.  Add in the four, baking soda and salt to mixer and finish mixing.  Bake 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Let Cool. Store in Airtight container. Makes approximately 4 dozen per batch.  CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE

Peanut Clusters   (Grandma Bailey) Ingredients: 1 pound Almond Bark 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips 1 pound salted peanuts  Directions: Melt almond bark and chocolate chips in microwave stirring every 30 seconds until melted Add peanuts Drop by spoonfuls on wax paper   You can switch out for White almond bark and white chocolate chips and prepare the same way. CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE!

Snickerdoodles  Ingredients: 1 cup Butter 1 1/2 cups Sugar 2 eggs 3 cups Flour 2 tsp Cream of Tarter 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 tsp Cinnamon  1/4 tsp Salt For rolling: 1/4 cup Sugar 1/8 cup Cinnamon  Directions: Mix butter, sugar, and eggs together. Mix in flour, cream of tartar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix cinnamon and sugar for rolling. Roll cookie balls in sugar cinnamon mixture Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes Makes approximately 2 1/2 dozen  CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE!

Kringla Ingredients: 1 stick Butter 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Buttermilk 1/2 tsp Vanilla 3 cups Flour 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 tsp Baking Powder Directions: Cream butter, sugar, egg, and buttermilk together, then add rest of ingredients and mix well. Put into refrigerator until firm and can handle without getting real soft. Roll into small figure eights. Bake until light brown at 400 degrees, Approximately 8 minutes. Tips: You want to only take a small amount out of the fridge at a time as you want it to stay cold so it's easier to work with.  Use a light amount of flour an lightweight movement for rolling.  CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE!

Grandmas Butter Sugar Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tarter Sprinkles Directions:  Cream butter, oil, sugar, egg, and vanilla until light and fluffy Add dry ingredients Roll dough into balls or drop by spoon Flatten with fork Add sprinkles Bake for 10 - 12 minutes at 375 degrees  CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE!

Chocolate  Nobake Cookies Add all your sugar, milk, butter, peanut butter, and cocoa to pan.  Stir occasionally.  Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute - Make sure it is a good rolling boil otherwise they won't set up.  Add in your vanilla as soon you remove from the burner and then add your oatmeal and stir together. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper.  Once they're set up, Enjoy!!  Ingredients: 2 cups Sugar  1/4 cup Cocoa  1/2 cup Milk 1/2 cup Butter  1/3 cup Peanut Butter  1 tsp Vanilla 3 cups Oatmeal Directions Add sugar, cocoa, milk, butter, and peanut butter to your pan Heat over medium heat stirring occasionally until it comes to a boil Set timer and bowl for 1 minute immediately remove from heat and add 1 tsp vanilla and stir Add oatmeal and stir Use a spoon and drop onto wax paper  Let set up and then, ENJOY If you're anything like me...you can't wait for them t...

Cutout Sugar Cookies (Toni) Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 egg 1 tsp Vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tarter Directions: Mix powdered sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla Stir in flour, baking soda, cream of tarter Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours  Heat oven to 375 Divine dough in 1/2 Roll 3/16 inch thick on a floured surface Into into shapes Place on lightly greased cookie sheet or pizza stone Bake 7-8 minutes Frosting ingredients: 3 cups powdered sugar 1/3 cup butter 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 TBS milk Directions: Mix all ingredients together You can just decorate plain white, add food coloring and use a knife or you can use decorating bags and go all out, your choice😉 CLICK HERE TO PRINT RECIPE!

Chocolate Snickerdoodles Ingredients:  1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened   1 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar   2 large eggs   1 teaspoon vanilla extract   1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder  2 and 3/4 cup all purpose flour, spooned and leveled   1 and 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar  1 teaspoon baking soda   1/2 teaspoon baking powder   1/2 teaspoon salt  1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips  1/3 cup granulated sugar, for rolling   1 tablespoon cinnamon, for rolling Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees   Line a couple baking sheets with parchment paper  In a large bowl combine cocoa powder, flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and blend In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat butter until creamy, then add 1 and 1/2 cups sugar. Beat for a couple minutes until light and fluffy, rememberin...

Cut out Sugar Cookies We got this recipe from a family friends years ago and its been my go too.  I'm sure there are other delicious sugar cookie recipes ('ve certainly pinned enough😉)  but I love how simple and yummy this one is so I go back to it every time. A few photos of the way I've decorated them over the years...Sugar cookies are one of my favorite things to make! I'd love to try the royal icing someday but I LOVE the frosting recipe for these...As I was looking for photos for this post I got the urge to make some halloween ones, the butters thawing now😂.  Mix all of your wet ingredients. Then mix in your dry (I forgot a photo😦 but you get the point!)  It should look like this once its all mixed. I did a double batch so I seperated into 4 balls before I put it in the fridge, that makes it so much easier to get it out of the bowl and keeps the others from getting to warm or dried o...