Christmas Baking Ep 5

One of my all time favs!!

Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Margarine at room temp
1/2 cup Real Butter at room temp
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Topping: Also sugar and cinnamon for rolling the balls in later. I use about 9 tsp of sugar & 3 tsp of cinnamon. Mix those in a bowl for rolling the balls just before baking.

Directions:

Beat margargine, butter and sugar together until creamy. Mix in the eggs.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well.

Shape into 1 inch balls. Chill 1 hour.

Combine the topping (cinnamon & sugar) in a small bowl.

Drop balls into mixture, coating well. Then place on a greased baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375F for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool, then enjoy.

Christmas Baking Ep 2

I decided to try something different this year. I always make chocolate chip cookies. But decided to try the cookie bar recipe. It turned out pretty good. The dough, which is my fav part, I would almost rather eat it than the actual cookie, was soooooo tasty.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup butter or margarine (I used margarine)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts, chopped, optional (I didn't put any nuts in mine.)

Directions:

Cream together first 7 ingredients.
Mix in remaining ingredients.
Mix til combined well.
Spread batter evenly in a greased 9x13 inch baking pan.
Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Let cool then cut up into 24 bars.