Your most favorite/best cookie or bar recipes?

Question

I am looking for very good cookie and bar recipes that you often bake or have tried.
I already know all the recipe website. I value your personal opinion.

Thanks a lot

I am just looking for recipes that are fairly easy to make and not too expensive. Something that can please the general pubic. Maybe original recipes. Something other than plain brownies, choc. chip cookies...

The ginger cookie recipe sounds great.

Answer 1

This is my own recipe. They have a richer flavor and color than most oatmeal cookie recipes. For a nice treat add raisins along with the nuts and chocolate chips. I've been baking these for 35 years and I've yet to find any cookie my husband likes better.

OATMEAL COOKIES

¾ cup butter
1-cup brown sugar
½-cup white sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup water
1-teaspoon vanilla
1-tablespoon molasses
1 cup white flour
1-teaspoon salt
½-teaspoon baking soda
½-teaspoon cinnamon
3-cups oatmeal (quick or old fashioned)
1-cup pecan pieces
12-ounces chocolate chips

Set oven at 350 degrees. Beat first seven ingredients. Slowly mix in flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon until well blended. Mix in oatmeal followed by pecans and chocolate chips.

Scoop onto 2 large cookie sheets with small ball scoop, baking for 17-19 minutes, removing from oven when golden brown. Cool only one or two minutes until cookies can be removed easily with spatula. If you wait too long they will break when you remove them. Yield: 3-dozen large cookies.

The recipe looks long and complicated but it's very simple since you just throw everything into the mixer bowl. It doesn't take any longer than a simple chocolate chip cookie.

Answer 2

I have a very simple, holiday cookie recipe that is sure to be a hit. Both kids, and adults loves these cookies, and the recipe can easily be altered to fit any holiday, or everyday!

Wreath Cookies

4 cups of Corn Flakes
40 marshmallows
1 tsp Almond or Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Green Food Coloring
1 stick of butter
Red Hot Candies (optional)

Melt butter and marshmallows in microwave for 1 minute. Stir. Heat again in micro for 30 seconds. Stir again. Continue heating in micro in15 seconds incriments until the mixture is smooth and free of lumps. Stir in food coloring and extract. Mix in Corn Flakes. Drop onto wax paper. If so desired, form into wreath shapes, however, this can be time consuming, and the cookies are just as good in a mount. Make sure to butter hands because they will stick. If desired, add red hot candies to the top. Allow to dry for at least an hour. Enjoy.

To make the cookies for any holiday, simply change the food coloring, or skip the food coloring all together. This is a great recipe to make with the kids!!

Answer 3

*whimper* You have to be more specific about the types you want. I have a great snickerdoodle (sugar cookie with cinnamon sugar, crisp edges, chewy center) recipe that I adjusted and an incredible triple ginger gingersnap recipe (uses powdered, fresh, and candied ginger). I have a really great Seven Layer Bar recipe that is sublime and my chocolate chip cookies aren't standard, either. So . . . what are you looking for -- at least in general?

Answer 4

bake them in a pan instead of dropping small amounts in cookie shapes. I don't change a thing except maybe make a double batch since its so much easier. I like to under bake them just a bit, and I also make sure the dough is spread out to its not too thick in the pan so I don't end up over baking because the edges can get pretty hard.

Answer 5

Pecan Pie Bars

2 cups all purpose flour
½ cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 cup butter, cut up
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
½ butter
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 ½ cups finely chopped pecans
1 tsp. Vanilla extract

Combine flour, sugar, and salt in large bowl; cut in 3/4 cup butter thoroughly until mixture resembles very fine crumbs. Press mixture evenly into a greased 13x9 pan, using a piece of plastic wrap to press crumb mixture firmly in pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 17 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and ½ cup butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring gently. Remove from heat. Stir one-fourth of hot mixture into beaten eggs; add to remaining hot mixture. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Pour filling over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 34 to 35 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Yield: 16 large bars

Answer 6

Lunchroom Butter Cookies.
1 pound of butter (at room temperature)
1cup of sugar
3 cups of flour

Preheat oven to 350. Mix butter and sugar together.
Cream in flour one cup at a time.
Drop onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten with a fork.
Bake 5 minutes or until brown.


Caramel Shortbread Squares
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C). In a medium bowl, mix together 2/3 cup butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 1 1/4 cup flour until evenly crumbly. Press into 9" square baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes. In a 2 quart saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil. Continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon for about 3 minutes. Pour over baked crust (warm or cool). Cool until it begins to firm. Melt chocolate and pour over caramel layer. Cover the layer completely. Chill. Cut into squares (about 48 - small because it is rich).


SALTED PEANUT CHEWS
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened, divided
3 cups miniature marshmallows
2 cups peanut-butter flavored baking chips
2/3 cup corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups crisp rice cereal
2 cups salted peanuts

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter; mix well. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Sprinkle marshmallows over top and return to the oven for 3 to 5 minutes or until marshmallows begin to melt; set aside. In a large saucepan, cook and stir peanut butter chips, corn syrup, vanilla and remaining butter until chips are melted and smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal and peanuts. Pour over prepared crust, spreading to cover. Cool before cutting into bars.

Answer 7

Snickerdoodles! By far and away these are my favorite. If you have never tried them you must. Here is a place that has a recipe for them.

Answer 8

EASY SWEET POTATO CAKE

A) 4 LARGE EGGS ………….BEAT
B) 1 CUP VEGETABLE OIL
C) 1 CUP WHITE SUGAR
D) ½ CUP BROWN SUGAR
E) MIX A,B,C & D
F) 2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
G) 1 TSP. CINNAMON
H) ½ TSP. GINGER
I) 1 TSP BAKING POWDER
J) 2 TSP BAKING SODA
K) ½ TSP SALT
L) MIX F thru K AND STIR INTO E
M) 1 CAN (29 OZ.) CUT SWEET POTATOS IN LIGHT SYRUP
N) DRAIN AND MASH M (LEAVE SOME LUMPS)
O) STIR N INTO L
P) 9 X 13 GREASED AND FLOURED PAN
Q) (METAL IS BETTER THAN GLASS)
R) BAKE AT 350° 30 MINUTES
GOOD WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Answer 9

7 layer bars are great, brownies from scratch and linzer cookies w/ a raspberry jam are my faves to cook and everyone loves them!

Answer 10

Fudge Brownies! So GOOOD!