My Two Favorite Cookie Recipes

Bonnie asked me what my favorite cookie recipe was. I(my family) have two.

This is a Betty Crocker recipe I cut off of the back of a flour sack maybe 15 years ago and still have it taped to the inside of my kitchen cabinet.

The Good Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/2 cups butter softened (three sticks)
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 large eggs
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (or use milk chocolate to your
taste)

Heat oven to 350°

1. Mix butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl.
2. Mix together, and stir in, flour, baking soda and salt.
3. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. (I use the airbake cookie sheets--and use TWO of them..one baking and one cooling.)
5. Bake 11-13 minutes or until lightly browned. (take them out when they're still very light--they'll cook for 2-3 more minutes when you remove them from the oven.)
6. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet.
7. Cool on a wire rack.

I have made these for bake sales, to take to stock shows, for office get-to-gethers and even sold them in my bakery shop. They are always good and stay soft. I finally got smart and bought a cookie dough scoop and it makes the job so much easier.

My second favorite cookie recipe is from CindyB. I'm hoping she'll post a lot of her recipes, but this one is wonderful and it'll be just fine if she re-does it! I have the print out from where she posted this in AlexAnderson's Message board on December 15, 2002. Cindy...it's a treasure to me!

Big Soft Bakery Ginger Cookies

• 2 1/4 Cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened (not vegetable spread)
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 Tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 Tablespoons white sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
3. In large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in egg, then stir in molasses and water.
5. Gradually add the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture.
6. Shape dough into walnut sized balls and roll in remaining 2 Tablespoons of sugar.
7. Place cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
8. Bake for 12 minutes in preheated oven.
9. Cool on baking sheet for five minutes then move to wire rack.
10. Store in airtight container.