Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my old stand by recipe that I make most often. Can you ever really go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie? I don't think so.

1 c butter
1 c brown sugar
3/4 c sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 t baking soda
3/4 t salt
3 cups flour
chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Then mix in the eggs and vanilla. Then mix in the soda and salt and last add in the flour. Beat until nicely mixed. Then stir in the chocolate chips.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Toffee Sticks

Toffee Sticks

I don't know where this recipe comes from but I remember mom making them for special occasions. They are look like they are so much more complicated than they really are. 

Ingredients:

3/4 c butter                                      2 T shortening

1.2 c brown sugar                            1 6 oz bag butterscotch morsels

1 egg yolk                                        1/4 c light corn syrup

1 t vanilla                                          1 T butter

1/4 t salt                                           1/4 t salt

1 1/2 c flour                                      sliced almonds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Blend together the butter and brown sugar until creamy. Then add in the egg yolk and the vanilla and mix in. Add in the salt and flour and mix well. Then press it into a 9X13 baking pan.  Bake for twenty minutes.

Take out and let cool. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the second column list except for the almonds and heat and stir over medium heat  until sauce is smooth. Spread over the baked cookie crust.

Sprinkle with almonds and allow it to cool and set before cutting into 2X2 square

Double Chocolate Cookies

Double Chocolate Cookies

I grew up on these cookies. Mom used to have a cookbook that was all about chocolate and it had some of our favorite family recipes in it. I copied all of my favorites down onto recipe cards when I got married and moved out. I really wanted the whole book though. Unfortunately, the book was no longer being sold. Years later I happened upon that very cookbook at a garage sale being held in the back  parking lot of Layton High School. My husband shook his head when I  got back into the car beaming about my 15 cent find!!

Ingredients:

1/2 c butter

1 c sugar

1 egg

1 c sour cream

1 t vanilla

2 c flour

1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t slat

1/2 c chocolate chips

Grease two cookie sheets and set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl,  beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and then the sour cream and vanilla. Mix until the mixture is smooth and creamy. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually mix the flour mixture into the bowl with the creamy mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips. 

Drop by teaspoonful onto the prepared baking sheets and back for 8 to 10 minutes.

Hope you love them as much as I do!

**Note: Sometimes I like to replace the vanilla with peppermint extract OR leave the cookie dough as it is but use peppermint chocolate chips instead. The chocolate mint combination is really yummy!