Compost Cookies

~Barbara Gant

from New York bakery seen on Regis & Kelly

1 cup butter, room temp.

1 cup sugar

3\4 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon corn syrup

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda

Cream together butter & sugars & corn syrup well on high

for 2 to 3 minutes until fluffy. Scrape down bowl with

spatula. On lower speed add eggs & vanilla and set timer

for 10 min. & beat at med. high.

On lower speed add the flour, baking powder, soda & salt.

Mix only 45-60 seconds until dry ingredients are incorporated.

Add 1 1\2 cups of any combinationof the salty ingredients

you have on hand. Mix just 30-45 sec. until they are evenly

mixed into the dough. Ie. Ritz, chips, pretzels, Fritos or fish crackers.

Add 1 1\2 cups or so of any of the following:

Mini chips, Rolos, raisinettes or cocoa krispies.

Refrigerate dough at least 1 hour or up to 1 week. Cookies

will not hold their shape if baked at room temperature.

Using 6 oz. ice cream scoop place on parchment 4 inches apart.

Bake at 400 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes, until edges are brown.

Cool them completely on sheet pan. Yield 15 6oz. cookies

Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

~Barbara Gant

1 cup butter, softened

3\4 cup brown sugar

3\4 cup sugar

1 egg

1\4 cup water

1 tsp vanilla

1 1\4 cup flour

1\4 cup cocoa, unsweetened

1\2 tsp soda

1\4 tsp. salt

2 1\2 cups oatmeal

1-6oz. pkg. Chocolate chips

In large bowl, beat butter & sugars. Add egg, water

& vanilla and mix well. Add flour, cocoa & salt. Blend

until smooth. Stir in oats and chocolate chips. Drop

dough by rounded teaspoons one inch apart on greased

cookie sheets. Bake 350 degrees 10 – 12 minutes. Cool

slightly before removing from cookie sheet. Makes about

5 dozen.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

~Katie Hall

Ingredients:

1/2 cup + 6 TBS. butter

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 3/4 cup flour

3 cups rolled oats

1 cup milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat to 350 degrees.

Beat butter and sugars until creamy.

Add eggs one at a time.

Add vanilla.

Mix in soda, powder, salt and cinnamon.

Add flour, mix, and scrape the bowl.

Add rolled oats.

Add more flour (not more than 1/4 cup) if dough is too sticky at this point.

Mix in chocolate chips.

Put dough on pan. You can do big globs of dough or smaller rounded scoops, whatever you prefer! I did 12 to a baking sheet and they were pretty big :)

Bake for 9-11 min. Let sit for a couple minutes, then transfer to wire cooling rack.

These are delish! They are chewy without being too dense.

Mrs. Fields Cookies

~Becca Dodds

Cream together:
2 cups butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups sugar

Add:
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Mix in:
4 cups flour
5 cups oatmeal
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda

Add:
24 ounces chocolate chips
3 cups chopped nuts
8 ounce hershey bar, grated

Drop golf ball size amounts on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

(I cut the recipe in half and there was still around 4 dozen cookies)

Best Ever Sugar Cookies

~Katie Hall

Cream together--1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cup sour cream and 1 tsp. vanilla

Mix in another bowl--5 cups flour, 1/2 tsp. baking soda, 4 tsp. baking powder, and 1 tsp. salt

Add flour mixture slowly to creamed mixture.

Divide into 2 or 3 equal portions and place each in plastic wrap or waxed paper, and flatten into disc shapes.

Refrigerate for 1-2 hours (you can freeze the discs at this stage if you want to use them for later). Roll out to 1/4 inch thick (not too thin, just slightly thinner than you want them post-baked). Cut into shapes and bake for 10 mins @ 350 degrees. Remove immediately from cookie sheet and let cool. Frost when cooled.

Frosting/Icing: I don't have an exact recipe, but I use whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. Just add enough whipping cream to get desired consistency. Then add any colors you want. Buttercream frosting tastes delicious too :)

Neiman Marcus cookie, with a few tweaks :)

~Abby Viveiros

2 cups butter
24 oz.milk chocolate chips
4 cups unbleached whole grain flour (regular will work fine too)
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Symphony Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice, optional)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Cream the butter and both sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking
powder, and soda.
Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts.
Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.