Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (never flat!)

These cookies turn out perfect every time. They're incredibly delicious and never go flat!


Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (I used pecans and they were delicious!)

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
3.Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

Reeces Macadamia Cookie Cups

If you think you've had these before...think again! They're different from any I've had and SO much YUMMIER! Super easy too! Katelyn & I made them for Christmas and put white choc chips on top of the reeces just out of the oven. Cute n' tasty.


Ingredients:
~ 1/2 cup finely chopped macadamia nuts
~ 1 pkg (18 oz) individually wrapped portioned refrigerated white chip macadamia nut cookie dough
~ 24 miniature peanut butter cups

Directions:
Sprinkle macadamia nuts into 24 greased miniature muffin cups, 1 tsp. each. Cut each portion of cookie dough in half; place each half in a muffin cup. Bake at 325 degrees for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately place a peanut butter cup in each cookie; press down gently. Cool completely before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen

My Kids' Favorite Cookies

Ingredients:
~ 1 cup butter, softened
~ 1/2 cup sugar
~ 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
~ 1 egg
~ 1 tsp. vanilla extract
~ 2 cups flour
~ 1 tsp. baking soda
~ 1/2 tsp. salt
~ 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
~ 1 cup flaked coconut (optional)
~ 5 milk chocolate candy bars (1.55 oz. each)

Directions:
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Beat in oats and coconut. Roll into 1-2 inch balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Break each candy bar into 12 pieces; press a chocolate piece into the center of each warm cookie. Remove to wire racks.

Recipe from: Tiffany

Grandma Wilson's Applesauce Spice Cookies (MOIST!)

These are so good. They taste like the moistest pumpkin choc chip cookie you've ever had.


Ingredients:
~ 2 c. sugar
~ 1 c. butter
~ 2 eggs
~ 2 c. apple sauce
~ 4 c. flour
~ 1/2 tsp salt
~ 2 tsp baking soda
~ 1 tsp cinnamon
~ 1 tsp nutmeg
~ 1 tsp cloves
~ 1 8 oz pk chocolate chips

Directions:
Mix all ingredients. Spoon into balls on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Recipe from: Grandma Wilson (a friend's grandma)

Monster Cookies (NO flour!)

These are really good. It's a recipe from our friends on the cute little farm in Plano (Rexburg) who took our goats and ducks when we moved here. These require NO FLOUR!


Ingredients & Directions:
~3 eggs
~1 c. brown sugar
~1 c. sugar
~1/2 c. butter
~1 tsp corn syrup
~1 1/2 c. peanut butter
MIX ABOVE TOGETHER, THEN...

ADD:
~4 1/2 c. oatmeal
~2 tsp baking soda
~3/4 c. chocolate chips
~3/4 c. M&Ms (I love to substitute reeces pieces baking pieces also!)
~1/2 c. peanuts

Bake 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Recipe from: family friend, Becky Garrett

PERFECT No Bake Cookies

The “PERFECT” no-bake cookies! Shawn is a no-bake cookie fanatic and we've tried half a dozen recipes in search of the infamous "perfect cookie." Well, when we found this recipe he was in heaven! HE made two batches in one night…and he doesn’t even cook! Super easy and amazingly delicious!


Ingredients:
• 2 c Sugar
• 4 tablespoons Cocoa
• 1 stick butter (1/4 lb. or ½ cup)
• ½ cup Milk (I use whole milk – yummy!)
• 1 cup Peanut Butter (can use all creamy or half creamy, half crunchy)
• 1 tablespoon Vanilla
• 3 cups Oats (quick or regular - we use quick)
• Waxed Paper (I use aluminum foil if I don’t have wax)

Directions:
In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Let boil for 1 minute (not rolling boil, just bubbling around edges pretty good) and then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. On a sheet of waxed paper or aluminum foil, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls until cooled and "set-up."