No-Bake Cookies

This morning I sent out a facebook request for friends to make a cookie recipe and tell me how many cookies it made. And you could tell me if there are any typos or really screwy instructions, too. (You will be helping me immensely in editing my cookbook!) So if that's why you're here... Thanks! (But don't forget to message me how many cookies—or leave a comment here.) ☺

NO-BAKE COOKIES

I don’t know if these are really  cookies.  But they’re not exactly fudge or candy either. 

Anyway, everyone likes them.

Hm. Ours never look as good as this picture.

2 cups sugar

4 Tbsp. cocoa

½ cup milk

1 stick (½ cup) butter

½ cup peanut butter

1 tsp. vanilla

2½ cup uncooked oatmeal

   Boil sugar, cocoa, milk and margarine together for       3 minutes (full boil).  Remove from heat and add peanut butter, vanilla and oats.  Drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper and let cool.

Coconut Macaroons

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COCONUT MACAROONS

1 cup cream of coconut

2 Tbsp. corn syrup

4 large egg whites

1 tsp. vanilla

½ tsp. salt

3 cups unsweetened, shredded coconut

3 cups sweetened, shredded coconut

   Adjust oven racks to upper- and lower-middle positions.  Heat oven to  375°.  Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and lightly spray the parchment with cooking spray.

Whisk together the cream of coconut, corn syrup, egg whites, vanilla and salt in a small bowl.

Toss the unsweetened and sweetened coconuts together in a large bowl, breaking clumps with your fingertips.  Pour the liquid ingredients into the coconut and mix with a rubber spatula until evenly moistened.  Drop the batter by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets, spacing them about 1-inch apart.  Mush them into loose haystack shapes with your fingers.

Bake (two sheets at a time) until the cookies are light golden-brown, about 15 minutes, rotating the cookie sheets from top to bottom about halfway through baking time.  Cool on the baking sheets about 2 minutes and then remove to racks to finish cooling.

   Mmmmm!

Peanut-butter Cookies

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PEANUT-BUTTER COOKIES

½ cup butter

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup sugar

½ cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

½ tsp. vanilla

¾ tsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

2¼ cups flour

additional white sugar

   Heat oven to 375°.  Cream butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, egg and vanilla together until fluffy.  Sift dry ingredients together and add to peanut-butter mixture.  Shape dough into balls and roll in additional white sugar.  Place balls on ungreased cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.   Flatten them to just less than ½-inch thick, using a fork and pressing it into the balls in a criss-cross pattern.  Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Applesauce Cookies

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APPLESAUCE COOKIES

1½ cups applesauce
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ground cloves
½ tsp. salt
2½ cups flour
1 cup raisins (my kids say optional)

   Heat oven to 375°. In a medium bowl, mix baking soda with applesauce; set aside. In a large bowl, cream together sugar, butter and egg. Add applesauce mixture to the sugar mixture; mix well. Add cinnamon, cloves and salt. Mix in flour; fold in raisins. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 12-14 minutes.

Molasses-Spice Cookies

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MOLASSES-SPICE COOKIES

2½ cups flour
1½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
¾ tsp. cloves
¼ tsp. allspice
¾ cup butter, softened
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla
⅓ cup unsulphured molasses
additional white sugar

   Adjust oven racks to upper- and lower-middle positions. Heat oven to 375°. Whisk together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and allspice in a medium bowl; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and ½ cup white sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and molasses. Beat until combined; scrape sides of bowl. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture until just combined. Roll into about 2-inch balls; roll balls in additional white sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheets—about 2-inches apart. Bake two sheets at once, reversing positions (from top to bottom) halfway through baking, for 11-13 minutes (until edges begin to set and centers are soft and puffy.   Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans.