Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

We found this Pumpkin Cookie recipe in Great Grandma's cookbook.  It was scribbled on a small sheet of paper with little instructions with "moderate oven" at the bottom.  We made them and sent them to a family member stationed on an air craft carrier and they were a hit with him and his friends.

Sarah chose to alter it a bit by reducing the cinnamon to 1/2 tsp. and adding 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice.  They are a soft cookie that Grandma enjoys as they are easy to chew -- great for toddlers, too.

Rich Chocolate Brownies Recipe

This Rich Chocolate Brownies Recipe came from my desire to make brownies from what I had on hand.  I needed to use cocoa and went searching for a recipe and these are the ones I found.  I copied the recipe and can't remember for sure where it came from but it was in a Brownie and Bar Cooking booklet by Pillsbury.  I am not sure if Elizabeth changed it at all, we usually do, but here is what we do.

Check out Elizabeth's post of Step By Step Chocolate Brownies Tutorial for a

Nut Cookie Recipe

We took the original Nestle Toll House Cookie Recipe and tweaked it by reducing the sugar and adding a bit of whole wheat flour.  When using Chocolate Chips we have won a blue ribbon at the county fair.  This is our Nut Cookie Recipe version.

The color in this image is a bit wonky, sorry about that.

We prefer walnuts over pecans in these.

M&M Cookie Recipe

This is the third recipe we tweaked from the original Nestle Toll House Cookie Recipe.  Just like our Chocolate Chip and Nut, this M&M Cookies Recipe is one of our favorites.  We include them in all of our Christmas Cookie packages & baskets.

Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe

This Soft Sugar Cookie recipe originated from Elizabeth's Great Grandfather.  He was born in 1899.  He got the recipe from a Civil War widow, so we imagine it has been around for quite some time.  He used to make them and mail them at Christmas, packed in popcorn, to all of his grandchildren.  He also sold them, along with homemade bread, when his health caused him at a young age to have to stop dairy farming.  Click this link to see the Story of The Sugar Cookie Recipe post that Elizabeth wrote earlier.

Sprinkled with white sugar (left) and decorative sugar sprinkles (right).

Note:  The larger these are made the softer they will be.  They should just

Snickerdoodles Cookie Recipe

This rich cinnamon flavored Snickerdoodles Cookie Recipe is one we tweaked from a friend's recipe.  We make these each year at Christmas to include in our cookie giveaway baskets.

These tend to burn easily on the bottom because of the cinnamon.  Be sure not

Peanut Butter Cookies & Peanut Blossoms Variation Recipe

There is nothing like a homemade Peanut Butter Cookie.  This recipe was in Elizabeth's grandmother's recipe box.  It was typed up decades ago and had her hand writing with the triple recipe amounts--she did everything big!  It probably is an original Hershey's Peanut Blossom recipe but I have no way of knowing.

Tripling amounts are in the [brackets].

Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This chocolate chip cookie recipe was tweaked from the original Nestle Toll House Cookie Recipe.  It won a blue ribbon in the local county fair--the largest in our state.  We enjoy them frozen, too!

You can also add one cup of nuts if you'd like.

Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Chewy, not too sweet Oatmeal Cookies.  Makes 8 dozen -- amounts for 4 dozen in ( )'s.  We adjusted a recipe we found in the Betty Crocker cookbook.

We use old fashioned oatmeal, not instant.

Pineapple Date Bars Recipe

We got this recipe from a friend of my mom’s many years ago (I think, but am not sure that she got the idea from Sue Greg’s cookbooks). They are an attempt to make a sweet dessert/snack type thing without using refined sugar or flour. Our families were seeking a healthier lifestyle at the time, so these are health food that does not taste like health

Chocolate Brownies

This is our all time favorite Chocolate Brownie Recipe.  It is rich and dark and wonderful.  Please do not let the number of steps scare you, it is not that hard or time consuming and the finished product is more than worth it.  This is also a great recipe because it uses cocoa powder rather than baker’s chocolate, so there is no melting to do.

Sugar Cookies - The Recipe

This is a great sugar cookie recipe which has been in my family for a long time. The stories are seemingly endless in connection with this recipe. It is a great one to use for both drop cookies and rolled/decorated cookies. I am making drop cookies here. I will try to post the rolled version at some time in the future – basically, you just