Awesome Christmas Cookie Recipe?

[fuzzis]

Anyone have a recipe they'd like to share? I'm going to a marathon of Christmas treat baking tomorrow. I'm supposed to have four recipes ready to go, and I have three. I hate baking things like cookies so I don't have a store of time-tested recipes to go to. (Now if we were talking cheesecakes, I'd be all over it)

:smt100

fuzzis

[fuzzis]

Thanks for the idea, QM. I'm already making Fuzzis's World Famous Peanut Butter Cookies (tm), so I'm thinking pale imitations are out. LOL! Can't have any competition!

fuzzis

[jmb]

Fuzzis, peanut butter cookies are one of my favorites. Want to share your world-famous recipe? I'd love to try it.

I haven't made these in a long time, but they're really good.

Oatmeal Kisses

1 c. all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3 c. quick cooking oats
1 c. butter, softened
1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
60 chocolate kisses

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat flour, butter, sugars, egg, vanilla, cinnamon, and slat. With spoon, stir in oats. Grease large cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake 15" or until brown. Remove from oven. Quickly press kiss into center of each cookie. Store in tightly covered container. Eat within 1 week.

The first Christmas after we were married, I made these to take to my husband's mother's for Christmas. We had a two-hour drive and I didn't realize hubby had put them in the floorboard right under the heater. As we were unpacking the car, I found the cookies, with the kisses melted from the heat. After a good "chewing" from me, we proceeded into her house. After a bit, I tried the cookies, and had to eat my words. The cookies were better than ever, a bit messy, but delicious.

[fuzzis]

I'm more than happy to share the recipe...but I don't give out the secret ingredient. It's not available in MS, and I just received a shipment of it from home in order to prepare for the holiday baking. (it really does make the difference...the ex-boy and I met working at the Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Comapny and he loved peanut butter cookies. I spent years tinkering until I came up with just the right combo. One of these days I'm gonna make my millions on this cookie, just like Mrs. Fields)

Fuzzis's World Famous Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cup fllour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar (I prefer dark)
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 bag Reese's peanut butter chips (more or less depending on your tastes)
Enough Reese's miniature cups cut in half for the cookies (through tinkering we've discovered that a whole peanut butter cup is too much)

1. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and peanut butter.
2. Add 1/2 cup of the flour, the sugars, the egg, baking soda, baking powder, and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly combined.
3. Beat in remaining flour.
4. Mix in peanut butter chips
5. Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. (Don't worry about flattening the cookies...they will do this on their own)
6. Bake in a 375 oven for 7 to 9 minutes. (I've found that with my electric oven and altitude change, I need to cook them more like 11-12 minutes)
7. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Shortly after cookies come out of oven, press half of miniature cup into the center of cookie (peanut butter side down).

*As QM said in her post, the chocolate will melt, so if you need to plan for that...lots of room for cooling and re-hardening. I usually make them and leave them out for several hours before transferring them to the fridge to harden up so I can transport them.

They're really good even without the secret ingredient, but the best you've ever had with the SI.

fuzzis

[RevranAL]

RevranAL sho do haves the sweet tooth..
Where my pen at??

[fuzzis]

RevranAL sho do haves the sweet tooth..
Where my pen at??

RevranAl, you don't need a pen. Under thread tools, click print view and then just print the page. That's what I'm doing.

;)

fuzzis

[RevranAL]

Sistah Fuzzis,
Bless you fo yo extreme kindness.
RevranAL