Traditional Sugar Cookies

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 Traditional Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
Cookie
  • 3/4 cup shortening (part butter or margarine softened)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 t vanilla or 1/2 t lemon extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1 t Salt
Frosting
  • Vanilla Butter Frosting
  • 1/3 soft butter
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 1/2 t vanilla
  • 2 T of milk use enough milk to make a spreadable frosting not runny
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Ingredients
Cookie
  • 3/4 cup shortening (part butter or margarine softened)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 t vanilla or 1/2 t lemon extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1 t Salt
Frosting
  • Vanilla Butter Frosting
  • 1/3 soft butter
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 1/2 t vanilla
  • 2 T of milk use enough milk to make a spreadable frosting not runny
Instructions
  1. Mix thoroughly shortening, sugar, eggs, and flavoring.
  2. Blend in flour, baking powder, and salt
  3. Cover, chill at least 1 hour
  4. Heat oven to 400 degrees
  5. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered board.
  6. Cut into desired shapes.
  7. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
  8. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until very light brown.
  9. Do not use self-rising flour in this recipe
  10. Let cookies cool.
  11. Divide frosting into different bowls
  12. Add food coloring and mix to desired color shade
  13. Hints add other flavorings like lemon; to the yellow frosting, coco; to make chocolate, peppermint; for red, and etc.

Grandmothers Oatmeal Cookies

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 Grandmothers Oatmeal Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 t Salt
  • 2 t soda
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • 2 cup oatmeal
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 t Salt
  • 2 t soda
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • 2 cup oatmeal
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Drop Sugar Cookies

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 Drop Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 2 1/2 cup sifted flour
  • 1/2 t soda
  • 3/4 t Salt
  • 2 T Milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 2 eggs
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  • 2 1/2 cup sifted flour
  • 1/2 t soda
  • 3/4 t Salt
  • 2 T Milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 2 eggs
Instructions
  1. Cream until fluffy, butter, shortening, sugar, vanilla and eggs
  2. Stir in dry ingreients until mixture is smooth.
  3. Blend in 2 Tablespoons mild.
  4. Drop by teaspoon full onto ungreased pan.
  5. Flatten with glass dipped in sugar
  6. Can sprinkle decorators colored sugar on top before baking
  7. Bake 400 degrees about 12 minutes
  8. 5 ½ dozen
Recipe Notes

Soda box – Bernie Campbell

Choco Mint Snappers

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 Choco Mint Snappers
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
3 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg Nestle's semi-sweet mint flavored chocolate morsels
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup corn syrup
  • 1 3/4 cup sifted flour
  • 2 t baking soda
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • 1/4 t Salt
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
3 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg Nestle's semi-sweet mint flavored chocolate morsels
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup corn syrup
  • 1 3/4 cup sifted flour
  • 2 t baking soda
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • 1/4 t Salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees
  2. Melt 1 package Nestle’s semi-sweet mint flavored chocolate morsels over hot; not boilng water (double boiler)
  3. Combine shortening, sugar and egg.
  4. And beat until creamy
  5. Blend in melted chocolate and corn syrup.
  6. Sift together
  7. Flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  8. And stir in gradually.
  9. Shape into balls using 1 level T for each cookie
  10. Roll balls of dough in sugar (about ¼ cup)
  11. Place 3” apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  12. Bake 350 degree for about 15 minutes
  13. Let stand a few minutes before removing from pan
Recipe Notes

Debbie from cooking class in junior high school

Carmel popcorn

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 Carmel popcorn
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  • 3 3/4 quarts popped corn about 1/3 cup uncooked
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 t Salt
  • 1/2 t baking soda
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Ingredients
  • 3 3/4 quarts popped corn about 1/3 cup uncooked
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 t Salt
  • 1/2 t baking soda
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 200 Degrees
  2. Divide popcorn on to 2 ungreased pans
  3. Heat sugar, butter, syrup, salt until bubbly around edges
  4. Cook 5 minutes medium heat
  5. Remove from heat
  6. Stir in soda until foamy.
  7. Stir onto corn until covered
  8. Bake 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes

Biscochitos (for Christmas)

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 Biscochitos (for Christmas)
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Ingredients
Cake
  • 1 pound pure lard
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 each egg
  • 6 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoon Anise Seed
  • 2-3 oz sweet wine or Brandy
Frosting
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Cake
  • 1 pound pure lard
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 each egg
  • 6 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoon Anise Seed
  • 2-3 oz sweet wine or Brandy
Frosting
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Cream sugar and shortening until fluffy.
  2. Add eggs, Anise and mix well.
  3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add to first mixture a little at a time and knead until well mixed.
  4. Add wine and enough water to hold together.
  5. Roll out 1/2-inch thick and cut into funny shapes.
  6. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
Recipe Notes

Gloria Carson

Swedish Cookies

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 Swedish Cookies
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
18 Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup powder sugar
  • 2 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup nuts
  • dash of salt
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
18 Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup powder sugar
  • 2 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup nuts
  • dash of salt
Instructions
  1. Cream butter and sugar
  2. Sift flour, baking powder
  3. Blend with sugar, add vanilla, nuts, and salt.
  4. Chill
  5. Make into balls the size of marbles.
  6. Bake 14 to 17 minutes at 400 degrees.
  7. While warm roll in powdered sugar.

Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies

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 Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 3 cup Quick oatmeal
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 3 cup Quick oatmeal
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. Cream sugar, shortening, and eggs.
  2. Mix in flour, then add oatmeal
  3. Mold in long rolls and wrap in waxed paper
  4. Chill in refrigerator
  5. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
  6. Slice dough thin and place on ungreased cookie sheet
  7. Bake until light brown
Recipe Notes

Opportunity School / Doris Spann cookbook

Rocks

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 Rocks
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Prep Time 00:15 minutes
Cook Time 00:12 minutes
Servings
24 Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cup raisins
  • 1 1/2 cups nuts
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon cloves
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water
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Prep Time 00:15 minutes
Cook Time 00:12 minutes
Servings
24 Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cup raisins
  • 1 1/2 cups nuts
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon cloves
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water
Instructions
  1. Mix, drop and bake
  2. 350 degree oven
Recipe Notes

Doris Spann cookbook

Pumpkin Cookies

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 Pumpkin Cookies
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Prep Time 00:16 minutes
Cook Time 00:15 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 package chocolate chips
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Prep Time 00:16 minutes
Cook Time 00:15 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 2 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 package chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Beat in egg, pumpkin, and vanilla
  2. Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice
  3. Add nuts and bits.
  4. Mix
  5. Drop by the spoonful onto baking sheets
  6. Bake 375 degrees, 15 minutes
Recipe Notes

Skip Champion / Doris Spann cookbook Skip Champion; his dad was George Champion, he worked on the railroad in Como, Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad. Earned 5 cents per day. Owned cabin in Como. Is one of the men that got my dad to buy a cabin in South Park. First cabin was up the Selkirk. An old corrugated cabin. Cabin was on a mining claim. In 1958 (give or take) mom and dad bought the cabin just down from the school house in Como.