We spend so much time in-game talking about cookies, it's about time we started our own online cookie cookbook!

Here's your chance to post your favorite cookie recipes! Please include all relevant details - measurements, baking temperature and time, tips and tricks for that recipe, and the number of cookies the recipe makes.

Yummy, yummy!

Here's one of my favorites!

Snickerdoodles

Ingredients
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well blended. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer, and stir in remaining flour. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Combine the 4 tablespoons sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. Place balls of dough 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until edges are beautifully golden. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.

I love Snickerdoodles! Thanks, Mere!

woo hoo! im so going to make these!

well seing as malton is supposed to be in England... I shall gve you a recipe for biscuits, not cookies as you damn colonials insist on calling them...

During the week after Christmas, a well-patroned “maid-hiring” fair was held in the market town of Launceston, in Cornwall. It was customary to eat or take home ginger-flavoured Cornish Fairings, usually as a token for a loved one - due to the spices in them they were reletively expensive.

The original Cornish Fairings keep very well in an airtight tin, and have a most attractive cracked, deep goldenbrown appearance.

Preperation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 10-12 minutes
Pre-heat the oven to
200 C (400 F) Gass Mark 6
Ingredients for about 18 biscuits
8 oz. (225g.) plain flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 level teaspoons baking powder
2 level teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
2 level teaspoons ground mixed spice
3 level teaspoons ground ginger
1 level teaspoons cinnamon
4 oz. (100/125g.) butter or margarine
4 oz. caster sugar
4 tablespoons golden syrup, gently heated

Sieve together the flour, salt, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, spice, ginger and cinnamon. Rub in the fat with the fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs and add the sugar. Poor in the syrup and mix thouroughly to a fairly stiff consistancy.

With floured hands, roll the mixture into walnut-sized balls. Place them on a greesed baking sheet well spaced out to allow room to spread. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes, moving the sheet from the top to the bottom of the oven after 5-7 minutes or as soon as the biscuits start to brown. Leave the fairings to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a cake rack with a spatula or fish slice to stand until cooled completely.

mmmm - best eaten accompanied by 'Mahongany' aka Black treacle & rum...

IB

Oh, this is wonderful! Thank you, Idiotbot! We'll definitely try these biscuits the next time we bake, (hopefully this coming weekend!)

Those remind me of ANZAC biscuits. Very similar, actually. I just have to post something Aussie.

Ingredients

* 1 cup (150g) plain flour
* 1 cup (90g) rolled oats
* 1 cup (85g) desiccated coconut
* 3/4 cup (155g) brown sugar
* 125g butter
* 2 tbs golden syrup
* 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper. Sift the flour into a large bowl. Stir in the oats, coconut and brown sugar.
2. Put the butter, golden syrup and 2 tbs water in a small saucepan. Stir over a medium heat until melted. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda.
3. Pour the butter mixture into the flour mixture and stir until combined.
4. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. Place on the trays, about 5cm apart.
5. Press with a fork to flatten slightly. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Set aside on the trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack so it cools completely.

American, Brit, Aussie cookies! This is fantastic!

This thread totally rocks.

I need to dig up some of my old cookie recipes.

I can't wait to try some of these recipes! This was a really neat idea, Violet!

ANZAC biscuits rock! I use to just buy them! but i shall definately make these!

I know this thread is for cookies, but... in the spirit of the season, I offer you a recipe for pumpkins seeds!
We finished carving our pumpkins last night, so I'll be making these tonight!

Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

1 egg white
1/4 cup natural cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
scant 1/2 teaspoon fine grained sea salt
1 cup fresh pumpkin seeds


Preheat oven to 375. In a medium-sized bowl whisk together the egg white, sugar, cayenne and salt. Add the pumpkin seeds and toss well. Drain off any excess egg white (using a strainer) and place seeds in a single layer across a baking sheet. Bake for about 12 minutes or until seeds are golden. Sprinkle with a bit more sugar and cayenne pepper when they come out of the oven. Taste and season with more salt if needed.
Makes one cup.

Happy Halloween!

I shall make these tonight! ive tones of them!

I have to admit I'm not huge into baking, because it takes so much time and prep. I'm one of those half an hour or less sort of cooks. So for me the answer to that is NO BAKE COOKIES!



Chocolate & Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

* 1 3/4 cups white sugar
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1/2 cup butter
* 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
* 3 cups quick-cooking oats
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool until hardened.

To hasten the hardening process I throw the whole cookie sheet with the wax paper and cookies into the freezer.

MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
1 Coffee Mug
4 tablespoons flour(that's plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Small splash of vanilla

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) & vanilla, & mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave & cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug,
but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, & tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to share!)

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

YAY for granny!
this is great!

and mere i made the seeds and they were lovely!