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1 1/3 c Flour
1 c Almonds, ground; toasted
2 ts Cinnamon
1/3 ts Salt
3/4 c Butter; softened
1 ts Vanilla
1/4 c Orange peel candied; minced
1 Egg white beaten w/2 tsp
Water for glaze
Colored icings; colored
Sugar for decorating

Beat together butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, almonds, cinnamon and salt, blend well. Stir in orange peel. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375. Roll out dough 1/4″ thick and cut shapes with Christmas cookie cutters. If not using icing, decorate with colored sugar or gragees before baking. Bake 9-12 minutes or until golden brown. Decorate with icing, colored sugars, dragees, etc. Store airtight at room temp one week, freeze longer.

1/2 c Butter
1 c Brown sugar (not packed)
1/4 c Molasses
1 lg Egg
2 1/4 c Flour
1/2 ts Cinnamon
2 ts Powdered ginger
2 pn Ground cloves
1 pn Cayenne pepper

Cream butter and brown sugar together. Stir in molasses, then egg. In seperate bowl, mix flour with spices. Stir in butter/sugar mix. If dough is too moist, add 2 T of flour. Knead dough lightly, then chill for 40 minutes. Shape dough. Bake 350 degrees 10-12 minutes.

1 1/4 c Butter, softened
1 c Packed brown sugar
1/2 c Dairy sour cream
1 Egg
2 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 t Baking soda
1 t Salt
1 1/2 c Old fashioned or quick oats,-uncooked
1 pk Vanilla milk chips (10 oz)
1 c Flaked coconut
1 can Macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped (3 1/2 oz)

Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Blend in sour cream, egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture; mix well. Stir in oats, vanilla milk chips, coconut and nuts. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough, 2″ apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375′F. for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely.

3/4 c Butter-softened
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 Egg
2 ts Vanilla
3 c Flour-sifted
2 1/2 ts Baking powder

In a large mixer bowl at medium speed, beat butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix flour and baking powder and stir into butter mixture. Divide dough into thirds; shpae into balls and flatten slightly; wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Roll into 1/8″ thickness and cut. Bake at 375 degrees for 6 minutes or almost lightly browned. Cool and decorate with Xmas Icing.

3/4 cup Sugar
2/3 cup Butter or margarine — soften
1/4 cup Orange juice
1/2 cup Dark corn syrup
1/2 cup Dark molasses
4 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
3/4 cup Whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons Ground ginger
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Ground allspice

In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Blend in orange juice, corn syrup and molasses. Combine flours, giner, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg and allspice. Add to creamed mixture; mix well. Chill 3-4 hours or overnight. Roll a portion of the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Place 2-inches apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake 350~ for 12-14 minutes. Cookies will be soft and chewy if bakes 12 minutes–crunch if baked longer. Yield 6-7 dozen.

1/2 c Butter or regular margarine
1/2 c Shortening
2 c Sugar
4 Eggs; beaten
4 c Flour; sifted
1/8 ts Ground nutmeg
1/8 ts Ground cinnamon

Cream together butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Sift together flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture (dough should be stiff). Store in covered bowl in refrigerator overnight. Roll dough very thin, using floured pastry cloth on board and rolling pin. Cut in star shapes. Place 1 to 1 1/2″ apart on greased baking sheets. Bake in 350 oven 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp and straw-colored. Remove from baking sheets and cool on racks.

1 1/2 sticks butter — at room temperature
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup canned or cooked fresh pumpkin puree
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 Pinch salt
2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until light. Beat in pumpkin. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin-pie spice, beating until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop teaspoonfuls of batter 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer cookies from baking sheets to a wire rack and cool. Yield 6 to 7 dozen 1 1/2-inch cookies.

Frosted Pumpkin Walnut Cookies

1/2 c Butter/margarine, softened
2 Eggs
1/2 ts Lemon extract
2 1/2 c Flour - all purpose
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Walnuts, chopped
1/4 c Butter/margarine, softened
2 tb Milk
1 1/2 c Brown sugar, firmly
1 c Pumpkin -cooked, mashed
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1 tb Baking powder
2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
1 Maple frosting recipe
2 1/4 c Powdered sugar, sifted
3/4 ts Maple extract

Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and flavorings. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple Frosting. Yield: 7 1/2 dozen.

Maple Frosting

Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple extract, and beat well. Yield: about 1 cup.

There is no error in this recipe, one butter is for the cookie, the other is for the frosting, read the recipe instructions carefully.

Honey Pumpkin Cookies

1 1/4 c Honey
1/2 c Shortening
2 lg Eggs
1 1/2 c Cooked pumpkin puree ***
2 1/2 c All purpose flour
4 ts Baking powder
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Raisins
1 1/2 c Chopped pecans or walnuts

Cream 3/4 cup of the honey with shortening. Add eggs one at a time,beating well after each. Combine the pumpkin with remaining 1/2 cup honey and add to egg mixture. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Gradually stir flour blend into pumpkin mixture. Fold in raisins and nuts. Chill batter for 30 minutes. Drop by teaspoonsful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 deg.for 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned. 4 to 5 dozen NOTE: If a spicer cookie is desired, use canned pumpkin pie filling in place of plain pumpkin.

Cups:
1/2 c Butter (softened)
3 oz Cream cheese (softened)
1 c Flour

Filling:
1/2 c Brown Sugar (firmly Packed)
1/4 c Canned pumpkin
1 Egg yolk
1 tb Half & half
4 ts Butter (melted)
1 tb Rum Or 1/4 tsp rum flavoring
1 ts Vanilla
1/8 ts Ground cinnamon
1/8 ts Ground nutmeg

Topping:
1/2 c Pecans (coarsely chopped)
1/4 c Brown sugar (firmly packed)
1 tb Butter (melted)

In a medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter and the cream cheese with electric mixer until well blended. Stir in flour. Divide dough into 24 balls, 1 inch in diameter. Press the dough evenly into bottom and sides of 24 1 3/4 inch muffin pans. Bake at 325 for 10 minutes. Combine brown sugar, pumpkin, egg yolk, cream or milk, melted butter, rum, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spoon into warmed prebaked cups. Stir together nuts, remaining brown sugar and melted butter and sprikle over pumpkin mixture. Bake at 325 for 25 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Loosen and remove cups from pans. Serve warm or cool.