Banana Peanut Butter Top Hats
Course: Cookie, Dessert
Keyword: christmas, cookie, cookies, cooky
Servings: 3 dozen
½ cup butter ½ cup chunky peanut butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup uncooked quick cooking rolled oats 2 bananas peeled and sliced Cream butter and peanut butter; add sugar gradually, beating until fluffy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Add flour, baking powder and soda, mixing until well blended.
Stir in rolled oats.
Set aside 1 cup of dough.
Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Lightly press banana slice on top of each cookie; then cover with a small amount of reserved dough.
Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 10 minutes.
Back many many years ago there was a story that a woman asked for the recipe for a cookie she bought at Neiman Marcus. She thought she had been told $2.50, she was charged $250. She then got her revenge on Neiman Marcus by giving away said recipe. Keep in mind that this particular recipe went viral in the decades prior to social media. Per Snopes, this particular story dates to 1996/97 ish but there has been many forms and variations since at least the 1940s.
Here’s a fine example from a 1948 cookbook, Massachusetts Cooking Rules, Old and New, which lists not only the recipe for “$25 Fudge Cake” but also gives the following explanation for the name:
This friend had to pay $25 upon the receipt of the recipe from the chef of one of the railroads. She had asked for the recipe while eating on a train. The chef gladly sent it to her, together with a bill for $25, which her attorney said she had to pay. She then gave the recipe to all her friends, hoping they would get some pleasure from it.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neiman-marcus-cookies/
One thing I find interesting about this particular version of the recipe is that it calls for Hershey (assuming milk) chocolate when I highly doubt that Neiman Marcus would use such a pedestrian ingredient. (Cue me getting sidetracked looking at the NM website and drooling over $600 shoes when the last shoes I bought came from the thrift store, but I digress)
250 Dollar Cookie Recipe
Course: after church coffee hour, Cookie, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookie, cookies, cooky, urban legend
5 cups ground up oatmeal (Measure Oatmeal & blend in a blender to a fine powder) 2 cups butter 2 cups sugar 2 cups brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla 4 cups flour 1 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp baking soda 24 oz chocolate chips 8 oz grated Hershey bar 5 cups chopped nuts Cream butter and both sugars.
Add vanilla and eggs; mix with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Add chocolate chips grated Hershey bar & nuts.
Roll into balls & place 2" apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375°
KRIS KRINGLE COOKIES
Course: after church coffee hour, Cookie, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: christmas, cookie, cooky
1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons milk 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 ½ cups flour approximately Cream butter and sugar together.
Add vanilla, milk, soda, and eggs, then salt and cream of tartar sifted with 3 cups flour.
Add enough additional flour to make a dough that may be rolled. (Chilling helps in handling.)
Roll on lightly floured board to desired thickness.
Cut and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet in 400° oven 8 to 15 minutes, depending on thickness.
Various flavors of dry gelatin are excellent as top decorations for cookies.
Spread cookies lightly with a little egg white and sprinkle with gelatin (or colored sugar) before baking.
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YUGOSLAVIAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES
Course: Cookie, Dessert
Cuisine: The Balkans, The former Yugoslavia, yugoslavian
Keyword: christmas, cookie, cooky
½ lb. sweet butter ½ cup sugar 1 egg yolk ½ tsp. salt 4 egg whites 1 cup sugar ¾ cup finely ground walnuts 1 tsp. lemon extract 1 cup blackberry and current jelly 1 cup chopped walnuts Cream butter with the ½ cup sugar.
Add egg yolk and salt.
Sift flour, measure, and stir into mixture.
Pat dough into a thin layer in the bottom of a 10x15" cooky sheet.
Beat egg whites until stiff; gradually add sugar and continue beating until of a meringue consistency.
Fold in the ground walnuts and flavoring.
Spread jelly over the dough and swirl meringue over jelly.
Sprinkle meringue with chopped walnuts,
Bake in a moderate oven ( 350°) for 40 minutes.
Cut into squares.
Makes three dozen cookies.
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Chicago Metallic Commercial II Traditional Uncoated True Jelly Roll Pan, 15-Inch by10-Inch Ideal for like one-sheet dinners, jelly rolls, bars, and cookies but can also be used to make one-sheet pan meals, roast vegetables, reheat leftovers Made from heavy-weight aluminized steel for superior heat conduction and even baking; features wire rod reinforced rims to prevent warping Features a traditional, uncoated baking surface Measures 14.75-inch by 9.75-inch by 1-Inch Dishwasher safe, however hand-washing is recommended to extend product life
Christmas Gumdrop Balls
Course: after church coffee hour, Cookie
Keyword: christmas, cookie, cookies
1 Cup Flour Sifted ½ Tsp Salt ½ Tsp Cinnamon ½ Cup Gumdrops Shredded, no black licorice ¼ Cup Pecans Chopped 2 Eggs 1 Cup Brown sugar 1½ Tsp Cold water Sift flour with salt and cinnamon.
Mix ¼ cup of flour mixture with gumdrops and pecans.
Beat eggs until thick and lemon colored, add sugar and water.
Beat
Add dry ingredients to egg mixture.
Fold in pecans and gumdrop mixture.
Spread in a square pan and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
Frost while warm with orange icing.
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