Cookie Swap

[TiaraMom19]

 Hi mommas,I know alot of you are bakers.Im a crafty mom...not so much a baker.So I need your help.Do any of you have any easy tasty cookie recipes for my cookie swap this year?Any recipes will help.

blessings,TIA

[rkoloms]

I think that it is fun to bring something a little bit unusual

LEMON RICOTTA COOKIES

makes about 2 dozen

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered evaporated cane juice (sold as "organic powdered sugar")
1 large egg
1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons lemon zest, freshly grated (use an organic lemon so you don' neat all of those nasty pesticides that settle in the zest)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/4 cups unbleached white flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. With an electric mixer, cream together butter and powdered evaporated sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg, ricotta, lemon zest and juice, and mix well.
4. Mix baking soda, salt, and flour. Add 1/4 cup at a time to the mixing dough, allowing each to incorporate before adding the next.
5. Drop by rounded tablespoons on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet. Cookie should be flat, not in a mound.
6. Bake until cookies are golden around the edges. In my oven it took 20 minutes, but check at 15 minutes.
7. Remove cookies from oven and let cool on a baking sheet.

[faith63]

Hello Tia.  Had a hard time picking one .... may add another in the morning for you.

This is a Russian cookie sometimes called little horn or crescent cookie. They are really delish!!!!

"Rugelach"

1 cup butter, softened

1 8oz pkg of cream cheese, softened

2 cups of flour

1/2 cup of sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon

1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans

1/2 cup of raisins (light)

Blend butter and cream cheese. Blend in flour. Divide into four portions and shape into balls. On a floured surface, roll out each ball to the size of a paper plate. Place between pieces of wax paper and place it in the refrigerator.  It can rest there all night or all day ...

One at a time, place each circle of dough on a floured surface and sprinkle with 2 tbs of sugar, one-quarter tsp of cinnamon, 2 tbs of nuts and 2 tbs of raisins.  Cut each circle into 12 triangular wedges (a pizza cutter works great) like a pie. Starting at the wide end, roll up each wedge into a crescent shape. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes for a soft pastry, or 27 minutes for a firmer, sugar cookie consistency.

Makes about 36 to 40 cookies.

ENJOY!!!!  :)

I have also added some brown sugar to a few of my batches and they were excellent.