Cranberry Gingerbread Cookies

These delicious gingerbread cookies are soft will still having the gingerbread dry-texture. Enjoy with a glass of milk!

Cranberry Gingerbread Cookies
from Hy-Vee Seasons Magazine

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup molasses
1 large egg
1 tsp grated orange peel
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries (craisins)
powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions:
1. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2. In another medium (or large) bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with a mixter until smooth. Beat in molassas, egg, and orange peel.
3. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to wet ingredients, and beat until just combined. Fold in walnuts and cranberries.
4. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 7" log, wrap in plastic wrap, and refridgerate for 1.5 hours (or freeze for 45 minutes).
5. Pre-heat oven to 350F. Unwrap logs, cut into 3/8" slides, and place 2" apart on an un-greased cookie sheet (use a silicon pad if you have one). Bake for 12 - 14 minutes, until light brown on the bottom. Lightly sift powdered sugar over cookies.

Peanut Butter Cookies

/* This is a simple, grain-free peanut butter cookie recipe. I found a version of this over the summer for almond-butter, which I was not a huge fan of. But, this peanut butter version is quite good. This coming from someone who is not a huge peanut butter fan.
*/


/*On another note, to give myself more geek-cred, I'm considering making all future posts code-like : P Just kidding. Everything to the right of a "//" is a translation of the code
*/

#include //1 cup peanut butter
#include // 1/2 cup brown sugar
#include //1/2 cup powdered sugar
#include // 1 egg
#include // 1 tsp. baking powder

COOKIE Cookie(Peanut_Butter type) { // Peanut Butter Cookies

// Combine all ingredients
dough mix_dough = new dough(peanut_butter + brown_sugar + powdered_sugar + egg + baking_powder);

// Set oven to 350 F
set_oven( 350F );

// Roll into table spoon sized balls
roll_into_balls( tablespoon_size );

// Press into classic peanut butter criss-cross pattern with fork
press(cookie, fork);

// Bake for 45 minutes in the oven
bake( 45mins ){
return cookies;
}

}

// No way this complies, but it makes me happy! ^_^

Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Deliciousness in disk-form. My personal taste is that they need to be more chocolaty, but still these are worth making.

Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies
recipe from neighbor

Ingredients:
1 - 8 oz. brick cream cheese, room temp.
1 stick butter, room temp.
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
1 bx moist chocolate cake mix
confectioner's sugar, for dusting

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In a large bowl, cream cream cheese and butter with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in egg, then vanilla, then cake mix.
3. Cover and refridgerate for two hours.
4. Roll chilled batter into T. size balls, and roll in confectioner's sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 mins.
Note: The cookies will remain soft and "gooey".