Tag Archives forCookies, Candy and Bars

Strawberry Cookies

Plate of cookie made with real strawberries and orange juice.

Hi there, long time subscriber. I have a recipe I have been looking and looking for with no luck. I made these cookies back in the 1980’s and lost it in a fire in the 90’s. It is a strawberry cookie. I used real strawberries with orange juice, flour and Not sure what else. No […]

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Advent Calendar Day 4 – Cookies Anyone?

Way back in 2009 (has it really been this long?) we held a Virtual Cookie Exchange here on the Hillbilly Housewife blog. We had all sorts of delicious cookie recipes that were contributed by fellow bloggers and compiled them into a pdf document. I thought it would be fun to share those recipes with you […]

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Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chips and More Cookies

When you’re making cookies it’s so hard to decide between all the different options. Should it be peanut butter cookies, oatmeal ones, some with chocolate chip etc. Instead of baking all sorts of different cookies, why not have some fun and make these “Monster” cookies instead. They have a little bit of everything and by […]

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Incredible Date Cookies

3 cups plain flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 tsp ground cardamon 8 oz. unsalted butter (1 cup) 3 tsp orange flower water 1/4 cup milk 8 oz pitted dates 2 Tbsp butter 1 egg slightly beaten with 1 tsp of water Sift flour, sugar and cardamon into a large mixing bowl. Cut butter into pieces […]

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Fudge Brownie Cookies

  1 cup soft margarine (2 sticks) 2 cups sugar 2 medium eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons water, if necessary Get down your best big mixing bowl. In it combine the margarine and sugar. Mix until the mixture is creamy. […]

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