Original Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs

12 oz pkg Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and set aside.  In large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until creamy.  Beat in eggs.  Gradually beat in flour mixture.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.  Let stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes.  Remove to cooling rack. 

Yields approx 5 dozen cookies

Snickerdoodles

Yields about 2 dozen cookies

1/2 cup margarine
2 eggs
2 tsp. cream of tarter
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 3/4 cups flour

Mix wet ingredients together. Mix dry ingredients together. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Roll into balls, roll balls in 2 tbsp. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

Sugar Cookies

2/3 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 egg
4 tsp. milk
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

Mix first 3 ingredients, add egg and milk. Add rest of ingredients. Mix. Divide dough in half and refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll 1/8" thick. Cut out and bake at 375 degrees for about 6 minutes.

No bake cookies

1 3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
4 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup crunchy (or smooth) peanut butter
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 tsp. vanilla extract

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cook until hardened.

Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cup shortening or 3 sticks of butter, room temperature
3-4 cups uncooked oats (start out with 3 cups then add more or less depending on consistency
2 cups sugar
2/3 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream shortening/margarine and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together then add to the wet ingredients. Stir in oats, adjust amount of oats to how wet or dry the dough is. Fold in chocolate chips. Bake on greased cookie sheet 12-15 minutes. Let cookies cool 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

Yields about 5 dozen medium sized cookies.

Spicy Pumpkin Cookies

Courtesy of Betty Crocker

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies

1 box Yellow Cake Mix
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup vanilla frosting

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease or spray cookie sheet (I didn't spray and didn't have any sticking problems).

In a large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin and butter with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. Stir in chocolate chips.

On cookie sheet, drop dough by generous tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.

Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until set and light golden brown around edges. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Frost with frosting. Store loosely covered.