Title: Buttery Drop Cookies And Variations
Categories: Cookies, Crisco
Yield: 36 Cookies
1/2 c Butter flavor Crisco
3/4 c Sugar
1 tb Milk
1 Egg
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 c Butter flavor Crisco;
- melted
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 7 to 9 minutes
Heat oven to 375°F. Grease baking sheets with butter flavor Crisco.
Set aside.
Cream 1/2 cup butter flavor Crisco, sugar, and milk in medium bowl
at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in egg
and vanilla.
Combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix into creamed mixture.
Drop level measuring tablespoonfuls 2" apart onto baking sheet.
Bake at 375°F for 7 to 9 minutes. Brush surface of warm cookies
with melted butter flavor Crisco for more buttery taste. Remove to
cooling rack.
Note:
For 3" cookies, drop 2 level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough into
a mound for each cookie. Place 3" apart. Bake at 375°F for 11 to
13 minutes.
Variations:
Frosted Buttery Drop Cookies:
Bake and cool 3" Buttery Drop Cookies. Frost cooled cookies.
Creamy Vanilla Frosting:
Combine 1/2 cup butter flavor Crisco, 1 lb confectioners sugar
(4 cups), 1/3 cup milk, and 1 ts vanilla in small bowl at low speed
of electric mixer for 15 seconds. Scrape bowl. Beat at high speed
for 2 minutes, or until smooth and creamy.
Chocolate Dipped:
Bake and cool 2" "Buttery" Drop Cookies. Melt 1 cup semi-sweet
chocolate chips with 1 ts butter flavor Crisco on very low heat or
50% power in microwave. Stir well. Spoon into glass measuring cup.
Dip one end of cooled cookie halfway up in chocolate. Place on
waxed paper until chocolate is firm.
Chocolate Nut:
Dip in melted chocolate as above. Sprinkle with finely chopped nuts
before chocolate hardens.
Raspberry Coconut:
Bake 2" "Buttery" Drop Cookies. Spread 1/2 to 1 ts raspberry jam on
each hot cookie. Sprinkle with flake coconut.
Chocolate Sandwich Cookies:
Bake and cool 2" "Buttery" Drop Cookies. Spread Chocolate Filling
on the bottom of half the batch of cookies. Top with remaining
cookies. Gently press together.
Chocolate Frosting:
Melt 1/3 cup butter flavor Crisco in 2 qt saucepan. Remove from
heat. Add 3/4 cup cocoa and 1/4 ts salt. Blend at low speed of
hand-held electric mixer. Add 1/2 cup milk and 2 ts vanilla. Mix at
low speed. Blend in 1 lb confectioners sugar (4 cups), 1 cup at a
time. Mix until smooth and creamy. Add more sugar to thicken or
milk to thin for good spreading consistency.
