Cookies, cookies, cookies!

Holiday Edition

During this most wonderful time of the year, people are really starting to get into the holiday spirit. In other words, students are slacking on their studying and instead munching on all the goodies while watching Christmas movies on Lifetime! I have an array of great recipes that have been passed down to me that will go perfectly with the holiday spirit! The first two recipes are cookies that my family and I make every year around this time! Also these cookies serve as great gifts you can bring to your internships and make your bosses happy or even make them for your boyfriend or girlfriends parents! I guarantee you will get a raise and impress your possible future in-laws! The first recipe is of Rogolo cookies. This mouth-watering recipe was passed down to my mother’s mom (my grandma) from her best friend Ida. These are probably the most amazing cookies I have ever eaten!The same goes for the butter cookies.

Warning: Will not be able to stop eating the cookies!

Recipe #1: Rogolo Cookies (cream cheese cookies)

Ingredients:

½ lb. sweet butter

½ lb. cream cheese

1 egg

1/3-cup sugar

1-teaspoon vanilla

Peach jelly

Apricot jelly (I don’t have exact measurements for the jelly or preserves but that makes it interesting!)

Raspberry jelly

Walnuts

Preparation:

1.     Mix sweet butter, cream cheese and flour together in a bowl. Then add the egg, sugar and vanilla.

2.     Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour

3.     Roll out dough and cut it into medium size triangles

4.     Fill the middle of each triangle with any of the jellies or preserves

5.     Mix on top grounded up walnuts

6.     Fold each side of the triangle to keep jelly in

7.     Bake in the oven on 325 degrees for about 20 minutes

After this gift from above comes out of the oven, brace yourself for these things to melt in your mouth. But literally they will melt in your mouth so wait at least 5 minutes to eat them so you don’t burn your tongue! Here is the original recipe from the old cookbook:

 Recipe #2: Ida’s butter cookies

Ingredients:

1 lb. of sweet butter                                             

4 ½-5 cups flour

3 eggs

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

Array of sprinkles

Preparation:

1.Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

2. Refrigerate dough for about an hour

3. Roll out dough

4. Use cookie cutters to make awesome designs

5. Add sprinkles

6. Bake on 325 degrees for about 20 minutes or until browning occurs.

Delicious!