Master Cookie Mixes Save Time and Money and Make Baking from Scratch a Snap

Oatmeal Cookie Mix

This Mix recipe is from More-with-Less Cookbook. I've been using the mix for many years and it is wonderful and very inexpensive. Last night I added dried cranberries and made the cookies as "thumbprint" cookies and topped them with cranberry orange marmalade we got for Christmas.

To make 1 Gallon of mix:

1 ½ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
3 cups flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
cut in :
2 cups shortening
add:
6 cups rolled oats

Mix well. Store in cool place.

To make cookies:
Combine in bowl:
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups oatmeal cookie mix

Mix well, drop teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet, flatten with fork and bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. (The cookbook indicates this makes about 4 dozen--I like to make my cookies just a little bigger, and typically get about 3 dozen)

This mix keeps for a long time. I've added nuts, coconut, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and just about anything else I had in the cabinet.

1001 Cookie Master Mix and Recipes

I found this amazing mix at http://susangodfrey.blogspot.com/search/label/about%20me

5 cups all purpose flour
3-3/4 cups Sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine -- softened

1. Spoon flour info measuring cup and level with spatula. Put in large bowl with at least 4-quart capacity.
2. Measure sugar, baking powder and salt into flour. Stir until thoroughly blended.
3. Add butter and use pastry blender or clean hands to work into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months

~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
Chocolate Chip 1001 Cookies

2 cups 1001 Cookie Mix
1/2 cup firmly packed Light Brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips -- (6 oz.)
1/2 cup chopped nuts

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheets.
2. In large bowl, mix together cookie mix, brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
3. Drop dough by slightly rounded teaspoons onto prepared cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
4. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.