Best Mountain Cookies Recipes

MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie. Bake at 350° until the edges just start to brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. , For the filling, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until smooth. Add pecans and coconut. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon into each cookie. , For topping, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter with water; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar. Drizzle over cookies.

SNOWY MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Add chocolate chips and, if desired, walnuts; mix well. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 325°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. triangle-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges begin to brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., Meanwhile, in a microwave, melt white baking chips; stir until smooth. Dip cookie tops in melted chips; sprinkle with nonpareils. Let stand until set.

SIMPLE NO BAKE MOUNTAIN BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix first four ingredients in sauce pan.
• Boil one minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in oats.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Drop onto wax paper and let cool.

CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. SIFT TOGETHER: 1 3/4 sifted flour 1 C sugar 1/2 C Cocoa 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt ADD: 1/2 C soft shortening 1/2 C evaporated milk 2 Tablespoons water 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Beat three minutes w/ electric mixer at low speed or by hand. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts (if desired) (I Never put them in) Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls about 2" apart onto greased cookie sheet.
• 2. Bake near center of oven 10 min. Cookies will be slightly soft in center. Take from oven and quickly place a marshmallow half, cut-side-down, on top of each hot cookie. Let stand until cool. Spoon 1- 2 teaspoons of choc. frosting over each cookie.
• 3. FROSTING: Stir over low heat: 1 Cup of semi-sweet chocolate pieces until chocolate melts. Add 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Take off heat and stir in until smooth 2 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar. I omit marshmallows and put frosting on top then sprinkle coconut on top. Used to use the marshmallow when my kids were small. Either way they are good.

MOUNTAIN COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.
• In large bowl mix all ingredients at medium speed, except walnuts and confectioners' sugar, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls, 1/2 inch apart, onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 10 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks; cool. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until the edges just start to brown.
• Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• For the filling, in a large mixing beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla.
• Add pecans and coconut; mix well.
• Spoon 1/2 teaspoon into each cookie.
• For topping, heat chocolate chips, butter and water in a small saucepan until melted.
• Stir in sugar.
• Drizzle over cookies.

SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt and mix together. Melt 1 cup of the chocolate chips in microwave or over double boiler on the stove, and stir until smooth. In mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate, vanilla extract, and mint extract to the butter mixture and beat together until blended. Beat in eggs. Gradually mix in flour until just blended in. Gently stir in remaining 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. Preheat oven to 350. Cover or wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill until very firm. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll them in a thick layer of confectioners sugar, and place 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes until tops are crackly but cookies are still soft in middle. Let stand on cookie sheet 5 minutes and then move to cooling rack to cool completely.

MOUNTAIN COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• To Make Dough: In a mixing bowl, cream 1 cup butter, 1 cup confectioner's sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Combine 2 cups flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Shape into 1 inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges just start to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• To Make Filling: Beat cream cheese, 1 cup confectioner's sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add pecans and coconut; mix well.
• Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of the filling into each cookie.
• To Make Topping: Heat chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons butter or margarine and water in a small saucepan until melted. Stir in 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar. Drizzle over cookies.

CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Butter 11 x 7 baking pan.
• Mix first 5 ingredients in saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients.
• Pour into buttered pan.
• Smooth with back of a spoon.
• Chill for at least 4 hours.
• Cut into bars.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN TOFFEE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a sauce pan, combine sugar, butter and margarine.
• Boil for 3 minutes, no longer.
• Line a jelly roll pan with foil and lay crackers in a single layer.
• Spread butter and sugar syrup over all the crackers- use a pastry brush to help along.
• Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Bake about 10 minutes at 350°.
• Remove from oven and work fast to remove cookies onto a sheet of foil, leave on foil until cookies are set.

MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• boil sugar, shortening, milk for 1 minute in a big bowl.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOKIES (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Melt dark chocolate over gentle heat.
• Combine marshmallows, cereal, cookies, peanuts and cherries.
• Pour the melted chocolate over nut/cereal mixture and combine well.
• Spoon mixture onto waxed paper lined baking sheets in mounds that resemble (very roughly) little mountains.
• Melt white chocolate. Spoon some white chocolate on each cookie and let it run down the "peak" like snow caps on a mountain. Makes 38 cookies.
• In the Kitchen with Bonnie Stern.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until creamy. Add flour and vanilla. Add ground almonds and mix. Chill for about 1-2 hours.
• Mold small amount of dough around each kiss, completely covering the chocolate. Place in ungreased baking sheet and bake at 300°F for 14-18 minutes. Halfway through baking reverse the baking sheet. Cool cookies slightly and roll warm cookies in a plate of confectioners sugar.
• Watch these cookies carefully as they bake. The bottom of the cookie should only be lightly brown.