Best Picnic Cookies Recipes

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PIONEER PICNIC COOKIES



Pioneer Picnic Cookies image

This is another of those recipes that I found while hunting a recipe to make for which I already had the ingredients on hand. This came from a little free cookbook I received several years ago called Capital Cookbooks.

Provided by Jellyqueen

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 1h10m

Yield 6-7 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

2/3 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup butter flavor shortening
1 cup light brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Blend butter and shortening until smooth.
  • Add both sugars and cream well.
  • Add eggs, beating after each egg.
  • Stir in vanilla.
  • Mix dry ingredients and gradually add to batter.
  • Add chocolate chips and nuts.
  • Mix well and drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake for 8- 10 minutes, depending on you oven.
  • Cool briefly on baking sheet then move to cooling rack to cool completely.

PICNIC COOKIES



PICNIC COOKIES image

Categories     Cookies     Chocolate     Dessert     Bake

Yield about 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 T vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
optional: 1/2 cup shredded, sweetned coconut

Steps:

  • Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy in an electric mixer. Beat in egg, scraping bowl, until well combined. Beat in remaining ingredients, scraping bowl, until well-combined. Divide in half and shape each half into a cylinder about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap in plastic wrap and then place into freezer bag and refrigerate or freeze until firm enough to slice, about 30-45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350. Slice cookies about 1/2 inch thick and set about 1 inch apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Cool cookies on cooling racks and store in airtight container.

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