Best Sunshine Cookies Recipes

GARIBALDI-GOLDEN RAISIN BISCUIT COOKIES (SUNSHINE)

Steps:

• 1. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets, or line with parchment paper-(I use parchment) Dough: Whisk together the dry ingredients. Cut the butter into small cubes, and work it into the dry ingredients using your fingers, a mixer or a fork, mixing until the dough in unevenly crumbly.
• 2. Drizzle with the orange juice and water,mixing until dough holds together and it doesn't seem all dry or crumbly-you've added enough liquid.
• 3. Divide the dough in 1/2, and shape each 1/2 into a small rectangles ;pressing each of the 4 sides against the work surface to smooth any rough edges.
• 4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Remove 1 piece of dough from the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350^. Place dough on a lightly floured parchment paper surface. Roll it into a rectangle 10x 14-inches, about a little less than 1/8 -inch thick; the THINNER the better. Ragged edges are OK. The thinner you can roll them without tearing the better!
• 5. Brush dough lightly with some of the beaten egg, then spread 1/2 the surface with 3/4 cup of the raisins, pressing them in carefully. Fold dough over raisins and flatten dough again with rolling pin. to about 6x15-inches. Some raisins might pop though- that's OK. Slide dough off parchment paper onto the prepared cookie sheet. Brush dough with some of the beaten egg ,(if using the coarse sugar,sprinkle on now).
• 6. Using a roiling pizza wheel or bench knife, carefully cut the rectangle of dough inti 3 strips,lengthwise. Then crosswise into 5 pieces.No need to separate they will break apart when you finish baking them. But you can separate them if you wish.Both ways work well. Because they don't expand much.Using a fork poke holes all over the top of the dough.
• 7. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 18 minutes, until they're a light golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on rack. If you do not need the cookie pan you can cool them on the pan. I baked them apart this time- but like them left together with perforations then baked.

SUNSHINE PINEAPPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter or margarine, sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• Add crushed pineapple with juice and chopped pecans. Sift together flour with salt, nutmeg and baking soda.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls (if there is any left at this point) onto greased cookie sheet 2 1/2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Cool.

SUNSHINE LEMON CAKE MIX COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F. In large bowl combine all ingredients except powdered sugar. Drop dough in small balls onto a baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool till cookie gets easy to handle and then roll in powdered sugar mixture.

SUNSHINE BARS (ORANGE CHOCOLATE CHIP PAN COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and orange extract; mix well.
• Combine dry ingredients; stir.
• Add dry ingredients to batter a little at a time, mixing to incorporate.
• Stir in chocolate chips, nuts and rind.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes (or at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes) until golden brown.
• Cut into bars while still warm.
• NOTES:.
• Can double recipe and bake in a 10x15 inch jelly roll pan at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• Can bake as drop cookies: chill dough, place rounds on ungreased cookie sheets and flatten each cookie slightly, bake at 375 degrees about 10 minutes.

SUNSHINE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and honey.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
• In separate bowl mix dry ingredients. Slowly add to honey mixture. Beat until smooth.
• Stir in raisins, coconut and sunflower seeds.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.

SUNSHINE ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400* for 8-10 minutes or until just barely browned around the rim. Allow to cool; then frost.
• ***Frosting***.
• Cream sugar and butter together.
• Add orange juice and zest; blend well. I start with the smaller amount than add more to increase orange flavor to desired level.
• Add milk a little at a time until frosting is spreadable.

PEANUT BUTTER SUNSHINE COOKIES

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Coat baking sheet lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
• BEAT shortening, peanut butter and sugar in large bowl of electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in marmalade, eggs and vanilla.
• COMBINE flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Mix into shortening mixture at low speed until just blended. Stir in butterscotch chips. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto baking sheet.
• BAKE 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to cooling rack.

OATMEAL SUNSHINE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter.
• Add in the sugar and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until mixture is light and fluffy.
• Add in egg; beat well.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Add dry mixture to the creamed mixture; stir to mix.
• Add in rind, juice, oats, raisins, and pecans; stir to combine.
• Drop cookie dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Let cool a couple minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack to continue cooling.