Oatmeal Crispies refrigerator cookies

These oatmeal crispies have a family reputation of my father and his sisters as children and teenagers  sneaking into fridge and eating the dough. When my grandma was ready to cook the cookies she would find there was not much cookie dough left. After making the dough, I decided I would taste it just to see what all the hype was about the legend of the cookie dough. I can now say I understand why they ate the dough, it was really good! After cooking the dough I called my father up to ask him of they were suppose to be crunchy, and not soft. Because I had followed the recipe I was unsure if I'd done something wrong. Yep they are called oatmeal crispies because they are dunking cookie. Because I drink almond milk I wondered how they would taste... These cookies are so good! All around these cookies were a fun and easy treat, to take down memory lane with my father and aunts. Thanks for the stories y'all.

Oatmeal crispies refrigerator cookies

1 cup of shortening               1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar            1 tsp soda
1 cup of granulated sugar     3 cups of oatmeal
2 beaten eggs.                      1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups of flour

Cream shortening and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.  Add sifted dry ingredients. Add oatmeal and chopped walnuts; mix well. Shape in a log roll. Wrap in waxes paper and chill overnight. Slice 1/4 inch thick; bake on ungreased cookie sheet on 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Really good sugar cookies

These sugar cookies have so many memories for me and my family. I personally can remember many years of walking through the front door after school and the house was filled with the sweet sound of Christmas music playing. I could smell the sweet scent of sugar cookies cooking in the kitchen. My mom has made dozens and dozens of these sugar cookies for neighbors, friends, teacher, and over the past 12 years son in laws. These sugar cookies have a soft place in my heart because whenever I see my mom making them it takes me back to the holidays during my childhood.

That is when the green and red frosting with sprinkles and colored sugar was placed on the counter waiting to be decorated, placed on plates and handed out to those we were happy to share with. So thank you mom for savoring these memories and keeping the sugar cookie recipe alive!

Really good sugar cookies

1 1/2 cups of sugar             1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups of shortening     3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt                       2 Tbs milk
1 1/2 tsp baking powder     1 Tbs vanilla
4 1/2 cups of flour

Mix sugar, shortening; eggs, vanilla and milk together.  Mix dry ingredients together except flour. Then add together, mix well. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Roll out dough and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake on 400 for 8-10 minutes. Be careful with the time because everyone's ovens are heated differently. You want the cookie soft, so take them out before the edges of the cookie browns.

Buttercream frosting

1/2 cup of softened butter
1/2 cup of shortening
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla
5 cups or 1 bag of powdered sugar
3 Tbs milk
Cream butter and shortening, add vanilla and gradually add sugar. Add milk one Tbs at a time and beat at high speed until light and fluffy. Add food coloring; frost cookies and enjoy!