Cookie Desperation Invention

   One night I had a craving for cookies at about 10:30 p.m. but I didn't have any vanilla.  The only thing I had that could substitute was cinnamon so I mixed them up... and baked them. I finished at about midnight. THEY WERE GREAT!  Maybe it was my desperation, maybe it was watching "Doc Martin" while I beat the hard stick of butter into the sugar with a fork. Maybe it was just a great invention.  Here is the recipe:


MY Snicker Doodle Invention


3/4 cup butter
1-1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda


Heat the oven to 350.  Put the first four ingredients in a bowl and beat well until creamy.  Add the egg and continue beating. Add the flour, salt and soda all at once and mix until all the dry ingredients are incorporated into the mix. Refrigerate about 10 minutes. Form into small balls and roll in cinnamon and sugar and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for about 8 minutes or slightly browner around the edges.

An Excellent Recipe

Here's a peanut butter cookie recipe from a Taste of Home's Quick Cooking, Collector's Edition. It is truly excellent.

1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Additional sugar

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla; beat until smooth. Combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder; add to creamed mixture and mix well. For easier shaping, chill the dough for 1 hour. Shape into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten each ball by crisscrossing with the tines of a fork dipped in sugar. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned and cookies are set.
Yields about 4 dozen.