Million Dollar Cookies Recipes

GRANDMA'S MILLION DOLLAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, combine 1 cup of the sugar, shortening and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, almond extract and egg; blend well. Add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; mix well.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in remaining 1/3 cup sugar; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. With bottom of glass dipped in sugar, flatten balls to 1/8-inch thickness.
• Bake at 350°F. for 7 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

MILLION DOLLAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Oven 350° for 12-15 minutes until edges are slightly brown.
• Cream fats and sugars until fluffy.
• Add egg and beat until absorbed.
• Add flavorings to creamed mixture.
• Sift dry ingredients together into separate bowl and blend together.
• Add dry to creamed mixture and mix just until flour is incorporated; do not over mix.
• Chill dough.
• Roll into balls and flatten on cookie sheet with glass bottom dipped in sugar.
• My addition of some butter allows the fats and sugars to crème to a fluffy consistency superior to Crisco alone. Butter has a small percentage of water that helps build volume and break down the sugars. The use of all butter will result in a softer cookie if this is your preference. This important 1st stage of preparation will make good cookies, blue ribbon winners.

MILLION DOLLAR SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the first four ingredients until smooth.
• Add baking soda and salt.
• Add flour one cup at a time and mix until well blended.
• Using a soup spoon, scoop out some dough and place it in your palm. Using both hands, roll into a ball and place on a cookie sheet, leaving room for it to spread.
• Once you have filled the sheet with balls, place 1/2 cup sugar into a little container, and dip the bottom of a drinking glass into it and use it to flatten dough balls. Flatten each ball until it is about 1/3 inch thick. Dip the glass into the sugar again after you flatten each ball.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

MILLION DOLLAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix ingredients in the order given.
• Roll into balls and place on cookie sheet. Press down with glass which has been buttered and dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12 minutes.

NEIMAN-MARCUS $250 CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
• Cream the butter and both sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and soda.
• Add chocolate chips, grated Hershey Bar and nuts.
• Roll into 1 inch balls and place 2-inches apart on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 375° or until golden.

MILLION DOLLAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine with sugars. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Stir together dry ingredients, then add to sugar mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Roll into balls, press lightly with fork.
• Bake at 350 until slightly browned. Makes three dozen.

THE $250 COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cream together butter and both sugars. Stir in eggs and vanilla.
• Finely grind oatmeal in a blender or food processor. Combine the oatmeal, flour, salt, baking powder and soda in a medium bowl, and slowly add it to the wet ingredients. Beat just until combined. Grate chocolate bar using a microplane grater and add it, along with chocolate chips and nuts to the batter. Mix just to combine.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.