Rocky Mountain Cookies Recipes

MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie. Bake at 350° until the edges just start to brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. , For the filling, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until smooth. Add pecans and coconut. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon into each cookie. , For topping, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter with water; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar. Drizzle over cookies.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOKIES (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Melt dark chocolate over gentle heat.
• Combine marshmallows, cereal, cookies, peanuts and cherries.
• Pour the melted chocolate over nut/cereal mixture and combine well.
• Spoon mixture onto waxed paper lined baking sheets in mounds that resemble (very roughly) little mountains.
• Melt white chocolate. Spoon some white chocolate on each cookie and let it run down the "peak" like snow caps on a mountain. Makes 38 cookies.
• In the Kitchen with Bonnie Stern.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until creamy. Add flour and vanilla. Add ground almonds and mix. Chill for about 1-2 hours.
• Mold small amount of dough around each kiss, completely covering the chocolate. Place in ungreased baking sheet and bake at 300°F for 14-18 minutes. Halfway through baking reverse the baking sheet. Cool cookies slightly and roll warm cookies in a plate of confectioners sugar.
• Watch these cookies carefully as they bake. The bottom of the cookie should only be lightly brown.