How to Make Delicious Cookies That Are Easy to Ship to Soldiers, Kids at College, Etc

This article contains cookie recipes that are delicious, easy to make, and will pack and mail easily. Whether you are shipping cookies to a member of the military overseas, college students, to others out of town or you just like a good homemade cookie at home, these recipes are perfect for you. Choices include Snickerdoodles or Butter Cookies. Christy, my daughter, used to make the snickerdoodle cookies for her papaw and ship them to him from Texas to Indiana. They are so easy, she made them by herself as a preteen. The butter cookies are iced. If you are shipping them a long distance you may wish to leave off the frosting. If you ship them frosted, be sure your frosting is completely dry before packing. Or you can make into sandwich cookies by frosting one cookie and pressing a second onto the frosting.

CHRISTY'S SNICKERDOODLES

Homemade Cookies Recipe

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cream shortening, the 1 1/2 cups sugar, and eggs together. Add the cream of tartar, salt, and baking soda; mix well. Stir in the flour and mix well. Mix the 2 tbsp of sugar and the cinnamon together in a small bowl. Roll the cookie dough into small balls and roll balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake at 400 degrees on a ungreased cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes.

BUTTER DROP COOKIES

COOKIES:

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder

FROSTING:

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1 lb (4 cups) powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheets and set aside.

To make cookies:

In a medium mixing bowl at medium speed of electric mixer, cream together shortening, sugar, and milk until well blended. Beat in the vanilla extract and egg.

Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder into the creamed mixture. Drop by tablespoon onto the baking sheets arranging about 2-inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Let cool about 1 minute on cookie sheet then remove to wire racks to cool completely before frosting or decorating.

To make frosting:

Combine shortening, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract in a small mixing bowl. Beat at low speed of an electric mixer for about 15 seconds. Scrape down bowl and beat at high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy.

Enjoy!

How to Make Delicious Cookies That Are Easy to Ship to Soldiers, Kids at College, Etc

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