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Basic Cookie for Filling

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter
2 eggs

350 degrees

Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter and eggs.

Filling - cinammon sugar or jam -

Bake the cookies for about 20 minutes, or until they are a light golden color.

Biscotti

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 tbsp ginger
1/2 tbsp tea masala

4 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar

Oven to 350 degrees, middle rack.
Stir flour, baking powder spices
Beat eggs with sugar and add to dry ingredients
Flour baking sheet

Bake for about 30 minutes, turn and bake 5 more minutes until risen, have spread double their original size and feel firm when pressed with fingertip. Cool completely and cut to 1/2 inch thick. Return to oven, cut  side down for 10 minutes.

Oatmeal cookies

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp powder
1/2 tsp salt

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3 cups oatmeal

350 degrees 22-25 minutes

Toll House Cookie

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups (12-ounce package) NESTLE TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

375-degree 9 to 11 minutes.
Let stand for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION: PREPARE dough as above. Spread into greased 15"x10" jelly-roll pan. Bake in preheated 375-degree [Fahrenheit] oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack.

FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (>5,200 feet): INCREASE flour to 2 1/2 cups; add 2 teaspoonfuls water with flour; reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookies for 17 to 19 minutes.

Peanut Butter Cookie

1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup peanut butter

2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp powder
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp salt

1 inch balls, flatten, 350 degrees 10-12 minutes.

Makes 24 cookies