Tollhouse Cookie Bars

2 cups unsifted flour

2tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

3/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

3/4 granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

12 oz pkg semi sweet chocolate morsels

preheat to 350

combine flour, baking powder and salt... set aside

mix butter, sugars and vanilla... beat until creamy.

add eggs one at a time

gradually add flour mixture... mix well

stir in chips

spread into 15x10x1 inch pan

bake for 30-35 minutes

cut into 2 inch squares... makes 35 bars

My Great Great Aunt's Sugar Cookies

My mom remembers making these with her mom growing up, and I remember making them with my mom growing up.  I can't wait to share the experience with my own children!  This is a very old recipe, though my mom has been kind enough to update it (the original called for "a glass of milk".  Not a certain sized glass, just a glass!)

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter flavored crisco (original recipe called for lard)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda (dampen with white vinegar)
1 tsp vanilla (use a little extra if using vanilla extract)
2 eggs
1 cup milk
3 cups flower

Cream sugar and crisco. 
Add eggs, stir.
Add baking powder, stir.
Add vanilla, stir.
Add milk, stir.
Add baking soda (dampened with vinegar), stir.
Add flour, stir.

You can either drop on a cookie sheet at this point, or add more flour until it reaches a good consistency to roll out and use cookie cutters.  I normally end up using 5-6 cups of flour total.
Bake at 350 until you can press on the middle of the cookie and it "springs" back up

Chocolate Chip Cookies (the best ever!)

1C butter flavored Crisco
3/4C packed brown sugar
3/4C white sugar
1tsp. vanilla flavoring
1tsp. almond flavoring
2 large eggs
2 1/2C flour
1 heaping tsp. salt
1 heaping tsp. baking soda
As much chocolate chips as you desire (I personally put in about 2C or so)

Pre-heat over to 350-365* (This varies depending on how well your oven heats up and how long you keep the cookies in there for). Mix the ingredients in order. One other tip I should mention is to disolve the baking soda in 1tsp-1tbsp of hot water before mixing in. Once the dough is ready, seperate into four equal parts. With each part roll into a 3 inch "cookie log" and slice with a knive or sturdy yet fine wire into 1/4 inch thick cookies. Bake until they are almost done (7-8 1/2min.) and allow to sit on the baking sheet for another 5-10 min before storing in an air tight container. You can make one roll at a time while refrigerating the rest if you like.

from The Champagne Mom