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sugar cookie bars

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1 cup butter (unsalted is recommended, but I use salted and can’t tell a difference.)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg. Add vanilla & mix well. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt & soda & stir with a whisk to combine. Add to wet mixture and mix just until combined. Spread on a greased baking sheet (use a 13 x 18 pan).

Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 min, until light golden brown or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely and frost with buttercream frosting (I like to go a little heavy on the almond extract for these.)

Pumpkin Cookies

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2 c. sugar
1 c. shortening
16 oz. Pumpkin
2 eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla
4 c. flour
2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Nutmeg
¼ tsp. Cloves
½ tsp. Allspice
2 c. raisins or choc. Chips
1 c. nuts (for raisins)
¼ tsp. Ginger
1 tsp. Baking soda
Mix all ingredients and bake at 350 for 12-15 min.

Keersten’s Chocolate Cookies

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1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. almond extract
2 c. flour
¾ c. cocoa
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, and almond. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mix. Bake at 350 for 8 min. Cool on sheet for 4 min.

Keersten’s Brownies

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½ c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
½+ cocoa
1 tsp. baking powder
Melt butter and mix with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend dry ingredients and mix into egg mixture. (Secret ingredient: a generous squirt of Hershy’s syrup at this point.) Spread into a greased 9×13 pan. Press nuts or chocolate chips onto the top if desired. Bake for @350 for 20 min.