The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1.     In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).

2.     Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3.     Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Oatmeal cookies

Softest Ever Oatmeal Cookies

Marilee’s friend Kristi Clews

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs (5 if doubled)

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking powder

2 cups quick oats

2 cups flour

Directions:

Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs. In a separate bowl mix vanilla, soda, salt and baking powder. Add to creamed mixture. Mix flour and oats together. Mix with creamed mixture. Stir in chips of your choice. Bake at 350⁰ for 8-10 minutes. 

Aunt Michele's Rolls

I absolutely love this recipe and once again I use my kitchen aid to knead and it comes out perfect. I also use the exact amount of flour instead of adding more, I know it is a bit sticky but it comes out perfect I swear!

Marilee's Aunt Michele’s Basic roll and Bread dough 

Small batch-

1 pkg dry yeast

¼ cup warm water

1 cup hot milk

¼ cup sugar

¼ cup shortening

1 tsp salt

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 egg

Large Batch-

4 pkgs dry yeast

1 cup warm water

4 cups hot milk

1 ¼ cup sugar

1 cup shortening

4 tsp salt

14 cups all purpose flour

4 eggs

First—

Add yeast to warm water  with 1 Tbsp sugar in bowl and set aside.

Combine Milk, sugar, shortening, salt, and then slowly add flour while mixing with hands. Add egg and yeast and mix into a soft dough. Cover and let rise one hour. Punch it down and form into rolls or loaf. Place in greased bread pan or sup cake pans or cookie sheet until about double in size. Bake at 375 until deep golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes then put in plastic to prevent drying.

Bread – 40 minutes

Rolls—15 minutes

Cinnamon Rolls—15 minutes

Cinnamon Rolls

These are the best and simply the EASIEST rolls ever. I just put all the ingredients in my kitchen aid (after raising the yeast of course) attach the dough hook and let it knead for about 5 to 7 minutes. Then roll, rise once, bake, frost, and sit and get fat with goodness!

Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
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• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
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• 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons milk

Directions

1.     In the pan of your bread machine, combine water, melted butter, vanilla pudding, warm milk, egg, 1 tablespoon sugar, salt, bread flour and yeast. Set machine to Dough cycle; press Start.

2.     When Dough cycle has finished, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 17x10 inch rectangle. Spread with softened butter. In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over dough.

3.     Roll up dough, beginning with long side. Slice into 16 one inch slices and place in 9x13 buttered pan. Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

4.     Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes. While rolls bake, stir together cream cheese, softened butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and milk. Remove rolls from oven and top with frosting.