Moms Garbage Cookies Recipes

GARBAGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• In a medium bowl sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
• In a separate large bowl, cream together shortening, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine well.
• Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Then add oats and stir by hand to combine.
• Use 1/4 cup and scoop onto cookie sheet, you should get about 6 per sheet.
• Bake for at least 8 minutes, but most likely will bake for 12 depending on your oven.

MOM'S GARBAGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together sugars and shortening. Add in flour, salt and baking soda. Add eggs and mix well. Stir in rest of ingredients and work dough with your hands until mixed.
• Divide dough in 1/2. Place each half on waxed paper. Form two long rolls. Refrigerate 1-2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Slice dough 1/4 inch thick. Place on cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes.

NICKEY'S GARBAGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine and sift flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, combine oatmeal, bran flakes, pecans, coconut, chocolate chips and cranberries. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter. Add both sugars. Add egg, oil, and vanilla.
• Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture, blending well -- I add a third at a time.
• Add chocolate chips mixture.
• Drop by heaping teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. [The amount of cookies you get will depend on how large you make them.].
• Bake at 350 until cookies are lightly browned, about 15 minutes depending on your oven. Wait a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

GARBAGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix it all together in a large bowl.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
• Cool on rack.