Mystery Cookies Recipes

MYSTERY COOKIES

Steps:

• Add sugar to melted butter and mix. Allow to cook, then add beaten eggs and mix well.
• Stir in the can of tomato soup. Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt.
• Next add the raisins and walnuts, stir.
• Add in flour 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Let dough stand for 10 minutes. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown on top. Let stand on cookie sheet for a minute and then finish cooling on a wire rack.

CHEWY SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter, 1-1/2 cups sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Chill for at least 1 hour. , Shape 4 teaspoons of dough around each Milk Dud so it is completely covered. Roll balls in remaining sugar. , Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.

CHEWY CARAMEL MYSTERY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and middle thirds. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars on high until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture in three additions until combined. Beat in vanilla. Fold in caramels and candy bars.
• Using a 1/3-cup spring-loaded scoop, drop dough, 2 inches apart, on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven; immediately press candies onto cookies, then rotate sheets and bake until golden around edges and set in centers, about 8 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.

MAYAN MYSTERY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and 3/4 cup sugar.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, spices and cocoa in a bowl and add to the butter mixture.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix until batter is uniform.
• Using your hands, roll dough into balls about the width of a quarter and tuck about 5 chocolate morsels into the center of each one.
• Press one rounded side of ball in sugar.
• Line cookie sheets with waxed paper and place balls on the paper.
• Flatten dough balls using a glass.
• Bake for 8 minutes, being careful not to overbake; the cookies should be delicate and soft in the center.
• Let cool on the cookie sheet.