Pound Cookies Recipes

POUND CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat egg yolks into butter mixture and gradually beat flour into butter mixture until dough forms. Beat in vanilla. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll chilled dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Flatten balls slightly and press an indentation into the center of each flattened ball. Fill each indentation with 1 pecan half.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack.

POUND COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix all ingredients together, starting with the shortening and adding each one in order. You can do this by hand or with a heavy-duty mixer.
• Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Press with bottom of a small glass dipped in flour.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• When cookies are cool, dip in sugar-cinnamon mixture.

LEMON POUND CAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cream sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Whisk flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; gradually beat into creamed butter mixture until just combined. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into butter-flour mixture until dough is thoroughly mixed; stir in lemon extract. Drop small scoops of dough onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies spring back when touched, 10 to 12 minutes.

MONSTROUS HALF POUND COOKIES

Steps:

• cream together butter,brown sugar,white sugar.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• combine with flour,baking soda and salt. Gradually blend into creamy mixture.
• Stir in choco chips.
• Spoon huge clumps of cookie dough onto greased pan.
• Cook at 375 F for 10-12 minutes.