Marina's Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks, one salted/on unsalted) butter, room temp.
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 ¼ cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350. In small bowl, stir flour with baking soda and salt. In large mixing bowl, combine butter with sugar and brown sugar. Mix until well blended, then add eggs and mix again. Then add vanilla and mix. Gradually, blend flour mixture into large bowl. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Makes appoximately 5 dozens

Tayta's Kahk

2 cups sweet butter or Crisco - Blend together until smooth
1 cup half & half or milk or water - Blend in until smooth (add slowly)
5 cups flour
½ teaspoon vanilla extract – Add with milk
2 teaspoon baking powder – Add with flour
1/8 cup vegetable oil - Not olive oil

First mix flour & baking powder. Then add melted butter. Knead dough adding milk slowly a little at time.
Knead the flour in and at the end add oil. Let dough sit for 10 minutes while covered.


Inside stuffing

1 heaping tablespoon Crisco or butter
1 heaping tablespoon flour
1 cup honey
½ cup of chopped walnuts
Melt Crisco, add flour stirring over low heat until light gold in color. Add honey and stir until boiling ( 3 minutes) Let cool until it forms together. Add nuts
Cook in oven @ 400 degrees for 15 minutes (until bottom is light light gold), then move to top rack in oven for 7 – 10 minutes until golden color.

Ally's Andes Candies Cookies (Homemade dough)

3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons water
2 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips
2 1/2 cup flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 boxes Andes candies

In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter; add sugar water. Then add chocolate chips. Stir until partially melted. Remove from heat; stir, then cool for 5 minutes. Add eggs and dry ingredients; mix with a mixer on low speed until blended. Chill 1 hour. Make into little balls and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 10-13 minutes. While still hot, put an Andes candy on each cookie, let it get soft then swirl with spoon. Cool on baking rack.

Ally's Andes/Rolo's Candies Cookies

1 box Chocolate Cake mix
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs
Box of Andes mints (I I use half a mint per cookie)
*you can also use Rolo's instead

Heat oven to 350*. In large bowl combine cake mix, oil, and eggs; stir by hand until dough forms. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. If necessary, refrigerate dough for easier handling. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350* for 9 to 11 minutes until surface of cookie is cracked. Immediately top each cookie with mint, when it starts to melt swirl it around the top of the cookie covering the majority of it. Remove from cookie sheets and let cool (sometimes I put the cookies in the fridge to harden the melted mints).

Makes about 3-4 dozen cookies