Ritzycookies Recipes

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 400 degrees F. Combine powdered sugar and shortening in a large bowl; beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, salt, water, vanilla and almond extracts. Using a spoon, stir in flour until well mixed.
• FIT cookie press with desired template. Fill cookie press; press dough onto ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar, if desired.
• BAKE 7 to 9 minutes or until set, but not brown. Cool one minute. Remove to cooling rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
• In the bowl of a mixer, cream the butter together with the brown sugar and granulated sugar until it's nice and combined. Add the eggs, peanut butter and vanilla and beat until smooth, scraping the bowl if necessary to make sure everything is incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, coffee granules, baking soda and salt. Stir together, then add it to the mixer in 3 increments, mixing on low until it's totally incorporated. Scrape the bowl and beat for a few more seconds. Stir in the chocolate candies, rice cereal and pecans (if using) by hand.
• With an ice cream scoop, scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate the scooped cookies for 15 minutes, then bake until golden brown, 9 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and repeat with the remaining dough.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, combine flour and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream butter; gradually add sugar.
• Blend in egg and almond extract; beat well.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture.
• Press dough through cookie press onto ungreased baking sheet.
• Sprinkle with colored decorating sugar.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter, sugar, eggs, ricotta cheese, and vanilla extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, and baking soda; blend into the creamed mixture, mixing in additional flour as necessary to form a workable dough. Roll dough into teaspoon-sized balls, and arrange on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned.
• In a medium bowl, beat milk, confectioners' sugar, and almond extract until smooth. Spoon over warm cookies, and sprinkle with colored candy sprinkles.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly coat 2 large cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray. Set side.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Place the butter in the bowl of a standing electric mixer and beat on medium until light and fluffy. Add the white and brown sugars and beat until blended. Add the egg and vanilla, beating to incorporate.
• Stir in the reserved flour mixture. When well combined, stir in the cereal, oats, and coconut.
• Drop the mixture by level measuring tablespoon onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving room between cookies.
• Transfer the sheets to the preheated oven and bake for about 12 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned.
• Remove from oven and transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
• When cool, store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Melt chocolate bark.
• Make sandwiches with Ritz and peanut butter by spreading peanut butter on a Ritz cracker and topping with another cracker. Repeat with others.
• Dip sandwiches in chocolate bark, coating them with chocolate.
• Put chocolate covered sandwiches on cookie sheets covered in wax paper.
• Completely cool.

Steps:

• For cookies:
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a mixer, beat shortening until soft. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually mix in the flour. Remove half of the dough, leaving the remaining in the mixer. Add a couple of drops of food coloring to the dough in the mixer, until the desired color is achieved and beat until combined. Form each half of the dough into disks and wrap in plastic film. Chill in the refrigerator until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness and cut out cookies with cookie cutters. Transfer to an ungreased cookie sheet and bake until firm, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
• For frosting:
• In a mixer, beat butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. If frosting is too thick, add more milk, a very small amount at a time. Divide frosting into several small bowls. Add a different color of food coloring to the frosting in each bowl. Glaze each cookie with a different color frosting.

Steps:

• For cookies:
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a mixer, beat shortening until soft. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually mix in the flour. Remove half of the dough, leaving the remaining in the mixer. Add a couple of drops of food coloring to the dough in the mixer, until the desired color is achieved and beat until combined. Form each half of the dough into disks and wrap in plastic film. Chill in the refrigerator until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness and cut out cookies with cookie cutters. Transfer to an ungreased cookie sheet and bake until firm, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
• For frosting:
• In a mixer, beat butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. If frosting is too thick, add more milk, a very small amount at a time. Divide frosting into several small bowls. Add a different color of food coloring to the frosting in each bowl. Glaze each cookie with a different color frosting.

Steps:

• spread peanut butter on crackers and top with another cracker.
• prepare several.
• slowly melt morsels on low heat.
• dip cookies in melted morsels, place on wax paper.
• cool.
• place in container and refridge.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Beat applesauce, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. In another bowl, use an electric mixer to beat egg whites until they are frothy and begin to firm up. Fold egg whites into applesauce mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Fold into the egg mixture. Stir in the oats, chocolate chips, walnuts, and cranberries. Drop by heaping teaspoons on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove immediately to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Put peanut butter between crackers.
• Melt almond bark over double boiler.
• Dip crackers into almond bark and lay them on wax paper.