Grandma Schroeder's Peppernuts
preheat oven to 350°

2 c raisins (boiled in water and drained)
1 c walnuts
1 c coconut
1/2 c butter, melted
3 c sugar
1/2 c sour milk (add tsp of vinegar and let stand)
2 t soda
2 t nutmeg
1 t salt
5 c flour
Soak raisins in boiling water, then grind with coconut and nuts in meat grinder or food processor. Set aside.
Melt butter. In mixer, add butter to sugar. Stir until dissolved, add milk.
Add raisin mixture to sugar mixture, and stir.
(Grandma seemed to think the bowl should be heated, but maybe her house was cold, and she wanted the butter to stay liquid a bit?)
Sift flour, salt, nutmeg and soda. Add slowly as mixture is mixing until it sticks together in lumpy ball.
form dough into balls the size of walnuts
Bake 350° for 15 minutes
makes about 135 cookies

Best Brownies IN THE WORLD

I have found the Brownie Recipe to End All Brownie Recipes. 

 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F

1 box chocolate cake mix
1 cube butter
1 egg


Mix  in food processor. Grease a cookie sheet (with sides) and press mixture as flat onto the pan as possible. Because of the lack of wet ingredients, this turns out like a ball of playdoh. Flatten as much as possible to spread to all sides. Set aside.


1 8oz package cream cheese
1 egg
2 cups powdered sugar


Mix in food processor (don't bother to clean it from last mix, most of it comes out and the crumbs won't hurt)
Pour over brownies and spread to all edges.


Bake at 325 for 25 minutes. Cool and cut into squares. Serve.

I found this recipe at recipes.com

Peanut Butter Cookies

I love these because they're not overly sweet.

1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 c. butter, softened
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in egg, then stir in vanilla. Gradually blend in sifted ingredients. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet, criss-cross with fork tines.

Bake 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool slightly and remove from pan.

Wendy says: What's better than peanut butter cookies? Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Upgrade! Try making them with chunky peanut butter, too. Yum.
Technical notes: I use unsalted butter and up the salt to 1/2 teaspoon. I also use coarse salt. For those of you living in high altitudes, um, good luck. I never quite figured out baking in high altitudes.

Filled Cookies

I got this recipe from a friend who is a great cook.

1/2 C shortening
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
jam or pie filling

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Blend well. Add dry ingredients. Blend. Add vanilla. Blend well. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to about 1/16" thick. Cut to desired shape, two for each cookie. For decorative effect, cut top cookie in center, i.e. heart, start, etc. Place bottom cookie on greased, or non-stick, cookie sheet. Spread teasponful of filling on cookie. Put on top cookie. Press edges together with fork tines. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Optional: After baking, glaze with thin glaze of confectioners sugar and water brushed on with a pastry brush. I think the glaze gives the cookies a finished look.

These are good for special occasion cookies since they are a little labor intensive. I generally cook them for around 8 minutes since I like a softer cookie.