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To ensure that cookies stay soft and fresh, place a small piece of bread along with the cookies in a zip-lock bag.

For the Sinckerdoodle recipe: cream of tartar and baking soda are essential ingredients because the cream of tartar adds the characteristic tangy flavor and they cause a rise followed by a collapse that results iin a crinkly appearance.

Vanilla was not adde to the cookies so that the tanginess would be more pronounced.

Snickerdoodle recipes call for shortening, because it gives the right texture. Cookies made with a small amount of shortening along with butter spread less during baking than cookies made with all butter.

For the Oatmeal Nut Cookie Recipe, to get a big, chewy cookie with lots of real oat flavor, I substituted baking powder for the baking soda.

The baking powder gave the dough more lift, which in turn made the cookies less dense and a bit chewier.

I didn't put cinnamon in even though it is recommended in most oatmeal cookie recipes. This revealed more oat flavor.

I like our cookies really big, doubling the amount of dough most recipes recommend dropping onto the cookie sheet. Small cookies tend to be dry.

By increasing size, you get more moisture and more chewiness.

I love sugar so I increased the sugar in these cookies, and this made a huge difference in terms of texture and moistness.

Cookies

Fresh baked... small, flat and sweet!

Snickerdoodles originate from New England's tradition of whimsical cookie names. Here's a tasty sugar cookie you'll love!

This is a tasty Oatmeal Nut Cookie. But, if you prefer a less sweet cookie, you can reduce the white sugar by one-quarter cup, but you will lose some crispness. Do not overbake these cookies. The edges should be brown but the rest of the cookie should still be very light in color. Parchment makes for easy cookie removal and cleanup, but it’s not a necessity. If you don’t use parchment, let the cookies cool directly on the baking sheet for two minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.

These Peanut Butter Cookies are delicious! But, dough rolled three times does indeed bake into a tougher cookie. So get as many dough shapes as you can out of each sheet, and donate dough that's been rolled more than twice to someone who needs rolling practice. These cookies are 2 1/2 inches that were rolled to 1/8 inch thick. (Re-roll no more than once!)

Chocolate Chip Cookies or Bars