From Joanne Fluke's "Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder"

a.  Regency Ginger Crisps (Chill before baking)

1/4  cup melted buttr
1 cup brown sugarP
2 medium beaten eggs
4 tbps molasses
2 tsps baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsps ground giner
21/4 cups flour
1/2 cup white sugar

Melt butter and mix with sugar.  Let ixture cool, then add eggs, followd by soda, molasses, salt and ginger.  Stir it thoroughly.  Add flour and mix in.  Chill for at least 1 hour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Roll dough into walnut-sixed balls with hands in white sugar.  Place them in cookie shet.  Flatten with a spatula

Bake for 10-12 mins or until nicely browned.

6-7 dozen

b.  Pecan Chews

1 cup butter
3 cups brown sugar
4 beaten eggs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsps vanilla
2 cups pecans
4 cups flour

Melt butter and add brown sugar.  Mix well and let cool.   Add beaten eggs and mix.  Add salt, BS, vanilla and buts.  Mix well, then add flour and mix evenly.

Form dough into walnut-sixed balls, and place them on cookie sheet.  Bake 10-12 mins or until brown

8-10 dozen

c.   Black and Whites (Chill before baking)

2 cups  chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsps vanilla
2 tsps baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups flous
1/2 cup sugar

Melt choco chips with butter (microwave for 2 mins, then stir until smooth). Mix in sugar and let cook.  Add eggs, then mix in vanilla, baking powder, salt and flour.   chill for at least 4 hours

Preheat over to 350 deg, and make walnut sized balls, rolling them in sugar.  Bake at 350 deg 12-15 mins. 

6-8 dozen

d.  Choco-covered Cherry Delights

1 cup melted butter
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsps vanilla
1 cup cocoa
3 cups flour
2 small, 10 oz jars of machismo cherries
1 pkg hoco chips - (6 oz pkg is 2 cups)
1/2 cup condensed sweetened milk

Melt butter and mix in sugar.  Let mixture cool, then add eggs.  Mix it thoroughly and then add baking powder, baking soda, salt, vanilla, cocoa, flour.   Mix well after each addition.

Drain chrries and remove stems, reserving juice

Pat dough into walnut-sized balls, place them on cookie sheets, and press down with fingers to make deep indentations.   Place one cherry in each indentation. 

In a saucepan over simmering water, combine choco chips andcondensed milk.  Heat on low until chips are melted.

Add approx 1/8 cup of reserved cherry juice, and stir it into thick sauce.  Spoon the sauce over center of each cookie to cover each cherry. 

Bake at 350 deg for 10-12 mins. 

7-8 dozen

e.  Old-fashioned Sugar Cookies (Chill before baking)

2 cups melted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon zest1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
41/4 cups flour
1/2 cup white sugar

Melt butter, add sugar, and mix.  Let cool to room temp, then mix in eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt.  Mix well, and add flour in increments

Chill for at least one hour

Preheat to 325 deg, and roll dough in walnut-sized balls in bowl of sugar, and bake for 12-15 mins. 

8-10 dozen

f.  Lovely Lemon-bar Cookies

2 cups flour
1 cup cold butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar

4 beaten eggs
2 cups whitee sugar
8 tbps lemon juice
1 tsp lemon zest
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
4 tbps flour

Cut each stick of butter into 8 pices, and zoop it up with the flour and the powdered sugar in a food processor until it looks like coarse cornmeal.  Spread it out in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan, and pat it down with hands.

Bake at 350 deg for 15-20 mins, and remove from oven

Mix eggs with white sugar.  Add lemon juice and zest, salt, baking powder, and mix.  Add flour and ix thoroughly. 

Pour mixture into top of pan, and bake at 350 def for 3-=35 mins.  Remove and sprinkle additional sugar

Cool and cut