REFRIGERATOR COOKIES I from All Recipes

 

This good tasting cookie recipe came from All Recipes. I made half and got 22 slices. I added 1/2 c. dried sweetened tart cherries that I'd chopped, and 1/4 t. almond extract. They baked in just 7.5 minutes. They spread out a lot and are pretty flat. I should have formed my dough log narrower so my cookies didn't bake up so big. They're crunchy on the outside and chewy in the center, and not too buttery tasting though you can definitely taste butter. The amount of salt in the recipe is perfect.

I give these almost 5 stars.

LIP-SMACKING LEMON COOKIES

This recipe comes from The Great American Cookie Cookbook. These are slice 'n bake cookies that use lemon juice and zest. I made half and got a 1.75"x7" log that I rolled in yellow sugar, like they did in the cookbook. I got 20 from just half the recipe. They baked in 8.5 minutes, nowhere near the 15 they said it would take. These taste exactly like a lemon bar, which I'm not crazy about anymore. That's the only flavor these have. Take out the lemon and the dough would have no flavor to speak of. The outside is crunchy, the inside slightly soft.

I give these 3 stars for blandness and wouldn't make them again.