Refrigerator Cookie Recipes

Premade Refrigerator Cookie Dough Recipes

Refrigerator Almond Cookies

Cream 3/4 cup butter, add 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar, blend, and beat in 2 eggs. Add 1/2 cup chopped almonds. Measure 2-1/4 cups sifted flour and resift with 1 teaspoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon cloves.

Stir in butter and sugar mixture and mix. Shape into roll 2-1/2 inch in diameter. Roll in waxed parer and chill in refrigerator or icebox over night. Then cut in thin slices 1/8 inch thick. Bake 5 minutes at 375°F. Makes about 40 cookies.

Refrigerator Cookie Mix

Not a true icebox cookie recipe, but more of a refrigerated cookie mix recipe that can be made up ahead of time.

5 cups sifted bread flour, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 pound shortening (2-1/3 cups), store in covered container in refrigerator.

Spicy Fruit Drops:

Add and mix 2 cups cookie mix, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon cloves, 1/2 teaspoon allspice. Mix well with 2 eggs, 1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice. Blend in 1 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 cup chopped dates. Drop by teaspoon on greased sheet, bake 10 to 12 minutes at 375°F.

Holiday Cookies:

Add and mix well 3 cups cookie mix, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon lemon rind, 1 teaspoon almond extract. Chill if necessary. Roll to 1/4-inch thickness, cut into fancy shapes, e.g., wreaths, Christmas trees, etc., decorate with coloured sugar. Bake 8 to 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet in hot oven, 425°F.

Overnight Refrigerator Cookies

1/2 cup shortening or butter, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 cup fine chopped walnuts or raisins, 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla; sift flour and soda three times, add with nuts to first mixture; make in roll; leave in cool place or refrigerator overnight. Slice with a sharp knife and bake in a moderate oven. --Mrs. A. Pitchford

Refrigerator Nut Cookies

2 cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cup butter, 1 cup walnuts chopped, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup almonds, chopped, 3-1/2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Cream butter, add sugar slowly beating well, add flavouring and yolks of eggs well beaten, then add beaten whites of eggs; sift dry ingredients, flour, salt, cream of tartar and soda and add to first mixture; then add chopped nuts; mould this mixture and leave in refrigerator or cold place overnight. Next day cut cookies in thin slices and bake in a moderate oven. —Mrs. J. Mervin