Some summer cookie and brownie recipes

Now that I know when my surgery is, I was able to write up a list of things I need to get done before it happens.  One of the things I want to accomplish is to make some cookies and brownies.  If I can successfully hide them in the freezer, I can dig them out to treat the kids when they help out around the house (well that is my hope anyway).  

I know chocolate chip cookies go over well but I want to do something different too.  So after digging around in my recipes, I found some good summer cookie recipes.  I thought I would share them with everyone.

Soft Lemonade Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

6 oz frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and divided

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar, add the eggs.  Combine the flour and baking soda, sifting once.  Add to the creamed mixture alternately with 1/3 cup of the lemonade concentrate.  Mix well.  Drop by rounded tsp onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake for 8 minutes.  Remove to wire racks to cool.  Brush cookies with remaining lemonade concentrate and sprinkle with additional sugar while still warm.  Cool.

Lemon Snap cookies

1 lemon cake mix

1 egg

4 oz cool whip

powdered sugar

Mix first three ingredients well in a large bowl.  Keep mixing until it sticks together.  The dough will be very sticky.  Using a cookie scoop or two spoons, shape into balls and roll in powdered sugar.  Bake at 350 degrees on a greased cookie sheet for about 10-12 minutes depending on size of cookies.  (sometimes they turn out quite doughy but good).

Blender Brownies

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

3/4 cup butter

1-1/2 cups sugar

1/4 cup water

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1-1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts

Place chocolate chips in blender container.  In a pan, bring to a boil the butter, sugar and water.  Pour mixture into blender and whip for a few seconds until chocolate is melted.  Beat in eggs and vanilla until blended.  Pour mixture into a bowl and sir in the remaining ingredients.  Spread batter into a greased 9x13 pan and bake in a 325 oven for about 50 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool and cut into squares.

Fingers crossed that I will get some of these tasty treats into the freezer.  Then fingers crossed that they stay hidden for awhile!