As for cookies, Nilla Wafers played a small part in my first book, Virtually Perfect, by the way, LOL. So I love them, too.

Thanks for coming by!

Sam

The real reason I came here was because of your name. I have a sister named Samantha Hunter, and she, the snotty twit, would be horrified to find a romance author sharing her name. She’d rather be named Rachel Carson or Eleanor Roosevelt, I guess. But Samantha Hunter is a great name, and romance is a wonderful genre, and cookies are proof of goodness in the universe, so rock on, Samantha!

Sam

Congratulations to the other winners. I told Sam to give the book to someone else as I already have it.

Thanks to all of you that shared recipes. It is always fun to try new ones.

But I love all of the cookie posts, and definitely copied and pasted these recipes!

So, as to the winners! I always have Dh choose random numbers between 1- however many posts we have, and he chose #21 for the cookies/signed book and that is:

DONNA M!!! Congrats, Donna. Just email me at samhunter@samanthahunter.com, and I will get those out to you. I notice you mentioned that you already have MAKE YOUR MOVE and I am happy send you the signed copy with your cookies, but if you want me to give the book away to another winner here, just let me know and I’ll pick another winner later on.

As for the other two books we have: #1, Virginia C, and #11, Barb Wallace!

Thanks for coming by and sharing your cookie thoughts and recipes. If you read the book, I hope very much that you enjoy it. I am blogging at Romance Bandits on Wed, May 5, and giving away some goodies there, too, so feel free to come by and chat.

Sam

My favorite cookies have Toll House chocolate chips in them but I’ve adapted the original recipe so that there is less butter and brown sugar. Everybody love s these cookies!!

I also make Spritz butter cookies at X-mas time and Molasses cookies in the fall!

Molasses Sugar Cookies

¾ cup of shortening; melt and add to it: 1 cup of sugar ¼ cup dark molasses 1 egg; beat all these together Sift together: 2 cups flour ½ tsp cloves ½ tsp ginger ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp soda

Add dry ingredients and mix well. Chill. Form into balls about one inch in diameter. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet, flattening slightly if desired.
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

These are super easy to make and delicious too….

Chocolate Mint Wafers

Ingredients
* 4 ounces dark chocolate candy coating, * 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract, * 18 to 24 vanilla wafers
Directions
* Place candy coating and extract in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 30-60 seconds or until smooth, stirring every 15 seconds.
* Dip vanilla wafers in coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen. These taste like GS Thin Mints.
I also took the advice from someone who said to use a fork to dip the wafer and then tap the side of the bowl. It worked perfectly. You can substitute flavors of chocolate, add a mint pattie between the layers, or peanut butter.

Next my daughter’s favorite bar/cookie:

OLD FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER SQUARES

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups crushed graham crackers ( do an extra 1/4 to 1/2 cup for extra crunch) 2 cups powdered sugar 2 cups peanut butter 1 cup melted margarine or butter 1 Lg. Package of Choc. Chips
Mix first four ingredients in a greased 9 X 13 pan. Melt choc. chips and spread over the top of the mixture. Refrigerate. Cut into squares.

I’d love to win Make Your Move!