Best 7 English Cookies Recipes

OLD ENGLISH LEMON-CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, walnuts, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl. Beat the egg, applesauce, lemon juice, vanilla, cranberries, lemon zest, and butter together in a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer; pour into the flour mixture and mix well. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with the confectioners' sugar to serve.

ENGLISH LEMON-CURD COOKIES

Steps:

• Dough: Combine flour, salt and baking powder in bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until creamy.
• Beat in egg, lemon extract and vanilla until fluffy.
• Stir in flour mixture and pecans.
• Divide dough in half; shape into disks.
• Wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• On lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll half of dough 1/8 inch thick.
• With floured 3-inch fluted round cookie cutter, cut out dough.
• Place, 1 inch apart, on ungreased baking sheets.
• With floured 1 ½-inch round cookie cutter, cut out centers from half the cookies.
• Reroll centers and trimmings.
• Repeat with other half of dough.
• Bake in 350 degree oven 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Cool on racks.
• Store at room temperature or freeze.
• Curd:
• Micro wave method: using the ingredients called for here and cook as directed in Recipe #61278.
• or.
• Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, rind and butter in saucepan.
• Place pan in skillet half filled with simmering water over medium-low heat.
• Whisk in yolks; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened enough to coat spoon, 5 minutes (temperature should read 160 degrees); do not boil.
• Pour into small bowl; cover surface directly with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate to chill, 2 hours.
• Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on cookies with cut-out centers.
• Spread 1 tablespoon curd over each cookie without cut-out center; top with sugared cookie, pressing lightly to form sandwich.

OLD ENGLISH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening. Add the egg and mix well. Sift together the flour, cloves, cinnamon, baking soda, and baking powder; add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the coffee until well blended, then stir in the raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips.
• Drop cookies by tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 15 minutes; cool on a wire rack.

LACEMAKER'S CATTERN CAKES - ENGLISH SPICED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl: flour, cinnamon, currants, ground almonds, caraway seeds and sugar.
• Add the melted butter and the beaten egg and mix well to give a soft dough.
• Roll the dough out on a floured board, into a rectangle about 12" x 10" - 30cm x 25cm.
• Brush the dough with water and sprinkle with the extra sugar and cinnamon to taste.
• Gently roll the dough up like a Swiss roll, not too tightly, and then cut the rolled up dough into 3/4" - 2cm slices.
• Place these slices on to a well greased and lined baking tray or biscuit/cookie sheet, making sure that they are spaced well apart.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven 200C/400F/Gas 6 for about 10 minutes, or until golden and crispy to the top.
• Allow the cattern cakes to cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with extra caraway seeds, sugar and cinnamon if you like.
• Store in an airtight tin for up to 7 days.

ENGLISH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream the butter with both types of sugar in a bowl, then beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt in another bowl, then sift into the creamed mixture, beating constantly with a wooden spoon. If necessary, soften the mixture with a little milk. Stir in the hazelnuts and chocolate. Place about 15 tablespoons of the mixture, spaced well apart, on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 7-8 minutes. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and let cool slightly, then remove the cookies with a spatula and let cool on a wire rack. Cook the remaining mixture in the same way.

ENGLISH TOFFEE COOKIES

Steps:

• Spread Saltines in one layer in a 12x18 Jellyroll Pan. Put in over at 400 for 6mins before you put everything else on them.
• Melt Butter & Sugar in sauce pan over Med-high heat. Pour mixture evenly over crackers.
• Melt Chocolate & pour over crackers. Sprinkle with nuts. Put in Freezer to set for 20 minute.
• Remove from pan with spatula & allow to break into random pieces.

GRAMMIE'S OLD ENGLISH COOKIES RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• 1.Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets. 2.Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, walnuts, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl. Beat the egg, applesauce, lemon juice, vanilla, cranberries, lemon zest, and butter together in a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer; pour into the flour mixture and mix well. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets. 3.Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with the confectioners' sugar to serve.