The Cookie Jar – Sandlake Cookies

by Leigh Anne on October 11, 2007

This week’s “Cookie Jar” recipe is another good “Holiday Baking” recipe.  It is a fun twist on your traditional chocolate chip cookie with the addition of cinnamon, ginger and craisinets – yum! The dough also needs to be refrigerated so you can make the dough up ahead of time.   It’s also a great one for cookie plates or cookie exchange because it makes a lot.

 I first tasted these cookies when hubby Jim and I stayed at The Sandlake Country Inn, a quaint bed and breakfast near Pacific City,Oregon -close to the beautiful Oregon Coast.  Not only did they serve us a yummy breakfast right in our room we were greeted by a jar of these delicious cookies upon check in.  They even gave you a little mini -cookbook of their favorite recipes when you checked out including the recipe for Sandlake Cookies!

2 cups butter (yes 2 cups!)

3 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

4 cups flour

2 tsp. soda

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

2 tsp. ginger

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups nuts (I don’t like nuts in my cookies so leave them out)

2 cups chocolate chips

1 cup craisinets

Cream sugar and butter.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Wrap in plastic  and refrigerate.  Roll walnut size balls of dough in powdered sugar.  Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

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My Top Ten Favorite Christmas Cookies - your homebased mom
December 11, 2009 at 9:11 am

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1 ellen b October 16, 2007 at 3:11 pm

These sound buttery good! Thanks for sharing…

2 Michelle in Roswell October 22, 2007 at 10:22 am

I made these yesterday, and we loved them! My husband wanted me to make them with White chocolate chips, and I did, and they were sooo yummy! (I still want to try them with regular chips, too!)

3 Diane December 11, 2009 at 9:14 pm

I just stumbled onto your blog while searching for cookie recipes. I stopped my search as soon as I saw your recipe for ‘Sandlake cookies’. Sandlake? What a small world. We ride quads at Sandlake. ;) I’m going to have to look for the Inn that you stayed at, sounds nice. :)
Merry Christmas!

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