Cookies, cookies, and more cookies!!!

When I was growing up some of my favorite Christmas cookies came from one of my mom's old cook books, the "Betty Crocker Cooky Book" from 1963. By the time I was a teenager, the book had fallen apart and my mom saved our favorite recipes in a binder. In 2003 the book was reprinted and Mom gave each of us kids a copy. I saved mine until we got married when I needed it to make my own Christmas cookies. A couple of years ago I realized that I have this book full of one of my favorite foods - cookies- and I have only made a couple of them. I finally decided I would go through the whole book and make each recipe, and all the variations of them. I'd toyed with the idea for a couple of years now, and have now decided to put this into action. I also wanted a record of this so a la "Julie and Julia" I have decided to write about this in our blog. I have done several recipes so far so I have some catching up to do and will hopefully keep on top of this from here on out. We'll see how well I do.
Week one:Ok, I skipped the first recipe in the book as it called for coffee, and given Sean's and my religious beliefs, this obviously was a bit of a problem. Perhaps one day I'll make it and give them to my non-LDS, coffee drinking friends. The next recipe was Orange drop cookies. They were actually really good. They had a nice cakey texture with a yummy orange frosting that wasn't to overpowering. Sean loved them. I probably wouldn't make them all the time, but they would make a fun change.Weeks two and three: Chocolate drop cookies
These have been Sean's favorite so far. They also had a cake-like texture, chocolate frosting (is it possible to have too much chocolate? I don't think so!) and were really yummy. There were so many variations that it took me two weeks to do this one. The first week I did just plain ones and some with chopped pecans. They were so good. The next week I put coconut in some and chopped maraschino cherries in some. I loved the cherry ones. I was surprised they were so good. I'd do them again in a heartbeat.Week four: Brown Sugar drops
These were OK. They would be really good with chocolate chips, but that wasn't one of the variations. I did some plain, some with pecans, and some with coconuts. They were all good, but not as good as chocolate chips would have been. I didn't get pictures of this one, but I'm sure I will make them again sometime.
A couple of weeks later: Pineapple cookies
I took a couple of weeks break because we went on vacation to San Diego! It was a blast. the next week we had a family reunion, so I finally got back to making cookies the other day. These cookies were surprisingly good. They tasted very old-fashioned. I did half a recipe of just pineapple and half with pineapple and coconut. I can't decide which I like more, they are both so good. I took them when we hung out with friends the other day and they ate them before I knew it. They were obviously a hit. I have to make these again some time.I can't wait to see what this week brings for us and for my next cookie!