Sweet Dreams Cookies

I learned all of my basic cooking & baking knowledge from my mom. This Thanksgiving I rifled through her cabinet of recipe books & binders. I came across many recipes that she made while my siblings and I were growing up - many that I had forgotten about until recently. 

One such recipe is for a delicious spin on Chocolate Chip Cookies that my mom found in 1986 in a Bon Appetit magazine. These cookies, known as Sweet Dreams, are a Ludgin family favorite. By adding additional spice & powdered sugar to the traditional CC cookie recipe, an out of this world cookie was born. With the holiday season upon us, this is a great treat to serve to your friends & family. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family has.

Sweet Dreams Cookies

Makes about 6 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) Unsalted Butter

1 1/2 cups firmly packed Light Brown Sugar

1 Egg, room temperature

1 tsp Vanilla

2 cups unbleached All Purpose Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Ground Ginger

1/2 tsp Salt

1 12-oz package Semisweet Chocolate Chips

1 cup chopped Walnuts (optional)

1 cup Powdered Sugar

Cream butter using electric mixer. Beat in brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a separate bowl, and then blend into butter mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. Refrigerate until firm (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease baking sheets. Break off small pieces of dough; roll between palms into 1-inch rounds. Dredge* rounds in powdered sugar. Arrange rounds on prepared sheets, spacing at least 2 inches apart. Bake 8-10 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on sheets. Transfer to racks and cool. Store in airtight container.

*Dredge: roll so that the surface of the rounds are covered in powdered sugar.