6 new york style cookies Recipes

potato, peeled and quartered, boiling water, active dry yeast, all-purpose flour, salt, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, cornmeal , to dust cookie sheet, water, egg white (optional)

butter cookies , about 1 1/4 cups, butter, room temp eggs, vanilla, cream cheese, sugar, flour, lemons , zest of, lemon juice, sour cream

cream cheese, room temp, sugar, eggs, crushed oreo cookies, melted butter, vanilla extract, chocolate chips, melted, sour cream, chocolate chips, melted

sugar, vegetable shortening, egg, vanilla, cake flour, baking soda, salt, unsweetened cocoa powder (used for making either marble or chocolate cookies and explained below) (optional), milk (optional), egg, beaten with a bit of water for coating the log (optional), ground walnuts (optional), walnut halves (optional), candy sprinkles (optional), chocolate star (optional), walnut halves (optional), chocolate chips (melted with a small bit of vegetable shortening for piping) (optional)