Post by marlaoh on Dec 23, 2002 8:38:11 GMT -6
COOKIES - ONE RECIPE, SEVEN OPTIONS
Makes about 24-36 cookies depending upon how big you make them. Recipe can be doubled or tripled without problems.
The Basic Recipe
2½ to 3 C flour
¾ C sugar
¾ C brown sugar
½ C butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt
(Note: You can bake the cookies on an ungreased sheet or lightly grease or spray with cooking spray.)
The Basic Instructions:
Cream all the ingredients but the flour and then gradually mix in the flour.
Put in enough flour to make the cookies easily handled and rolled into a ball, which makes soft cookies.
You can put in less flour if you want thinner, crispier cookies, or you can add a little more butter if you want thinner, chewier cookies.
Bake the cookies at 350°F. 10-12 minutes, cool on a wire rack.
Now for the fun part, take this basic and recipe and try these variations:
Cookie Variations
Peanut Butter Cookies
Add ½ cup peanut butter to make peanut butter cookies -- you may need to add a little extra flour as well.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Simply add chocolate chips and/or nuts to the basic recipe.
Butterscotch Cookies
You guessed it, add butterscotch chips.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Substitute 1 cup oatmeal for 1 cup of the flour, add 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp milk and some raisins.
Chocolate Cookies
Add ½ cup cocoa to make chocolate cookies -- add chocolate chips too if you really want to get devilish about it.
Snickerdoodles
Add 1 tsp cinnamon to the batter and then roll them into little balls and roll the balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture before baking.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
Make 1 batch of peanut butter and one batch of chocolate dough, roll them each out in a ¼" layer and place one layer on top of the other. Roll the layers up like a jelly-roll and slice them into ¼" slices to make peanut-butter chocolate pinwheel cookies. Refrigerating the dough to makes it easier to work with.
Makes about 24-36 cookies depending upon how big you make them. Recipe can be doubled or tripled without problems.
The Basic Recipe
2½ to 3 C flour
¾ C sugar
¾ C brown sugar
½ C butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt
(Note: You can bake the cookies on an ungreased sheet or lightly grease or spray with cooking spray.)
The Basic Instructions:
Cream all the ingredients but the flour and then gradually mix in the flour.
Put in enough flour to make the cookies easily handled and rolled into a ball, which makes soft cookies.
You can put in less flour if you want thinner, crispier cookies, or you can add a little more butter if you want thinner, chewier cookies.
Bake the cookies at 350°F. 10-12 minutes, cool on a wire rack.
Now for the fun part, take this basic and recipe and try these variations:
Cookie Variations
Peanut Butter Cookies
Add ½ cup peanut butter to make peanut butter cookies -- you may need to add a little extra flour as well.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Simply add chocolate chips and/or nuts to the basic recipe.
Butterscotch Cookies
You guessed it, add butterscotch chips.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Substitute 1 cup oatmeal for 1 cup of the flour, add 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp milk and some raisins.
Chocolate Cookies
Add ½ cup cocoa to make chocolate cookies -- add chocolate chips too if you really want to get devilish about it.
Snickerdoodles
Add 1 tsp cinnamon to the batter and then roll them into little balls and roll the balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture before baking.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
Make 1 batch of peanut butter and one batch of chocolate dough, roll them each out in a ¼" layer and place one layer on top of the other. Roll the layers up like a jelly-roll and slice them into ¼" slices to make peanut-butter chocolate pinwheel cookies. Refrigerating the dough to makes it easier to work with.