BASIC COOKIE DOUGH WITH VARIATIONS
This versatile cookie dough is easily turned into delicious treats for snacking or dessert using one of the variations below. Before starting the recipe, choose the variation you prefer.
Categories Desserts & Sweets
Time 24m
Yield Serves: 48
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
- Beat butter and granulated and brown sugars with electric mixer in large bowl until smooth and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until well blended. Add flour mixture; beat until combined.
- Drop tablespoonsful of dough about 2 inches (5 cm) apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake just until cookies lose their shiny appearance, about 9 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts :
DROP BUTTER COOKIES WITH VARIATIONS RECIPE - (4.3/5)
Provided by á-48098
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, combine sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, and 1 egg, blend well. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt; blend well. Drop by rounded teaspoonsfuls, 1-inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F for 9 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Variations: Coconut: Add 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut with flour. Orange Pecan: Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and 2 tables. grated orange zest with flour. Lemon Nut: Add 1/2 cup chopped nuts and 2 teas. grated lemon zest with flour. Chocolate Nut: Add 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa and 1/2 cup chopped nuts with flour.
EASY DROP COOKIES
My mother made these all year round, she would just change the color of sugar in which they were dipped. Consider putting a small amount of powdered drink mix (e.g.. Kool-Aid crystals) in white sugar to get different colors, and a little flavor. (Don't omit the sugar or the flavor will be too strong. )
Provided by MJK
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Cream together butter or margarine and white sugar. Add egg, vanilla and milk. Mix well.
- Gradually add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Roll spoonfuls of dough in your hands and dip one end in colored sugar. Place on baking sheets and press top down with a glass. Bake for 12 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 75.8 calories, Carbohydrate 9.2 g, Cholesterol 14.1 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 54.3 mg, Sugar 4.2 g
THE MOTHER OF ALL BUTTER COOKIES (WITH ENDLESS VARIATIONS)
Originally published in the NYT with THE MINIMALIST; One Batter, Many Cookies, by Mark Bittman, December 16, 1998
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 21m
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, cornstarch, sugar and salt in a food processor, and pulse once or twice. Add butter, and pulse 10 or 20 times, until butter and flour are well combined. Add vanilla and egg and pulse 3 or 4 times. Add about half the milk and pulse 2 or 3 times. Add the remaining milk a little at a time, pulsing once or twice after each addition, until the dough holds together in a sticky mass.
- Remove the dough from the machine to one or more bowls. Make cookies as described in Step 3, or make any of the variations below.
- To make cookies, drop rounded teaspoons of dough (you can make the cookies larger or smaller, if you like) onto a nonstick baking sheet, a sheet lined with parchment paper or a lightly buttered sheet. If you want flat cookies, press the balls down a bit with your fingers or the back of a spatula or wooden spoon. Bake 11 minutes, or until the cookies are done as you like them. Cool on a rack, then store, if necessary, in a covered container.
- VARIATIONS on the flavor of these butter cookies are limitless. Here are a few suggestions:.
- Butterscotch cookies: Substitute brown sugar for half or more of the white sugar, or simply add 1 tablespoon of molasses along with the egg.
- Citrus cookies: Omit the vanilla, and add 1 tablespoon of lemon or orange juice and 2 teaspoons grated lemon or orange rind along with the egg. A couple of tablespoons of poppy seeds can also be added.
- Chocolate chip cookies: Stir in about 1 cup of chocolate chips. (The butterscotch variation is good with chocolate chips.).
- Other chunky cookies: To the finished batter, add about 1 cup of M& M's (or similar candy), roughly chopped walnuts, pecans or cashews, slivered almonds, raisins, coconut, dried cherries or cranberries. Or combine any chunky ingredients you like.
- Ginger cookies: Add 1 tablespoon ground dried ginger to the dry ingredients. For even better flavor, add 1/4 cup minced crystallized ginger to the batter by hand (this works well in addition to or in place of the ground ginger).
- Spice cookies: Add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon each ground allspice and ground ginger and 1 pinch ground cloves and mace or nutmeg to the dry ingredients.
- Or you can make rolled cookies by freezing the dough for 15 minutes or refrigerating it for at least 1 hour. Working half the dough at a time, roll it out on a lightly floured surface; the dough will absorb some flour at first but will soon become less sticky. Do not add more flour than necessary. Roll about 1/4 inch thick, and cut with cookie cutters; decorate as you like. Bake as above, reducing the cooking time to 8 to 10 minutes.
THE BEST BUTTER COOKIES
Your search is over -- this perfect butter cookie will stay in your recipe box for years. It's crisp, yet tender and perfect for tea for two or cookies for Santa. Plus, you have the choice to make drop cookies or a slice-and-bake version!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 45m
Yield 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and granulated sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on high speed for a full 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl halfway through the mixing; the butter should be very light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on medium speed until well combined. Add half the dry ingredients and beat on low speed to combine. Scrape down the mixing bowl before adding the remaining dry ingredients and beat to combine. Refrigerate for 1 hour in the bowl for drop cookies, or form into a 1-inch log for slice-and-bake cookies.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the turbinado sugar in a small bowl. For drop cookies, scoop the cookie dough with a 1 tablespoon-size cookie scoop and then dip the tops of the cookie dough balls into the sugar. Place onto the prepared baking sheet.
- For slice-and-bake cookies, cut the log into 1/2-inch-thick rounds. Press the tops into the sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies until slightly puffed and lightly golden on the bottom, about 15 minutes.
CHUNKY DROP COOKIES
The night before I make these drop cookies, I measure out the pretzels, peanuts, raisins and chocolate. Assembly goes quickly the next day. -Kelly Ward-Hartman, Cape Coral, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield 6-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in pretzels, peanuts, chocolate chunks and raisins. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges are golden brown, 10-14 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 86 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 44mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
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