Friday, September 30, 2011

1 Cookie Batter: 3 Kinds of Cookies



I like a variety of cookies. We used to get those assorted cookies at Sam's. You know what, though? These are better. They are fresher tasting and just more special than store bought.

This is a big batch of cookies that I am making ahead for a party. You could modify any cookie recipe to make different kinds of cookies. Like if you wanted to make the 4 cookies recipe, each cookie could have different stuff.

Here is the recipe I used.
Adapted from: Cookie Madness

1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 ¼ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups all purpose flour
Quick oats--optional

Add-ins of your choice. I used:
Bowl 1—1/2 cup white chocolate chips + 1/4 cup macadamia nuts
Bowl 2—1/2 cup chocolate chips
Bowl 3—1/2 cup each of M+Ms and candy corn, plus 1/4 cup chocolate chips

I mixed some oats in each batch because I found the dough to be too wet (from the butter, I guess). You could do this or just chill your dough (I’m too impatient for that!).

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Light grease a couple of baking sheets or line with parchment paper.

Cream together butter and sugars mixer until light and fluffy (I zapped my butter for about 30 seconds in the microwave because it was not at room temperature). Mix in the eggs and vanilla. Stir in the baking soda, salt and flour. Split the batter into 3 bowls. Add1/4-1/2 cup oats (optional) to each batter. Add white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts to one bowl, chocolate chips to the 2nd bowl, and candy to the 3rd bowl and stir them up.

Drop the dough with cookie scoop onto the baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart, and bake for 12-15 minutes. This made 50 cookies (I froze 2/3 of the dough).

My Dad’s birthday is tomorrow (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!!), so I made half a dozen of each cookie for him to share at work.



6 comments:

Mindie Hilton said...

I love recipes that are versatile like this.
These sound delicious. I would love for you to share at my weekly linky fri-mon
http://bacontimewiththehungryhypo.blogspot.com/2011/09/any-linky-goes-17.html
Come strut your stuff.

Chef in Training said...

yum! These looks amazing! I am your newest follower from the Something Swanky Blog hop! I would love for you to come check out my blog and follow me too! Thanks!
-Nikki
http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/

Paige @ The Crunchy Mamacita said...

Love your blog! Stopping by from Something Swanky. I'm your newest follower, I hope you'll stop by my blog at http://thecrunchymamacita.blogspot.com/ and become a follower :)


Paige

Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust said...

Yum these look good! I'm a new follower from Something Swanky. Crazy for Crust

Amy @ A Little Nosh said...

Great idea! I'm a new follower from the Something Swanky Blog Hop. Would love a follow back!

Amy @ A Little Nosh

Mindie Hilton said...

Thanks for sharing at Bacon time. Hope to see you again this week.