Variable Cookie Recipe

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I've been getting really into baking cookies as a way to regulate my own sweet-eating proclivities and also surprise my partner. Going to keep this updated as I experiment more!

Base Recipe

This is what you need to make a cookie without anything fancy going on about it.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour.
  • 1 tsp baking soda.
  • ¾ tsp salt.
  • 1½ stick of butter (12 tbsp or 6 oz).
  • ⅔ cup light brown sugar.
  • ⅔ cup white sugar.
  • 1 large egg.
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract.

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, combine: flour, baking soda, salt. Put aside.
  2. In large bowl, mix 1 stick (8 tbsp) butter and sugars.
  3. Mix egg and vanilla extract.
  4. Mix flour mixture from step #1, slowly. Add ½ stick (2 tbsp) melted butter.
  5. Cool for at least 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 375° F.
  7. Grease baking tray and scoop cookie dough.
  8. Bake for 12 minutes.
  9. Cool for 5 minutes.

Additions

In a way, this is kind of the important part! You can do one or multiple of these things. If the dough looks and tastes good, you're good. Salmonella is a social construct. Try it. Eat it.

  • Chocolate Chips: Add ¼ to ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips. Same for raisins, sprinkles, that kind of stuff. Incorporate after step #4.
  • Cocoa: Substitute ¼ to ½ cup flour for ¼ to ½ cup cocoa powder, depending on how chocolatey you want your cookies to turn out.
  • Ginger & Cinnamon:When mixing flour, add 1 tbsp ground ginger and 1 tbsp ground cinnamon. Give or take? Maybe some more just to be safe.
  • Oatmeal: Substitute ½ cups flour for ½ cups oatmeal (or just add it tbh, that might turn out better). Incorporate after step #4.

Still trying out different combinations, but really happy with my experiments so far. :)

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