Cookies are delicious and easy to make at home. Here are a couple of easy cookie recipes for chocolate chip, and peanut butter cookies.
These recipes are relatively simple and inexpensive. There are also varieties and variations that utilize different ingredients, but these basic recipes should suffice.
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
- Cream the butter in a large bowl. It can be softened to cream easy by taking butter out of the refrigerator an hour or so before beginning.
- Stir granulated and brown sugar in with the butter until you have a creamy blend.
- Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract, until they have blended in with the butter and sugar mix.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and stir until smooth and thick.
- Add chocolate chips, and quickly mix them in by swirling a spoon through the dough. The cookie dough is now complete. If you want the dough pliable but not too runny, refrigerate it for about half an hour. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet, and flatten a little with a spoon.
- When ready to bake, set oven to 375 degrees and let it warm up. Bake the cookies for about ten minutes, until they are golden-brown and not too soft. Serve or eat after removing them from the oven if you want them softer and gooey, or refrigerate for an hour to harden them up and make them like store bought cookies.
Alternatives:Walnuts make the cookies delicious when added along with the chocolate chips to the dough. Macadamia nuts may be substituted for the chocolate chips, are added along with them, as the dough works for both cookies. M&Ms are also great replacements for chocolate chips.
Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Cream the butter in a large bowl.
- Mix in the sugars, and stir until you have a creamy, smooth, consistency.
- Add the eggs and peanut butter and stir until smooth.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir until dough with an even consistency is formed.
- Refrigerate dough for about an hour, until somewhat firm, and then form into balls, place on cookie sheet, and press down on the dough balls with a fork to get crisscross pattern.
- Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for about ten minutes. Serve.
Sugar cookies may be made by following either recipe, and leaving out chocolate chips and peanut butter. Granulated white sugar should be used exclusively, replacing the brown sugar in each recipe for these.
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