Category: Desserts

Yield: 4½ dozen three-inch cookies.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose pour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup salted butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• ¾ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 teaspoon vanila
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease two cookie sheets or line them with Silpat.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. In another large bowl, cream the butter and sugars. Add the water and vanilla. Mix the ingredients until they are just combined.
4. Add the eggs and mix them lightly. Stir in the flour mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips. Don’t overmix the dough.
5. Drop the cookies 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets using two tablespoons or an ice cream scoop.
6. Bake them for 12 minutes or until the edges and centers are brown. Remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool.

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Makes 55 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cup flour
• 2 1/2 cups ground oatmeal
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 12 oz chocolate chips
• 8 oz grated chocolate bar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°
2. Cream butter and sugars
3. Add eggs and vanilla
4. Mix together all remaining dry ingredients except chocolate & nuts
5. Add dry mixture to eggs and sugar
6. Mix in chips, nuts & grated chocolate
7. Roll into balls and place 2″ apart on cookie sheet
8. Bake for 10 min at 375°

Photo by Love from the Oven via Flickr used with CC Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives license

 

Ingredients

• ½ cup soft shortening
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 egg separated
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp salt
• Chopped nuts
• Jam

Directions

1. Cream shortening & sugar
2. Mix in beaten egg yolk & vanilla
3. Mix together flour & salt
4. Add to wet mix
5. Roll into balls
6. Roll balls into egg white then finely chopped nuts
7. Bake 5 min at 350°
8. Press thumb in middle
9. Bake 8 min more
10. Let cool
11. Add jam filling to depression

Further reading at America’s Test Kitchen. Photo by Jacqueline via Flickr used with CC Attribution, Non Commercial license