11 most cookie Recipes

problems, dry cookie dough, solution, measure accurately. you don tsp want too much flour or too little liquid or shortening., use room temperature shortening, not chilled or melted ., use large eggs , the size used for testing most recipes., use small eggs ., mix the cookie dough thoroughly. be careful not to undermix., help! if your dough is too dry , add 1 or 2 tbsp cream or milk., problem, dough too soft to shape or roll, solution, measure accurately. you don tsp want too little flour or too much liquid or shortening, use shortening at room temperature, but not melted and do not substitute oil., use large eggs, not extra large, if it s a refrigerator dough , be sure it is firm enough to handle, then work with small amounts, leaving the rest in the refrigerator, help! if your dough is too soft, mix in 1 or 2 tbsp flour.

cold butter (i use margarine most of the time) or 6 tbsp margarine (i use margarine most of the time), powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract

mccormick pure vanilla extract, gold medal imitation vanilla extract, i found the information about temperatures in cakes and cookies to be the most informative on which to use. internal cake temps only reach 210 where in cookies are up there at 350 and most of the extra compounds in pure vanilla bake off at 280-300 so real is great for cakes and imitation works for cookies. this makes sense and matters if you do a lot of baking, if little baking, well guess a small bottle of both., here is a link to winner of the imitation, apparently an east of the mississippi item and can be mail ordered. i guess i will stick with tones from smart and final., just an interesting look again into vanilla ., http://www.cfsauer.com/products.asp bid =1

butter, softened, bread flour, kosher salt, baking soda, sugar, brown sugar, egg, egg yolk, whole milk or 2 tbsp half-and-half, vanilla extract

raisins, butter (softened ), brown sugar (packed), eggs, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, oatmeal (quick cooking oats)

oatmeal, salt, ripe mashed banana (the black ones add the most flavor), egg white, splenda sugar substitute, cinnamon, apples, chunks (optional) or applesauce (optional)

softened butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, baking soda, cinnamon, chinese five spice (chinese section at most supermarkets), salt, old fashioned oatmeal, orange flavored cranberries (ocean spray), chopped pecans

shortening (i use crisco ), granulated sugar, egg, molasses (most of the time, i use grandma s), flour, soda, cinnamon, ginger

plain flour, olive spread, caster sugar, eggs, beaten, vanilla essence, baking powder (optional -- i didn tsp add for my first batch and they turned out nice and crumbly), rolled oats, raisins (can be replaced with other ingredients)