Good cookies recipes?

[fraseyboy]

I'm hungry and the brownies I made 3 weeks ago are a bit stale.

Anyone know any VERY good cookie recipe's that don't use obscure ingredients that wont be in the house?

Thanks.

 

[aaron313]

16 sticks of salted butter ---> soften-->|
4 cups white sugar------------->|--------->mix together
16 cups brown sugar----------->|
1/4 cup vanilla extract---------->|

16 whole eggs---> add gradually to above

20 cups white flower-->|
1/4 cup baking powder->|--> mix and add gradually to above
1/4 cup baking soda--->|

72oz bag of choc chips ---> add to above

Makes 190 cookies. Scale down as desired.

 

[feh1325]

i just make the recipe on the cover of the oatmeal container for my oatmeal cookies

and the one on the bag of the tollhouse chocolate chips

my friends love em

 

[fraseyboy]

Too late! I found a recipe somewhere else and made them...

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies - Allrecipes

For the record they are really nice. I had no milk chocolate chips so I made some modifications by adding 1/2 cup of cocoa and white chocolate 'melts'.

Soft in the middle and crunchy round the edges, just the way I like them.

 

[Steggy]

if you look up alton brown on food network website, he has multiple cookie recipes for different profiles. my favorite of course being his recipe for an always chewy cookie

 

[zotjen]

The secret to really good cookies: add more sugar and butter than the recipe calls for.

 

[beerguy0]

Quote:

Originally Posted by zotjen /img/forum/go_quote.gif The secret to really good cookies: add more sugar and butter than the recipe calls for.

Baking is a science, cooking is an art. You need to be careful about making alterations to recipes for baked goods. Adding more butter will likely make your cookies spread out more while baking. Also, the type of sugar makes a difference. If you want a crispy cookie, you would use melted butter and white sugar. For a softer cookie, you would use brown sugar, and cream the sugar with the butter. (Brown sugar has a higher moisture content then white sugar.)

Recipes for baked goods are usually pretty finely tuned for the desired results. If you know something about baking science, you can alter a recipe to attain a different result, like a crispier or chewier cookie, etc.

I like this web site for cookie recipes:

Cookie Madness

A cookie I really like:

espresso-chocolate shortbread cookies | smitten kitchen

I add 1/4 tsp. of salt to this recipe - I find the cookies too bland without it. (Most cookie recipes call for a small amount of salt anyway, not sure why this one doesn't.)