Chocolate Chip Anything Cookies
I found this recipe in a magazine last year, though I can't for the life of me, remember which magazine. I've changed this recipe to find the best sweet balance of the ingredients. After making these cookies over a hundred times, it has easily become my go-to recipe for cookies as it is versatile in what you can add.
The basics of this recipe are:
- 1 c. butter
- 2/3 c. brown sugar
- 2/3 c. sugar
- 1 egg (or 1 tbsp of whole flax seeds, ground with 3 tbsp of water)
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (roughly) or about 1/4 vanilla bean
- 2 c. flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 tsp salt (optional- I usually leave this out or add a pinch)
- any mix ins!
- In mixer, cream butter and sugars
- Add egg, mix
- Add vanilla, mix
- In a separate bowl, using a sifter, sift the flour, baking soda and salt together. If you don't have a sifter, use a whisk to add air to the mixture.
- add the dry mixture to the wet mixture, slowly. Ahh, slowly is the key word. The first time I did this, I accidentally turned my mixer up too high, and lets just say that my black kitchen looked like it had snowed indoors!!
- Now is the fun part. Add whatever mix-ins you'd like. Here are some of the combinations that i've tried:
- honey (approx. 1 tsp.) & chocolate chips
- dried cranberries & almond slivers
- almonds diced & walnuts crushed
- white chocolate chips & toffee (my favourite!!)
- chocolate chips & honey & flax seeds (to add more fibre- these are the cookies in the pictures)
- coconut and dark chocolate shavings
- m&ms