Basic Cookie Dough
A blank cookie, just waiting for your touch, or eat as is
Ingredients
- 240 grams AP Flour
- 9 grams Cornstarch
- 5 grams Baking Soda
- 5 grams Salt Kosher
- 170 grams Butter Room Temp Good Stuff
- 150 grams Brown Sugar Dark
- 100 grams Granulated Sugar
- 1 ea Egg Jumbo
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract Real Stuff
- 1 1/2 Cup Add ins Chips, nuts, M&M's, dried fruit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- In medium bowl mix all the dry ingredients, (not sugars)
- In a stand mixer or large bowl with hand mixer, add butter and sugars
- Cream butter and sugars, (Beat until light and fluffy)
- Add egg and vanilla, beat to incorporate
- On low add dry goods in three batches, mixing to incorporate between additions
- MIx until dough comes together
- With a spatula, fold in add ins
- Cover dough and chill age in fridge at least two hours or up to 24
- Using a #30 scoop (~2 table spoons), add dough to parchment paper in a baking sheet
- Space ~ 2" apart
- Bake 9-10 minutes, (edges just start to brown)
- Remove and cool 5 minutes then move to a wire rack to cool completely
Notes
My basic sugar cookie dough.
The add ins can be just about anything one can imagine, toasted nuts, small candies, etc.
I have been known to sub the vanilla for a tot of good bourbon, rum, almond extract ...
As always, feel free to explore your culinary choices ...
Nutrition
Calories: 2256kcalCarbohydrates: 296gProtein: 18gFat: 113gSaturated Fat: 68gCholesterol: 208mgSodium: 3212mgPotassium: 304mgFiber: 7gSugar: 226gVitamin A: 2474IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 391mgIron: 6mg
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