Cookie Bonanza!

Name: Cookie Bonanza!
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 14 teaspoon salt; 12 cup butter, at room temperature; 12 cup granulated sugar; 12 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 12 cup milk

9 ingredients

27 steps

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
14 teaspoon salt
12 cup butter, at room temperature
12 cup granulated sugar
12 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 cup milk

Directions

1

In bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; reserve.
2

On medium high speed, beat butter and sugars until light in color, 2-3 minutes.
3

Beat in egg and vanilla until combined.
4

Alternately beat in reserved flour mixture with milk until just combined.
5

Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.
6

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
7

Coat baking sheets with cooking spray.
8

Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls at least 2 inches apart onto baking sheets.
9

Bake 10-12 minutes or until browned around edges.
10

Cool 5 minutes.
11

Transfer from pans to racks; cool.
12

If desired, sprinkle cookies with 1/4 cup multicolored jimmies or sprinkles before baking.
13

Peanut Butter Lovers: Beat 1 tablespoon peanut butter into butter mixture.
14

Stir 16 miniature peanut butter cups (quartered) and 2/3 cup peanut M & M's into dough.
15

Triple Chocolate Chip: Melt 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips; cool.
16

Stir 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder into flour mixture.
17

Beat cooled chocolate into butter mixture.
18

Stir 1/3 cup each white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips and semisweet chocolate chips into dough.
19

Chill and bake as directed.
20

If desired, melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips.
21

Dip each cooled cookie halfway into melted chocolate.
22

Let dry on rack set over wax paper.
23

Orange-Cranberry: Decrease flour to 1 1/2 cups; add 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats to flour mixture.
24

Stir 1/2 cup dried cranberries and 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest into dough.
25

Chill and bake as directed.
26

If desired, whisk together 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons cranberry juice and 1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest until smooth; drizzle over cookies.
27

Toffee-Nut: Stir 1 cup mixed nuts (such as pecans, cashews and pistachios), 1/4 cup toffee bits, 1/4 cup butterscotch chips and 1 teaspoon almond extract into dough.