1 cookie recipe with many different variations?

Question

A few years ago, I remember seeing a cookie recipe in the newspaper that you could turn into different types of cookies by adding different things to it as if you've slaved over 5 different recipes.

For instance, you make 1 dough and if you were to roll it in sugar and cinnamon you'd have snikerdoodles, but if you were to add chocolate chips, you'd have chocolate chip cookies...and so on. Does anybody have this recipe or know where I could find it?

Answer 1

Here's a recipe that will work. Mine only has 3 variations, but with some creativity (or some other answers) I bet you can come up with five.

2 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound (8 ounces, 1 cup, 16 Tablespoons or 2 sticks) unsalted butter, margarine, shortening, or a mixture of these (I recommend 4 ounces each of unsalted butter and shortening)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

In a bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; set aside. In second bowl, cream together butter (and shortening) and sugar until light, about 2 minutes if using electric mixer. Beat in eggs one at a time until mixed in; add the vanilla with the last egg. Then beat the egg-butter mixture for about 30 seconds longer. Stir in flour mixture. Divide dough into 3 equal parts, and store in refrigerator about 15 minutes before shaping and baking.

Here are your variations. Add these to each of the thirds of your dough:

(a) in a small bowl, mix 2 Tablespoons sugar + 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Shape dough in 1" balls, then roll in cinnamon sugar.

(b) grate about 2 tsp lemon peel (the yellow part, not the white underneath). Mix this well into the dough. Shape dough into 1" balls, and roll them in granulated sugar.

(c) Mix 1/2 cup (about 3 ounces) chocolate chips into remaining third dough. Shape into 1" balls.

For each of these variations, flatten the balls of dough slightly with your hand on the cookie sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 8 - 11 minutes.

Answer 2

a basic sugar cookie dough like a basic cake recipe is al that is needed to make variations just open up a betty crocker cookbook, there should be some type of website for this book also

Answer 3

I think allrecipes.com has a 'basic cookie dough' recipe that they call for in a lot of their cookie recipes. Try going to that site and looking for that.

Answer 4

It was in Kraft's Family and Fun Recipe Magazine. They made peppermint, cream cheese, chocolate, etc. I would check there. It was in last years magazine, but I'm sure they bring out that recipe every year. Happy Hunting!

Answer 5

Sugar cookies. They can change from drop cookies to cookie cutters.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

All Occasion Cookies
1 pound (4 sticks) butter or margarine, divided (do not use vegetable oil spreads)
2 3/4 Cups (11 oz.) Flour
1 pkg. White Cake Mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small batter bowl, microwave 2 sticks of
the butter on HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Using Paring Knife, slice
remaining butter into 1/2-inch pieces; add to melted butter, tossing to coat using Classic Scraper. Allow butter to stand 3-5 minutes or until softened.
Meanwhile, accurately measure flour into large Colander Bowl by lightly
spooning flour into Adjustable Scoop. Level off surface by scraping off
additional flour using Handy Scraper. (For most consistent results, use Kitchen Scale to weigh flour.) Add cake mix to flour; blend well using Stainless Steel Whisk to break up any large lumps. Using Stainless Steel Whisk, whisk butter until smooth and free of lumps. If necessary, return butter to microwave for 10-20 seconds or until creamy and pourable. Do NOT melt completely. Pour butter, all at once, into dry ingredients; thoroughly scrape butter from Batter Bowl using Classic Scraper. Using Bamboo Spoon, mix until dry ingredients are incorporated and dough is smooth. (If dough is too stiff to stir, knead until smooth by hand on Cutting Board.) Shape dough, bake and decorate as desired.

Flavor Variations:

Chocolate: Substitute one package devil's food cake mix for the white
cake mix. Add flour and butter as recipe directs.

Spice: Substitute one package yellow cake mix for white cake mix. Add 1
Tablespoon Pantry Cinnamon Plus Spice Blend. Add flour and butter as
recipe directs.

Peanut Butter: Substitute one package yellow cake mix for the white
cake mix. Add flour as directed. Whisk 2/3 Cup Peanut Butter into softened
butter until smooth; add to dry ingredients as recipe directs.

This dough is versatile, can spread cream cheese on top, and add pie
filling.

You can use this for drop cookies, cookie press cookies or my favorite roll out, cut into flowers. In half of them use a small circle and cut out the center. After cooled, spread full cookie with jelly of your choice and top with one with a hole. Then you put powdered sugar on it and it’s like a linzer tart. You can add nuts, chips, candy bars cut up… it’s really versatile.

Answer 8

http://home.att.net/~jserdmann/Techniques-Cookie.html

Answer 9

No idea, sorry.