best cookie recipe??

Question

every year we have a family cookie contest and i would like to know your favorite cookie recipe EVER that people seem to love. also, do you know if the cookies still taste good if they are baked and then frozen for about 2 weeks and then eaten? thanks!

Answer 1

My favorite is snickerdoodles. A good recipe for them here.

Answer 2

Chocolate Macadamia Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter-slightly softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
3 (3-ounce) bars bittersweet chocolate, cut into 1/4 inch chunks
1 cup (6 ounces) peanut butter chips
1 cup unsalted macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped*

*Note-if you can only find salted nuts, place them in a sieve and rinse them in running water. Dry the nuts thoroughly with absorbent paper towels


Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Have ready 2 ungreased baking sheets. In a medium bowl, gently whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment beat the butter at medium high speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add the granulated and light brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. At low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions, mixing just until blended. Add the bittersweet chocolate, peanut butter chips and macadamia nuts and mix just until blended.
Drop the dough by scant 1/4 cup measures onto the baking sheets, spacing them 3 inches apart. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, until light brown on the edges. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely

Answer 3

Mister Alexander's Air Cookies

Ingredients:

2 egg whites
3/4 cup granulated sugar
½ cup mini chocolate chips

Baking Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Whip the egg whites until very stiff and peaks form......very important
Gradually add the 3/4 cups of sugar
Stir (by hand) in the ½ cup mini chocolate chips

I use two cookie sheets, lined with aluminum.......put dollop-sized drops (tablespoon or smaller) on cookies sheets until all is used (50-70 drops).........these can be within 1/8" of each other, doesn't matter........cookies don't move, they just crystalize......on these, try to have little peaks and wavy stuff.......if they were stiff enough, they will hold their shape........

Now, the fun part.........quickly put the two cookie sheets in the oven, close the door, and shut off the heat.........I love to do this with the little cousins who spend the night with me, cause they have to wait till morning to see the results (I've also called these magic cookies, cause they bake with the heat turned off)........they get very intrigued by this.......

These are bite-sized pieces, best popped into the mouth........if you make them a bit large on the 1st try, you can bite a piece off, but watch for crumbs, as they are very delicate and crumble very easily.......

Answer 4

Ginger Biscuits

Ingredients

2 oz vegan margarine
1 oz sugar
4oz flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger

Blend the margarine with the sugar until it is a smooth paste. Add the ginger and flour and blend thoroughly. If it too dry add a teaspoon of water - it should come together in a dough. Roll out on a floured surface and cut out using a cookie cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Answer 5

this recipe is awesome and takes lil time, so u won't have 2 worry about freezing it.
1/2 cup butter or margerine- 1 1/2 c.graham cracker crumbs-1{14 oz.}can eagle brandsweetened condensed milk-1 {12oz}pkg chocolate chips - 1{6 oz pkg butterscotch chips -1 c. chopped pecans 1 cup flaked coconut
Preheat oven to 350degrees {325 if using glass baking dish}in 13x9 baking pan,melt butter.Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over the butter.Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs.Top evenly with chocolate chips ,butterscotch chips coconut and nuts;press down gently.Bake 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned.Cool thoroughly before cutting.Store loosely covered, at room temperature.And of course ENJOY!!

Answer 6

WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE COOKIE (read following statement to find how this cookie got it's name)

Recipe may be halved:
4 cups (9 dl) flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups (4 ¼ dl) sugar
5 cups (12 dl) blended oatmeal**
2 cups (500 gram) butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups (4 ¼ dl) brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups (7 dl) chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

** Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix
together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and
place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
Enjoy!

Is the story true? Neiman Marcus denies that it is:

My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus
Cafe in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert.
Because both of us are such cookie lovers, we decided to
try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie". It was so excellent that I
asked if they would give me the recipe and the waitress said
with a small frown, "I’m afraid not." Well, I said, would you
let me buy the recipe?
With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she
responded, "two fifty, it’s a great deal!" I said with approval,
just add it to my tab.

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus
and it was $285.00. I looked again and I remembered I had only
spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf.
As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe
-$250.00." That’s outrageous!! I called Neiman’s Accounting Dept.
and told them the waitress said it was "two-fifty," which clearly
does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by any *POSSIBLE*
interpretation of the phrase.

Nieman-Marcus refused to budge.
They would not refund my money, because according
to them, "What the waitress told you is not our problem.
You have already seen the recipe - we absolutely will not refund
your money at this point." I explained to her the criminal statutes
which govern fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to the
Better Business Bureau and the State’s Attorney General for
engaging in fraud.

I was basically told, "Do what you want, we don’t give a crap,
and we’re not refunding your money."
I waited, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and get any
of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now
I’m going to have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her that I was going
to see to it that every cookie lover in the United States with an
e-mail account has a $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus
...for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn’t do this."
I said, "Well, you should have thought of that before you ripped me
off, and slammed down the phone on her.

So, here it is!!! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you
can possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this... I don’t want
Nieman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe....

Answer 7

Almond-Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Prep: 30 min., Bake: 14 min. per batch

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
1 cup almond toffee bits
1/2 cup slivered toasted almonds

Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until blended.

Combine flour, soda, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in morsels, toffee bits, and almonds. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.

Bake at 350° for 8 to 14 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Yield: Makes about 5 dozen