WINNER UPDATE.Need your cookie recipes

[redkitty]

I think I'd want a rule that says you must be willing to share the recipe for any cookie you contribute. Because it's annoying to taste a great cookie then be told that it's a "secret family recipe" or some such nonsense.

I don't think we will make this a rule, but for the most part people in this office aren't that protective of their recipes.  We had one lady who made crack brownies (thus named because they were like crack...you got your first taste and you always went back for more and they gave a sugar high and then a crash.)  For a while she would not share her recipe.  She has since given up on that and sent it around the office.  Of the people I have spoken wtih about this contest, no one has mentioned "family" recipes, but I think most are going to go online and find stuff. 

[seattlegirl]

http://books.google.com/books?id=IYA6nkaLnXkC&lpg=PA14&ots=Gl1zQjYa5x&dq=all%20american%20cookie%20snickerdoodle%20recipe&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=all%20american%20cookie%20snickerdoodle%20recipe&f=false

My favorite snickerdoodle recipe.  Hope this link works for you.

[redkitty]

M.mmm. I love snickerdoodle cookies and those look amazing.  I will print these recipes out tomorrow and pick my first two and go buy ingredients. I realized this morning that I am almost completely out of sugar.  No idea how that happened (I rarely bake.) 

[redkitty]

Ok, some questions for those who bake. I do not know the chemistry behind cooking.  So for the first recipe that Meri posted (please see link.)  Why would you use an egg and a yolk and not just two whole eggs?  Does this affect how long it takes cookies to bake bcz these cookies took almost 15 minutes, which surprised me.  I have not actually eaten any of them yet...the dough was quite tasty.  That being said, I think if these stay in the running, I will use fewer chips bcz there are ALOT of chips. I swear there were a few cookies that were almost all chips and little dough.  I also modified the recipe and used dried cranberries instead of the jam. I am lazy and didn't want to deal with the jam. 

[redkitty]

I tried the cookies. They are ok. Not great. Not sucky.  But not impressive.  I think they are drier than I like. Too many chips. I did look up the chemistry of baking cookies so I can change the texture to be more pleasing if I go with these. My Dh apparently likes them bcz he just finished one cookie and went back and took two more.

[redkitty]

Just tried the snickerdoodle recipe. OMG...SOOOO good. The dough was so much better than yesterday's.  Unless I find a much better one, this one is definitely one of the two I will make. I will make 3 if I find three easy recipes. 

[merigayle]

I made vegan and GF snicker doodles for my cookie party, they were awesome.

[seattlegirl]

Yum!  Glad they worked out well for you!

[omega lambda]

1 c butter
1/2 c brown sugar, packed
1 c granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla extract
1 t almond extract
1 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
3 c a/p flour
dark chocolate chunks
dried cherries

oven at 350°.

sift dry ingredients together.
in another bowl, cream butter with sugars.  add eggs and extracts.  stir in the flour mix.  add the chocolate and cherries. 

drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.  bake for approx. 15 minutes.

This sounds wonderful!  A Cherry Garcia cookie. 

[caribougrrl]

Lizzo feat. Sophia Eris - Batches & Cookies

[Cool Foot Luke]

I'm actually not sure I've ever had a cookie that bested the Joy of Cooking's good old chocolate chip cookies. I do tend to make them a bit larger than the recipe calls for.

[redkitty]

I will check that out of the library or can i find that one recipe online?  I do not have that cookbook.

i am not going to lie. I have made 4 types of cookies over two weekends and I am already sick of baking cookies. This is why i do not bake, I do not enjoy it.  I made the man catcher cookies listed above.  they are pretty good and I do not normally like chocolate chips in oatmeal cookies and the cinnamon roll cookies (meri's 4th link.)  They were ok. I think they could be a bit better...partially due to cook's error and partially due to the recipe. I think i would prefer a chewier cookie and different frosting.  They really weren't hard to make once I figured out what i was doing.  I may try those again just bcz they look cool.  But I will buy Cinnabon frosting for them.

[caribougrrl]

I believe I will try these soon: Chocolate Forgotten Cookies  http://www.athoughtforfood.net/chocolate-forgotten-cookies/

[wherestheportojohn]

 
Why did I open this thread thread of deliciousness?

[merigayle]

When getting a recipe off the internet, I also read ALL the comments before making the recipe. But like you, I always test a recipe before something like a cookie party, etc. I had not made those cookies, so i apologize if they were not the best, but they look awesome. I did not want to bore you with a gluten free vegan thing that would call for ingredients you would not have.

As far as The Joy Of Cooking, you should own a copy!

[redkitty]

Meri---the cookies weren't bad (the first ones), they just weren't great.  The cinnamon roll cookies were a very big hit. Not really my ball of wax, but there isa  reason that I am testing these recipes out with other people. I tend to like things that others don't and vice versa.  My Dh's co-workers are really getting into it. THey liked the man catcher cookies I made...went at the same time as the cinnamon ones...and they liked those, but think the novelty and presentation of the cinnamon ones will do better in a contest. THey are engineers so they really analyze things.

[merigayle]

Yeah they are different and I like different!

[redkitty]

I am reading this book right now and it has a recipe for blackberry cookies. I think i will try those. not because I will like blackberry cookies, but because my daughter might.  It is a mystery book,  btw (not a cook book.)

[merigayle]

blackberries are very full of seeds, but otherwise sound good. Like a thumbprint one? you could use blackberry jam. I know DD wants to make cookies today, probably just choc chip.

[witchypoo]

I believe I will try these soon: Chocolate Forgotten Cookies  http://www.athoughtforfood.net/chocolate-forgotten-cookies/

my mother makes these; they were one of my favorites when i was teeny.