One ultimate cookie batter makes 4 different varieties of chewy, delicious cookies with the extras stirred in!
When I sent my first child off to school I had dreams of him getting off the school bus and him coming home to warm cookies and a tall glass of chocolate milk. The cookies would come out from the oven at the perfect time before heading to the bus, the kitchen would be sparkling from top to bottom, and dinner would be in the works! POP.
That dream was quickly deflated and reality set in. Oh, there were amazing cookies as I sweat to get them out of the oven before the bus. The kitchen looked a mess and there was no sight of dinner anywhere. The whole night would operate from behind, at least the cookies and chocolate milk were great!
At the sight of my sweet boy and sweet girls I would leave the dirty kitchen, the not yet started dinner, and roll around on the floor playing matchbox cars and princesses!
Fast forward 5 years and we have the school routine down to a science especially now that sports and extracurriculars are rolled into the mix. Now we are serving up the ultimate cookies made fresh and then frozen if there are any leftovers!
Our secret?? We create one ultimate cookie batter and make 4 varieties of cookies from it! We store the extras in the pantry and freezer to have homemade, chewy, delicious cookies ready to be enjoyed at any time!
My girls really enjoy baking and cooking! Making different varieties of cookies allows them to be creative with the flavors they choose!! We create 4 varieties of mouthwatering, chocolate deliciousness with only one cookie dough!
Here’s how we do it:
We stir together the base batter, break the dough up to 4 even portions placing each portion into their own bowl, add in the extras, bake, and enjoy!
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl.
- Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
- Mix in chocolate chips.
- Divide cookie dough into 4 little bowls.
- Coconut Chocolate Chip:
- Stir in ½ cup sweetened, shredded coconut
- Candy Cookies:
- Stir in ½ cup any type of candies, or candy bar
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip:
- Stir in ¼ cup cocoa powder
- Tablespoons brown sugar
- Roll into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet
- Bake at 375F for 8-12 minutes depending on how chewy or crispy you enjoy your cookies!
