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Anything Goes Cookies
Anything Goes Cookies
Whether you're baking for an occasion or to satisfy the whims of a sweet tooth, this cookie recipe is flexible and reliable. Simply choose your dough — standard or chocolate — and the mix-ins you desire (or merely have in the pantry). It's time to pull out the cookie jar.
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Yield: 2 Dozen
Cook Time: 10-12 Minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 tablespoons cocoa powder (optional--for chocolate cookie dough)
1 cup salted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Choose approximately 3-4 cups of the following mix-ins:
Dark, milk, or white chocolate chips/chunksButterscotch or peanut-butter chips
Toffee candy bars, crushed
Chopped pecans, walnuts, or macadamia nuts
Miniature marshmallows
Slivered almonds
Pretzels, broken
Crushed graham crackers
Kettle-cooked potato chips
Dried cherries or cranberries
Shredded coconut
Oatmeal
Raisins
Preparation Method
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Preheat oven to 350°F Convection Mode. Line the solid pan with parchment paper.
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In a medium bowl, whisk flour, salt, and baking soda (and cocoa powder, if using) to combine.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine melted butter and both sugars. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
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Add eggs to the butter-sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition to fully incorporate each egg. Add vanilla.
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Slowly add flour mixture and beat on low just until combined. Stir in the mix-ins.
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Portion dough onto the parchment-lined baking sheet at least 3 inches apart.
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Place solid pan in oven at rack position "2." Bake for 10-12 minutes.
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Remove cookies from oven and let cool on pan for 5 minutes. Slide parchment and cookies off pan and onto wire rack to finish cooling.
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Repeat with remaining dough.