The weekend before and the week of finals I spent time baking lots of cookies. Despite all the sugary goodness that I baked, I didn’t eat most of the cookies myself – I shared and shared and shared. If you’re like me, you watch what you eat for one reason or another. But baking for me is a good mental break from all my hard tech work and at that time I really needed it (don’t all of us techies need an occasional break from computers or phones or gaming?). I don’t keep pre-packaged cookies in my house so making some is the only way (besides occassional Starbucks) that I’ll have any. But I digress – if you’re interested in some pretty basic recipes (even a complete novice can make these), here ya go. Make sure you have at least one cookie sheet and I recommend also using foil or parchment paper to cover the cookie sheet (it helps keep the cookies moving in and out of the oven).
Fudge Drops – If you like brownies, or if you’re just a choc-a-holic, these are a must do. Feel free to change around the chocolate types and forms you use in the recipe. I’ve used dark chocolate, semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. I’ve also used chips and bars individually and combined them at times.
Peanut Butter Cookies – This recipe is the one I used and I used crunchy peanut butter instead of smooth peanut butter. This recipe yielded only about 18 cookies for me, so the second time I doubled the recipe.
Chocolate Chip – A favorite year after year. If you make em right, lots of people will be happy. I didn’t try the rocky road bar mentioned in the article though certainly that’s on my “to do” list.
Snickerdoodles – One of my all time favorite cookies. Simple, quick and tasty. The recipe calls for a certain amount of sugar and cinnamon in the mixture you roll the dough balls in – I mix according to my taste, so I actually put in more cinnamon than it called for.
What kind of cookies do you like? What do you have with them? (I prefer a huge cup of whole milk with mine)
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I like Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Sugar cookies.