the only cookie recipe you'll ever need
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Yield 20 cookies
This cookie recipe is the only one you'll ever need. With so many awesome variations, it's the biscuit to build on!
Ingredients
125g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups self raising flour
Instructions
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and the vanilla, beat well.
Gradually add the flour and mix into a stiff paste.
Roll into balls and place on lined trays. Bake at 180C until golden.
Notes
Awesome Variations:
Jam Drops
Before baking make a hollow in each biscuit ball and fill each hollow with a little bit of your favourite jam. Bake until golden.
Chocolate Cookies
Add 1/2 cup brown sugar during the creaming and 1/2 cup of cocoa with the flour.
Smarties Cookies
Push smarties into the top of your biscuits for colourful lunch box treats.
Coconut Cookies
For coconut cookies add 2 tablespoons of desiccated coconut to the mixture.
Choc Chip Cookies
For chocolate chip cookies add 100g of chocolate chips (or pieces of a chocolate bar) to the mix.
Cornflake Cookies
To make cornflake cookies add a 1/2 cup of sultanas (or any dried fruit) and 3/4 cup of crushed cornflakes to the mix.
Courses Baking
Cuisine Baking
Recipe by Cooker and a Looker - Australian Home Cooking at http://cookerandalooker.com/the-only-cookie-recipe-youll-ever-need/