Anyone can be a good cook. The secret is being brave, experimenting and being willing to put the whole thing down to experience if it doesn’t turn out.
This cookie recipe is one of the cornerstones of baking. Now you have this basic recipe, the variations are only limited by your imagination.
Cornflake cookies, jam drops, choc chip, ginger cookies; they all start with this recipe. It really is the most versatile cookie recipe ever. If you’re just finding your feed in the kitchen, I encourage you to try this basic cookie recipe and get creative with the flavour combinations you add!
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
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I’m ALWAYS looking for cookie recipes and they’re always so touch and go. But I know you’ve got my back, so I’m saving this one for later and pinning it everywhere. Cookies, I’m coming for you.
I NEED to make those Jam Drops! Thanks for sharing this recipe x
These cookie look so good, I’m going to try this fabulous cookie for Christmas!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Tried these cookies and they are Yum! 😋
Easy to make