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    By Amanda Smyth 4 Comments

    the only cookie recipe you'll ever need

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    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!

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    the only cookie recipe you'll ever need

    Prep 5 mins

    Cook 15 mins

    Total 20 mins

    Author Amanda Smyth

    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

    ½ cup caster sugar

    1 egg

    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    1 ¾ 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 drop recipe

    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 ½ cup brown sugar during the creaming and ½ cup of cocoa with the flour.

    smarties cookies recipe

    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 ½ cup of sultanas (or any dried fruit) and ¾ cup of crushed cornflakes to the mix.

    Courses Baking

    Cuisine Baking

     

    the most versatile biscuit recipe ever

    what's your favourite cookie flavour?

     


     Like cookies? You'll love these choc honeycomb biscuits, stained glass window biscuits and double chocolate peanut butter cookies

     

    the only cookie recipe you\'ll ever need
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    Comments

    1. Suger says

      November 08, 2017 at 11:11 am

      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.

      Reply
    2. Food Shot says

      November 27, 2017 at 5:00 pm

      I NEED to make those Jam Drops! Thanks for sharing this recipe x

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    3. Aria says

      December 16, 2017 at 4:02 pm

      These cookie look so good, I’m going to try this fabulous cookie for Christmas!!! Thanks for sharing!!

      Reply
    4. Rosa De Luca says

      October 07, 2020 at 3:33 pm

      Tried these cookies and they are Yum! ?
      Easy to make

      Reply

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