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Basic Cookie Dough For Mix-ins
An easy, stable basic cookie dough for all of your favorite mix-ins from chocolate chips, to nuts, to dried fruit and candy. The baked cookies are indulgently soft and chewy.
Course
Sweets & Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
20
minutes
minutes
Servings
26
cookies
Calories
84
kcal
Author
Kristine Underwood
Ingredients
▢
1/2
cup
butter, unsalted
room temperature
▢
1/4
cup
sugar
▢
1/2
cup
brown sugar
▢
1
egg
▢
1
tsp
vanilla extract
▢
1½
cup
flour
unbleached
▢
1/2
tsp
baking soda
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1/2
tsp
sea salt
US Customary
-
Metric
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line three
baking sheets
with parchment paper.
In a medium size bowl, cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar together with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
1/2 cup butter, unsalted,
1/2 cup brown sugar,
1/4 cup sugar
Beat in egg and vanilla extract and mix for another minute.
1 egg,
1 tsp vanilla extract
Whisk flour, baking soda, and sea salt together in a separate bowl.
1½ cup flour,
1/2 tsp baking soda,
1/2 tsp sea salt
Add flour to wet ingredients, half at a time, mixing with a rubber spatula until just combined.
Using a
1.5 TBS cookie scoop
, scoop dough onto lined baking sheets.
Bake for 9-10 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.
Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Store in airtight container for up to 1 week or freeze.
Notes
Make sure to read the
cookie baking tips
to get answers to common questions about baking cookies.
The nutrition facts are for the cookie dough only.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
cookie
|
Calories:
84
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
12
g
|
Protein:
1
g
|
Fat:
4
g
|
Saturated Fat:
2
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
0.2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.1
g
|
Cholesterol:
16
mg
|
Sodium:
98
mg
|
Potassium:
17
mg
|
Fiber:
0.2
g
|
Sugar:
6
g
|
Vitamin A:
118
IU
|
Calcium:
7
mg
|
Iron:
0.4
mg