Cookie Recipes to Please Anyone

Need an easy cookie recipe for your next celebration, bake sale or get-together? These three cookie recipes are all different, but have one thing in common - they are fantastic! They are simple to make, and the results are delicious. You're sure to be the hit of the party when you show up with them... Pick one of the recipes, or bake them all!



A Few Tips for Any Cookie Recipe

• Always preheat the oven. This ensures the cookies come out with the correct consistency. Otherwise, the bottoms may be overcooked, the tops undercooked, and the middles mushy. Not good.
• Measure! Don't guess on amounts you mix in. Recipes are based on EXACT measurements, so if you want those results, use that amount of ingredients. If you want something different, go ahead and experiment!
• Soften butter to make sure that the mix is blended. If you don't, some cookies will get less, some will get more (and they will taste COMPLETELY different).
• Don't cook on hot baking sheets. Cool them between batches by running them under cold water (and drying them, of course!). This also prevents the bottom from cooking before the top has a chance.
• Store cookies in an air-tight container to prevent them from drying out. Air tight containers include resealable storage bags.

Easy Snickerdoodles

• 1 package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Spoon out a small ball of refrigerated dough roughly 1-1 1/2 inches wide.
3. Mix together cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
4. Roll each ball of refrigerated cookie dough in the cinnamon-sugar mix.
5. Place onto ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake for 9-13 minutes, until dough is golden brown (you can see dough through the cinnamon 'cracks').
7. Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes, then move to a cooling rack.

Monster Cookies

• 1 lb 1.5 oz pouch chocolate chip cookie mix
• 1 lb 1.5 oz pouch peanut butter cookie mix
• 1.5 c quick-cooking oats
• 1 c butter - softened
• 3 eggs
• 2 c M&M's

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Stir together cookie mixes, oats, butter and eggs until they form a dough.
3. Stir in the M&M's.
4. Place 1/4 cup balls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart.
5. Bake for 12-13 minutes until they turn a light golden brown.
6. Cool 2 minutes, then remove to cooling racks.

Peanut Butter Cookies

• 1 c packed brown sugar
• 1/2 c smooth peanut butter
• 1/2 c butter - softened
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 c all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Granulated Sugar

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, egg and peanut butter. Mix them with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy and consistent.
3. Turn electric mixer to low and beat in baking soda, flour, salt and baking powder a little at a time.
4. Make small balls with dough, roughly 1 1/2 inches wide. Dip the top of the ball in the granulated sugar.
5. Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet 3 inches apart.
6. Bake the cookies 9-10 minutes (until they are light brown).
7. Cool for 5 minutes and then remove the cookies onto cooling racks.