Have Loads Of Fun With Easy-To-Make Cookie Recipes!

Author: Jaydon Parker
Most people love to eat cookies because they are sweet, flavorful and yummy especially when they are properly prepared and baked. Cookies are great desserts. If you like munching on cookies, then now is actually a very good time to learn how to bake cookies. You may start with easy-to-cook recipes.
Personally, I always look at those easy-to-cook recipes because my 2 year old son also enjoys cooking and baking. He owns a small toy kitchen furnished with stove, sink, fridge and oven. He often stands over a small footrest and puts on his little apron.
He measures, mixes and pours as if he's really baking. The funny thing is when he cooks inside his little kitchen, my son becomes like 1 of those food network stars on TV cooking and making funny anecdotes.
It was only recently when I discovered my eagerness to search for easy- to-prepare sugar cookies because I thought these cookies will be an interesting shift from my typical choco-chip cookies. Nothing's a miss with our choco-chip cookies. In fact, everyone in our house loves them. However, I thought to myself that it will also be nice to expose my son to a broader scope of easy-to-make cookies. Besides, lots of easy-to-cook sugar cookies are found online.
Although the Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookie recipe seems difficult to make, I still consider it as an easy-to-bake recipes. You only have to combine the ingredients, put it inside the refrigerator and roll them in sugar after. After the dough has chilled, you just slice it according to your preferred sizes and then bake them. The best portion of doing this recipe is when you are about to decorate your cookies. Your kids will definitely enjoy this part. You may decorate it with colorful food paint.
During my search for easy-to-bake recipes, I found lots of recipes that do not entail baking. The recipes call for minimal stove action but still no baking in the oven is needed. Since summer is fast approaching, no-bake recipes are really good and fun ideas. They are relatively easy to do and almost all the recipes have similar main ingredients. Finally, my kid will also experience actual cooking.
My boy loves doing lots of mixing when he does his play-cooking, so what I do is allow him to scoop the mixture and place it over the parchment or wax paper. This activity will be fun and interesting because the kitchen will become a big mess. It's totally fine as long as my son enjoys the day.
So what are you waiting for! Check out the World Wide Web for those easy to make recipes and have fun making them with your kids.

Mouthwatering Cookie Recipes

Mouthwatering Cookie Recipes

Author: pcarp

You never know when the craving for a really good cookie will strike someone in your family. There's no need to spend a small fortune on store-bought gourmet cookies when you can just as easily fill the cookie jar with fantastic homemade cookies. If your idea of homemade cookies involves breaking apart some Tollhouse cookie dough squares or slicing through a cookie dough log, then you have a lot to learn about the homemade cookie universe that your taste buds are missing out on! I've put a few great cookie recipes in this article that even the most inexperienced cookie maker can whip up. Enjoy!



Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies



Ingredients:

2 cups of all-purpose flour

1 tsp of salt

1/2 cup of sugar

1 tsp of baking soda

1 cup of brown sugar

2 cups of chocolate chips

1 cup of softened butter

2 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract



Directions:

In a small bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, vanilla, and sugars until it turns a creamy texture. Mix in one egg at a time, then add the flour mixture and chocolate chips. Grease two large baking sheets or line them with parchment paper. Drop by the tablespoonful for about 12 minutes at 375 degrees F. Allow them to cool on the sheets for a few minutes before removing to cooling racks.



Butterscotch Chip Cookies



Ingredients:

1 1/8 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

3/4 cup butterscotch chips

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1 cup flaked coconut

1 cup rice krispies cereal

1/2 cup butter

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract



Directions:

In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, white sugar, and brown sugar. Add in the butter, egg, and vanilla and mix well. Mix in the butterscotch chips, coconut, and rice krispies cereal. When this mixture is completely blended, drop by the tablespoonful (about the size of a walnut) onto greased cookie sheets. Slightly flatten with the palm of your hand. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 8 - 10 minutes.



Oatmeal Raisin Cookies



Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3 cups rolled oats

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup butter flavored shortening

1 cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup raisins



Directions:

Cream together the shortening, butter, white and brown sugars, vanilla extract, and eggs. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, cloves, and cinnamon. Add the flour mixture into the butter and sugar mixture, and stir well. Add the oats and raising and stir again. Drop by the spoonful onto cookie sheets (ungreased). Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 - 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cook on the baking sheets for a minute or two before transferring to wire racks. Keep stored in an air-tight container with a slice of bread to ensure they remain soft.



Sugar Cookies



Ingredients:

2 3/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg



Directions:

Mix together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda, then set aside. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar until it turns smooth, then add in the egg and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture to the sugar and butter, and mix well. Drop by the spoonful onto cookie sheets (ungreased) and bake at 375 degrees F for about 8 - 10 minutes. Let them stand on the cookie sheet for a minute or two before transferring to wire racks.