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Basic Adaptable Cookie Dough
Photo: Molly Mears

Basic Adaptable Cookie Dough

15 ingredients Makes 20 cookies openrecipes

A cookie dough you can adapt to suit your needs -- add fruit, flavourings, and other favourite ingredients.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

863
Calories
21g
Protein
27g
Fat
130g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Fruit not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0
Nuts not in our table 0
Marshmallow not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • For the plain dough
  • 225g (8oz) soft butter or margarine
  • 140g (5oz) caster sugar
  • 280g (10oz) plain flour
  • 1 egg yolk
  • pinch of salt
  • 2tsp vanilla extract, or the juice and rind of 1 lemon
  • Optional extras -- be creative!
  • (Add about 50g of extra ingredients)
  • chopped mixed peel
  • finely chopped dried fruit
  • chocolate chips or grated chocolate
  • sugar cake decorations, eg hundreds and thousands
  • chopped or ground nuts
  • tiny "mini-mini" marshmallows

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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