Photo: Molly Mears
Basic Adaptable Cookie Dough
15 ingredients
Makes 20 cookies
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A cookie dough you can adapt to suit your needs -- add fruit, flavourings, and other favourite ingredients.
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 ·
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