It's such a busy time of year, but I love baking. It helps me relax, it makes my apartment smell heavenly, and I have treats to share with my friends.
I'm sharing my chocolate chip cookie recipe with you so you can put smiles on lots of faces over the holiday season.
Merry Christmas!
Katie Bonner's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (1/2 pound) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups (12-ounce package) milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C, Gas Mark 5). Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a small bowl. Cream the butter, sugars, and vanilla in a large mixer bowl. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased, foil-lined baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for a couple of minutes, and then move to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
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Those cookies look great! My favorite this time of year is gingerbread cookies. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway! JL_Minter@hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is white chocolate macadamia nut, but these look delicious too. Happy holidays! mbradeen [at] yahoo [dot] com
ReplyDeleteI think Gingersnaps would be my favourite cookie. Peanut butter and Pecan Sandies are in a close running though!
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Chocolate Chip cookies will always be my favorite.
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I like snickerdoodles
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Shortbread cookies are delectable and wonderful. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies are chocolate chip cookies, but with other kinds of chips added in as well (butterscotch, peanut butter, white chocolate). I can't wait to try your recipe! [email protected]
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is oatmeal, then choc chip . The recipe here sounds good will have to try it
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I always like to try new recipes so my favorite is always changing, but currently it's a delicious peppermint cookies. And brownies are always at the top of the list.
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We always bake Gingerbread men cookies and I lost the lady gingerbread cutter! It's been a family tradition since I was a kid! I ate the neighborhood kids cookies one year! Boy was my Mother mad! Veronica Boudreau, [email protected].
ReplyDeleteSugar cookies - I remember my mom making them as a kid and we would eat the dough while it was in the fridge.
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my favorite cookie is a greek thumbprint cookie with half of a candied cherry - thanks for the contest - trwilliams 69 at msn dot com
ReplyDeleteMy very favorite cookie is the chocolate chip cookie. They are good any time of the year.
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My favorite cookie is always chocolate chip. acate9(at)utk(dot)edu
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ReplyDeleteMmm, chocolate chip cookies still warm with melty chocolate.
ReplyDeleteI'm told (but haven't had the patience to do it yet) that cookies like this are even better if you chill the dough for an hour or so.
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I'm a lover of anything peanut butter so my fav is peanut butter cookies. nettiem(at)toledotel.(com)
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Ingredients
1/2 cup Shortening
1 ¼ cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1/3 cup Honey
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Soda
1 ¾ cup Flour, sifted
2 cups Quick Oats
1 cup Coconut
1 cup Pecans, finely chopped or ground
Directions
Heat oven to 375 degrees
Mix shortening, sugar, eggs, honey, soda and salt thoroughly
Stir in flour, oats, coconut and pecans
Shape dough into rounded teaspoon sized balls
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet
Flatten with bottom of a glass dipped into sugar
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
Immediately remove from baking sheet
Yields: 5 dozen cookies
Variations:
Honey-Raisin Cookies: Omit coconut and substitute 1 cup raisins
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These sound wonderful! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Chocolate cookies with chocolate chips. For Christmas, I like the Pepperidge Farms Christmas ones or other store bought cookies.
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My favorite cookies are chocolate no-bake cookies. Thanks for the chance to win. [email protected]
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Hermit and spritz cookies are my favs. Thanks for the chance to win. kayt18 (at) comcast (dot) net
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My favorite cookie is a peanut butter blossom
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A nice chewy oatmeal sans raisins. Yum!
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Sugar cookies are my favorite cookies. Thanks for the chance to win.
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ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip cookies, same recipe as yours. But I also enjoy chocolate peanut butter chip cookies and oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips and butterscotch chips. There's a trend here with chocolate. Thanks for the chance. ematov (at) comcast (dot) net
ReplyDeleteI like to try new cookie recipes, but my favorite is shortbread.
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I have a couple of different cookies that our family enjoys...fruitcake cookies and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. Thank you for the giveaway. gda523(at)comcast(dot)net
ReplyDeleteI'm always trying new cookie recipes, so it's really hard to nail down a favorite. But I think it must be gingersnaps, because if I'm craving a cookie, that would be my first choice. But it must be my Mom's recipe that she cut from a newspaper back in the 1940s, replete with molasses and real butter.
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I love fruitcake cookies and shortbread. Thanks for a chance to win.
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I like shortbread and soft chocolate chip cookies in fact almost all kinds of cookies.
ReplyDeleteGayle, I love peanut butter blossoms (the peanut butter cookie with the Hershey's kiss on top) and cashew tarts! The cashew tarts take all day and are a super big mess to make, and I haven't had them in YEARS! -Heather TeacupsAndLipstick at gmail dot com
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Frosted sugar cookies for Christmas! lindaherold999(at)gmail(dot)com
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I love nut cups and eggnog cookies during the holiday season. Thank you for the cookie recipe and opportunity to win your book! Merry Christmas and a very Blessed New Year!
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We make a mint cookies that is my favorite. The dough is similar to chocolate chip cookie dough without the chocolate chips or nuts. You then wrap a small amount of dough around a round chocolate mint wafer and top it with a small piece of walnut. So yummy! Thanks so much for the chance!
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My favorite cookies are Snickerdoodles. Thanks for the chance!!
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Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies 😀. Happy holidays and thank you so very much for letting me enter your giveaway.
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My favorite is Sugar Cookies with Chocolate Chip coming in a close second!
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Chocolate drop cookies with chocolate frosting, my grandmother's recipe. Thanks for the chance! [email protected]
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Homemade boiled oatmeal cookies with nuts...it's a great tasting cookie...
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My favorite is chocolate and coconut cookie bars
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ReplyDeleteI have never met a cookie I didn't like, however chocolate chip cookies are not a favorite (until I start eating them, and then I can't stop!) I love shortbread and butter cookies. My favorite was a cookie my Detroit grandma used to send us each year called snowballs. It is a rich butter cookie rolled in a ball and then rolled in powdered sugar before and after baking. If I only make one cookie at Christmas, this would be it.
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