The Only Cookie Dough Recipe You Need To Know (2024)

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The holidays are stressful enough, so make things easy by appointing this the season of one basic butter-cookie dough. Then, you can customize it based on the occasion, whether you're going to a bake sale or cookie exchange, throwing a dinner party or just having a late-night craving for a little something sweet. This brilliant recipe calls for just five ingredients: salted butter, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and flour. No matter how you shape them or upgrade them with flavors, they're wonderfully buttery, crispy, light and rich.

Get the recipe: Holiday Butter Cookies

Inject It with Flavor

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Keep the same format, pressing each cookie with the bottom of a decorative glass, but step up the taste with one of these tweaks to the dough:

Almond: Decrease the vanilla to 1 tsp., and add 1 tsp. of almond extract

Cinnamon: Add 1 tsp. of cinnamon

Citrus: Add 2 tsp. of finely grated lemon or orange zest

Roll It Up

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The basic dough is a bit crumbly, so if you aren't up for forming it into circles, as the original recipe instructs, take the lazy (but no less delicious) way out, and turn it into a slice-and-bake cookie. Form the dough into a log, using plastic wrap or wax paper to help round it into a cylinder. Refrigerate for a half hour, then unwrap and brush the outside with egg yolk thinned with a teaspoon, or so, of water. Roll the dough in coconut or sanding sugar and slice it into 1/4-inch thick rounds. Bake as usual. (You can also store the rolled dough in the freezer and slice off rounds as you want them, baking slightly longer.)

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Use Your Thumbs

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Jam-thumbprint cookies never go out of style, and they're ridiculously easy to make. Spoon off teaspoon-sized chunks of dough, roll each into a ball with your hands and set them on the baking sheet. Press each one with your palm to flatten it lightly, then make an indentation with your thumb. Fill with any kind of jam (hint: a small amount goes a long way), or a variety of jams for a rainbow-like array of cookies.

Cover It with Icing

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A little frosting can hide a multitude of sins (or cracks, or slightly burnt edges). Instead of stamping each cookie with the bottom of a glass, bake them plain. When they're cool, mix 1 cup of confectioners' sugar with 1 to 2 tablespoons of lemon juice (start with one, and add more if you want a thinner glaze). Drizzle the icing over the cookies, topping with a sprinkling of sanding sugar for extra shimmer, if you'd like.

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FAQs

How to make cookie dough in Little Alchemy? ›

Recipes
  1. Dough + Cookie.
  2. Dough + Sugar.
  3. Dough + Chocolate.

What does too much egg in cookie dough do? ›

If there isn't enough egg, your batter or dough may not be able to hold its structure or could end up overly dry or dense. On the other hand, if there is too much egg, your baked goods could lose their shape due to excess liquid, or have a rubbery (or even overly cakey) texture depending on the recipe.

Should you beat cookie dough? ›

For a hand mixer, you will need to beat for 5 or 6 minutes. If you are using a stand mixer, it will be approximately 3 minutes on medium speed (tested on a KitchenAid, speed 4). If you have a Bosch mixer, use the dough hook and beat for 3 minutes on speed 3.

What is the hardest recipe in Little Alchemy? ›

Tardis. The Tardis from the Doctor Who series is considered one of the most challenging items to create in Little Alchemy due to its specific and unique combination of elements.

How do you make dough in Little Alchemy cheats? ›

Recipes
  1. Flour + Water.
  2. Flour + Puddle.
  3. Flour + Rain.

How to beat cookie dough? ›

Realize that most recipes combine the flour and other dry ingredients before adding them to the butter mixture. Raisins, chocolate chips, other "add ins" and, sometimes oats, are added last. Once dry ingredients have been added, don't beat vigorously or overmix. Overmixing can result in tough cookies.

Is cookie dough OK? ›

The bottom line. Raw cookie dough is not safe to eat because it contains uncooked eggs and flour, which can cause food poisoning if they are contaminated with harmful bacteria. Pregnant women, children, older adults, and people with compromised immune systems should not eat raw cookie dough because of these risks.

What makes a bad cookie? ›

Adding too little flour can cause cookies to be flat, greasy, and crispy. Most recipes assume you'll use all-purpose, but if you want a lighter, crumblier cookie texture, choose one with a lower protein content such as cake-and-pastry flour. Baking soda helps cookies spread outward and upward while cooking.

What does cornstarch do to cookies? ›

“You can count on [it for] a softer and more tender crumb.” “A bonus benefit is it prevents the cookie from spreading too much while baking,” he adds, noting that a more compact, thick cookie typically yields a chewier outcome. But incorporating cornstarch isn't the only tip to make a cookie more palatable.

What does vanilla do in cookies? ›

Vanilla extract and how important is it for the baking process. The primary purpose of vanilla extract is to add flavour to baked goods. Lacking it, baked goods tend to have a bland and boring taste. Vanilla extract can also contribute moisture to create a soft and fluffy texture.

Why are my cookies flat and crispy? ›

OVEN IS TOO HOT

Oven temperatures are a crucial factor in baking. If your cookies consistently come out flat, you may have selected the wrong baking temperature. If you bake cookies using too much heat, the fats in the dough begin to melt before the other ingredients can cook together and form your cookie's rise.

Should you chill cookie dough before baking? ›

Popping your dough in the fridge allows the fats to cool. As a result, the cookies will expand more slowly, holding onto their texture. If you skip the chilling step, you're more likely to wind up with flat, sad disks instead of lovely, chewy cookies. Cookies made from chilled dough are also much more flavorful.

What makes cookie dough taste better? ›

Add spice to your dough.

You can upgrade your cookie dough by adding spices to it, said Tracy Wilk, lead chef at the Institute of Culinary Education. This can lead to a warm, spicy cookie. To do so, combine ground cinnamon, ginger, and sugar, and then roll your balls of cookie dough in the mix before baking.

Is it better to flatten cookie dough before baking? ›

Flattening the cookie dough provides more surface area that comes into contact with the ice bath, shortening the time it takes to chill. Then submerge the dough in the ice water and let it chill. After 20 minutes the dough will be completely chilled and ready for baking.

How do you make pizza on Little Alchemy? ›

Recipes
  1. Cheese + Dough.
  2. Cheese + Bread.
  3. Cheese + Wheel.

How do you make Yoda in Little Alchemy? ›

Combine Jedi + Swamp to create Yoda.

This combination will only work to create Yoda in Little Alchemy 1, and there are no other elements that can be created from it. Here's the fastest way to create it: Air +Fire = Energy. Earth + Fire = Lava.

Can you still make chocolate in Little Alchemy? ›

In Little Alchemy 1, this element belongs to the Pokki Candy content pack, which is no longer available. Chocolate is an element found in Little Alchemy.

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