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Do you buy sleeves of premade cookie dough at the supermarket? You can make a homemade cookie dough recipe to keep in the freezer and then bake cookies whenever the mood strikes. Just slice off four or six or a dozen cookies or whatever you deserve and pop them into the oven for fresh baked cookies in a matter of minutes.

¾ cup SUGAR
½ cup BUTTER
1 EGG
1 tsp VANILLA
¾ cup NUTS
2 cups FLOUR

Around 30 minutes prior to making the dough, set out the butter and 1 egg.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and the softened butter together. In the video, CG uses an electric mixer, but you can simply do this step by hand if you wish.
Mix the vanilla and the egg into the butter/sugar.
Add nuts. We use pecans, but walnuts or slivered almonds are good.
Incrementally mix in the dry flour until the flour is incorporated into the wet ingredients.
Divide the dough into thirds.
On a sheet of parchment paper, roll out each portion into a “log” shape about 1”-1½” inches in diameter. Check parchment paper prices on Amazon.
Roll the dough up into the parchment paper, twist the ends, and then place in the freezer until ready to bake.

Baking the Cookies

When you’re in the mood for cookies, just remove a roll of dough from the freezer and bake away. The sweet thing about having the dough premixed and rolled up, is that you can bake the entire roll, or simply slice off and bake as many cookies as you’re in the mood to eat.

Preheat oven to 350˚F
Remove dough from the freezer and slice cookies about ¼” thick.
On a baking sheet, arrange the cookies on parchment paper; you can use the parchment paper that the cookie dough was rolled inside! Compare prices for baking sheets on Amazon.
Bake cookies for about 10-12 minutes.
Remove cookies from the oven and allow to cool to an edible temperature, then eat away. I like to let the cookies cool completely so that they’re extra crunchy…perfect with coffee.

Keeping some dough rolled up in the freezer is an easy way to have fresh baked cookies with little fuss whenever you like. Give this cookie dough recipe a try, and for another easy cookie idea, try these Chewy Brown Sugar Bar Cookies.

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How to Make Plain Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a large bowl, whisk 1 egg and then add in the sugar, oil, and vanilla extract and mix well.

In another bowl, sift the flour and salt.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together. Add a touch more flour if the dough is too sticky.

If adding nuts, chips, or dried fruit, fold that into the dough.

Using your hands, mold tablespoon sizes of batter into cookie shapes; be sure to make the cookies an even thickness. Or roll out the batter and cut the dough into cookie shapes.

Place cookies on parchment paper on a baking sheet and bake in the oven until very lightly browned on the top. Need parchment paper? Check current prices for parchment paper on Amazon. The cookies will not color up much before they are finished, so if they are browned well on the bottom, they are likely done. If you wait for the top to color well, they will be overdone. 12-15 minutes baking time is a good estimate for tablespoon-sized cookies.

Remove cookies from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow the cookies to cool completely for the ultimate crunchiness. These cookies are pretty plain, but they have a terrific crunch and go great with a hot beverage.

For another cookie recipe that’s not so plain, try this Easy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe.

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Baking the Cookies

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