What are good cookie recipes?

Question

besides sugar cookies and chocolate chips?

if you a recipe for sugar cookies i want to know how to make them extra soft (:

Answer 1

Add mayo (1-2 tbsp) to your recipe for softer cookie-- no you won't taste it at all

Snickerdoodles

1½ cups sugar

½ cup butter or margarine, softened

½ cup shortening

2 eggs

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

¼ cup sugar

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1. Heat oven to 400ºF.

2. Mix 1½ cups sugar, the butter, shortening and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.

3. Shape dough into 1¼" balls. Mix ¼ cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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Cake Mix Cookies (Okay for Diabetics too.)

1 (18 oz.) packaged cake mix

1 large egg or egg substitute equivalent

4 oz. cool whip fat free (half of the 8 oz. container)

1 C chopped pecans (optional)

1/2 C sifted powdered sugar

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Chocolate oatmeal drop cookies (kinda of like a peanutbutter and oatmeal chocolate bar)

2 C sugar

2 1/2 C oats (quick cook)

4 t cocoa

Pinch salt

Stick of butter

1/2 C peanut butter

1 t vanilla

1/2 C milk

Mix all ingredients EXCEPT for the oats in a large pot, bring to rapid boil. Remove from heat immediately. Stir in oats. Spoon onto wax paper, let cool.

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BUTTERFINGER COOKIES

1/2 C. butter, softened

3/4 C. sugar

2/3 C. brown sugar

2 eggs

1 1/4 C. chunky peanut butter

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 C. flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

3 large Butterfinger candy bars, chopped

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs; beat well. Blend

in

peanut butter and vanilla extract.

Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix

well.

Stir in candy bars. Shape into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on greased

cookie

sheet.

Bake at 350ºF for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire

racks.

Answer 2

oatmeal cookies? peanut butter cookies? idk. Here

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Desserts/C...