# Awesomest Cookie Recipes Ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585 "2013-03-22T00:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/21 "2013-03-22T09:58:53Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > I regularly make a batch of [espresso shortbread biscuits](http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2007/12/espresso-chocolate-shortbread-cookies/) (cookies for you USers) which a just awesome, and come with the nifty hint of setting in a ziplock bag to make a nice even dough which can easily be cut into squares for a more professional look. Eating it straight from the bowl is less professional, but just as good. That reminds me: **Angua** had created a recipe for chocolate-covered-coffee-bean cookies. Sounds yummy but I would be afraid to eat too many of those; you really don’t want to accidentally overcaffeinate. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/22 "2013-03-22T13:04:35Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve posted these before, but they’re real, and they’re spectacular, so here we go: > > Rabbit Punch Cookies\* Waaaaaaannnnnt. Tonight I’ll post a couple of my favorites, Chocolate Crinkles and Lime Crescents. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/23 "2013-03-22T13:38:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I have been slowly introducing the British to Tollhouse cookies. The recipe on the bag is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve found (although I leave out the nuts and add more chips, by personal preference). I always forget that the Tollhouse recipe bizarrely includes nuts. Nuts in chocolate chip cookies are an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/24 "2013-03-22T14:20:50Z")
Gooey butter cookies: 8oz cream cheese 1/2 cu softened flour (Mix together until no cream cheese lumps) add 1 lg egg and 1/4t vanilla. Keep mixing Add one box of yellow butter cake mix (18.25oz box) in thirds, mixing well between additions. Cover in plastic wrap, put in fridge for an hour (you don’t have to, but it makes the dough less sticky) Oven to 350F Scoop 1t (1" balls) of dough, roll in powdered sugar, bake for 12 minutes, or until tops are light brown. Let sit on tray for a minute or two before moving to wire rack to cool. You can make them with any type cake mix, but we prefer the golden butter mix best. One pretty darned good switch up - dark chocolate cake mix, using coffee liquor instead of vanilla. The recipe makes a BUNCH and I have never brought any back home. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/25 "2013-03-22T14:22:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I have been slowly introducing the British to Tollhouse cookies. A high-school friend of the SO lives in Germany. Whenever they come back home for a visit, they return with a suitcase full of chocolate chips. Their chocolate chip cookies are in huge demand. Germany has some lovely chocolate, but apparently none of it works quite right, so no one else they know can make proper Tollhouse cookies. Since his wife is English and has family there, she may be helping your cause as well. S’funny, before hearing their stories, it had never occurred to me that other countries wouldn’t have CC cookies. I mean, chocolate chip cookies are a basic of life, right? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/26 "2013-03-22T14:31:33Z")
They have chocolate chip cookies, yes. _Good_ chocolate chip cookies, no. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/27 "2013-03-22T14:35:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > They have chocolate chip cookies, yes. _Good_ chocolate chip cookies, no. For his birthday every year, I send my British friend a package of homemade Tollhouse cookies. (I try to ship them the same day I bake them, and seal them tightly in Ziploc, so they make the journey without getting too stale.) When I used to mention chocolate chip cookies, he’d say, “Oh, we have cookies with chocolate chips here.” I was like, “no, no, no. You need the One True Chocolate Chip Cookie.” So now I am his (occasional) cookie supplier. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/28 "2013-03-22T15:46:39Z")
> [@James Otto Sweet Heart and Damning Suicides to Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1836): > > Oh, fuck that noise. I was promised a reverse-chocolate-chip recipe (chocolate dough, white chips) and I have not yet seen one. _shakes fist_ I hereby promise that I will post that recipe before I leave work today at 1:30PM CDT. Can I be forgiven?😃 ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/29 "2013-03-22T15:47:24Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I made about 24 dozen oatmeal-raisin cookies and sent them to friends and family for Christmas. Everyone raved about them. I keep my secret recipe carefully hidden under the lid of every container of Quaker Oats in the world. hahah, thanks **Robot** , and **Chef Guy**. I want to make some oatmeal cookies today. I have dried cranberries on hand, would those work for the fruit in lieu of raisins? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/30 "2013-03-22T16:39:07Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > hahah, thanks **Robot** , and **Chef Guy**. I want to make some oatmeal cookies today. I have dried cranberries on hand, would those work for the fruit in lieu of raisins? Oh hell yeah. I’ve used those before; also dried cherries, or a mixture of different dried fruits. Just be careful on quantity unless you like fruitcake. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/31 "2013-03-22T16:41:58Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > hahah, thanks **Robot** , and **Chef Guy**. I want to make some oatmeal cookies today. I have dried cranberries on hand, would those work for the fruit in lieu of raisins? I used to put Craisins in the oatmeal cookies that I always made for my grandma. They were delicious! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/32 "2013-03-22T16:45:53Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Oh hell yeah. I’ve used those before; also dried cherries, or a mixture of different dried fruits. Just be careful on quantity unless you like fruitcake. got cha ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/33 "2013-03-22T17:00:10Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > hahah, thanks **Robot** , and **Chef Guy**. I want to make some oatmeal cookies today. I have dried cranberries on hand, would those work for the fruit in lieu of raisins? They probably would, but I stick with raisins. There was that thread a while ago about stuff that’s old school, but can’t be improved upon; I should have mentioned oatmeal-raisin cookies. The combination works, so I don’t mess with it. I leave out the nuts, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/34 "2013-03-22T17:09:00Z")
I hate you all. Whose bright idea was it to start this thread the week I start restricting myself to one sweet a day? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/35 "2013-03-22T17:11:53Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I hate you all. Whose bright idea was it to start this thread the week I start restricting myself to one sweet a day? So make one cookie from the whole recipe. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/36 "2013-03-22T17:15:43Z")
I used to like chocolate chip cookies without nuts, but then I grew up ;). Seriously, though, the richness of the nut is integral to CCC’s deliciosity. Pecans, walnuts, even hazelnuts ineffably yummify the cookie. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/37 "2013-03-22T17:16:41Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I hate you all. Whose bright idea was it to start this thread the week I start restricting myself to one sweet a day? And right before Passover as well?!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/38 "2013-03-22T17:25:26Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > So make one cookie from the whole recipe. 😃 Unfortunately I have a pan of gooey caramel bars in the freezer. But I will be saving this thread to return to on the 8th of April. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/39 "2013-03-22T17:32:13Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > hahah, thanks **Robot** , and **Chef Guy**. I want to make some oatmeal cookies today. I have dried cranberries on hand, would those work for the fruit in lieu of raisins? I always do a mix of chocolate chips and craisins, and they are incredible. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585/40 "2013-03-22T18:00:37Z")
I am making them right now, with craisins (:eek:) pictures and review forthwith. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesomest-cookie-recipes-ever/653585.md?page=3)