ANYTHING COOKIES {ONE DOUGH, ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES}

Anything Cookies {One Dough, Endless Possibilities} image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
6 tbsp cocoa powder (*Use ONLY if making chocolate cookie dough)
1 cup salted butter, melted and at room temperature
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
3/4 cup white (granulated) sugar
2 large eggs + 1 or 2 large egg yolks (*If making vanilla cookie dough, use 1 extra yolk. If making chocolate cookie dough, use 2 extra egg yolks.)
3 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract (optional, but delicious in both vanilla and chocolate cookie dough)
Approximately 3-5 cups of anything you like. *Suggested mix-ins listed above and below in the notes.

Steps:

Heat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Add the flour, salt, and baking soda (and cocoa powder, if making chocolate cookies) to a bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.
Add the melted butter and both sugars to a seperate bowl and beat with an elecric mixer until lightened in color and fluffy - about 2 minutes.
Add the eggs and egg yolk(s) to the butter-sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition to fully incorporate each egg. Beat in the vanilla and almond extract (if using).
Stir in the dry ingredients, stirring just long enough to blend. Stir in add any other additions.
Plop the dough onto the parchment lined baking sheet in balls that are about the size of a golf ball (a generous size golf ball), spacing them at least 3 inches apart.
Bake for 10-11 minutes, removing them from the oven when they look set but still slightly underdone in the center. Let cool for at least 5-6 minutes before removing them from the cookie sheet to a wire rack to cool completely.