Delish Dessert Recipes: Timeless Cookie Recipes That Are Finger Licking Good

There’s nothing better than baking a fresh batch of cookies, with the irresistible aroma of butter and vanilla wafting through the entire house. On this World Baking Day (May 17), give any of these timeless cookies recipes a shot, and watch them get devoured by your family within minutes. These cookies are timeless because they have been loved by generations of people all over the world. Plus, they are so easy to make because most of them contain ingredients like flour, butter, sugar, and eggs that you can easily find in your pantry.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 280 gm flour
• 170 gm melted butter
• 100 gm granulated sugar
• 150 gm packed light brown sugar
• 225 gm roughly chopped Cadbury Bournville 50% Dark Chocolate
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ tsp cornstarch
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• Pinch of salt

Instructions:

• Combine flour, baking soda, and cornstarch with a pinch of salt in a large bowl.
• Then combine melted butter, both sugars, 1 egg, and the yolk. Mix until there are no remnants of sugar left and your wet ingredients are smooth. Lastly, add the vanilla extract.
• Slowly ladle this into the flour and mix using a spatula. Then add the chocolate chunks. You can also use your hands.
• Refrigerate the cookie dough for half an hour for the butter solids to solidify.
• Then scoop out a tablespoon’s worth of cookie dough and place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Preheat the oven to 165°C and while it warms up, place the baking tray in the fridge for 15-20 minutes.
• Then pop it in the hot oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 318 gm flour
• 226 room temperature butter
• 200 gm granulated + 50 gm for rolling
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 175°C and prepare your baking tray with baking paper.
• Combine flour; baking powder, and salt first and keep this aside.
• Then cream the butter with 200 grams of granulated sugar.
• Then whisk in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
• Add the egg and butter mixture into the flour. Use a spatula to mix thoroughly.
• Place the 59 grams of granulated sugar into a shallow plate.
• Roll out the dough into individual cookies and place them onto the plate with sugar. Press them on the baking tray and refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Then bake in the fridge for 10 to 12 minutes until golden.
• Transfer onto a wire rack and let the cookies cool completely. They will become chewy as they cool down.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Ingredients:

• 360 gm rolled oats
• 240 gm flour
• 120 gm room temperature butter
• 150 gm packed brown sugar
• 110 gm raisins
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ baking soda
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 175°C and prepare the baking tray.
• Sift the flour, then add baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, and ground cinnamon to this.
• Meanwhile, take the room-temperature butter and beat it with the sugar.
• To this, add the vanilla extract, an egg, and yolk.
• Mix all the ingredients now, and fold in the rolled oats and raisins.
• Let the dough chill in the fridge for 20 minutes before scooping it out onto the baking tray.
• Pop in the fridge for 20 minutes. Then let them cool on a wire rack.
• You can also dip them in melted chocolate if you want.