Best Three In One Cookies Recipes

THREE-IN-ONE COOKIE STACKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix 1 cup sugar, the butter, vanilla and egg with spoon. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Divide dough into thirds.
• Mix coconut extract and coconut into one third of dough. Mix almond extract, red food color and cherries into another third of dough. Stir cocoa and miniature chocolate chips into last third of dough.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls with floured hands. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each with greased bottom of glass dipped in additional sugar.
• Bake cookies 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

3 IN 1 COOKIE

Steps:

• 1. 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, Crisco and margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; blend well. Add flour, baking soda and salt; mix well.
• 2. 2. Divide dough into three separate bowls. Put a little more into one bowl than the other two as you won,t be adding as much to it.
• 3. 3. Add melted chocolate to bowl with most dough; mix well leaving no original dough showing.
• 4. 4. Add chocolate chips to another bowl; mix well.
• 5. Add peanut butter to last bowl, mix well.
• 6. Cover and put in refrigerator for 1 hour so that it will be easier to handle.
• 7. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper. Pinch off a piece of dough a little smaller than a walnut; roll into a ball and place on the paper. Do the same for the rest of the dough placing each piece next to each other.
• 8. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to finish cooling.
• 9. Tip: You can use different ingredients such as: mini m & m's, peanut butter chips, raisins, butterscotch chips, drained pineapple, chopped apple and the list goes on and on. Make it your own.

SWEDISH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add syrup. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough into eight portions. Roll each portion into a 9-in. log. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cut into 1-in. slices. Remove to wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

HOLIDAY COOKIES: ONE DOUGH, THREE HOLIDAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cloves in a small bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld beater. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
• Form dough into a 12-inch log (2 inches in diameter) on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll up in the plastic wrap. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Cut 1/2-inch thick slices from the log with a sharp knife and arrange on 2 ungreased large baking sheets, about 1-inch apart.
• For basic sugar cookies, sprinkle generously with coarse sugar and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned and slightly puffed.
• Cool on baking sheets for 3 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely.
• For Chocolate and Walnut Cookies:
• Make basic dough according to recipe above, but adding the cocoa powder to the flour mixture and folding in the nuts just after mixing the batter. Bake for 15 minutes and then cool on sheets for 3 minutes before transferring to racks to cool completely.
• For Almond-Orange Cookies:
• Make basic dough according to recipe above, but adding both the orange zest and ground almonds when you add the flour mixture.
• When cookies are formed, make a slight depression in the middle and fill each with about 1 teaspoon marmalade. Top each with a good pinch of sliced almonds. Bake for 20 minutes and then cool on sheets for 3 minutes before transferring to racks to cool completely.

BASIC COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cream the butter in a large bowl with a wooden spoon or in a stand mixer until it is soft. Add the sugar and keep beating until the mixture is light and fluffy. Sift in the flour and add the optional ingredients, if you're using them. Bring the mixture together with your hands in a figure-of-eight motion until it forms a dough. You can freeze the dough at this point.
• Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place them slightly apart from each other on a baking sheet (you don't need to butter or line it). Flatten the balls a little with the palm of your hand and bake them in the oven for around 10-12 mins until they are golden brown and slightly firm on top. Leave the cookies on a cooling rack for around 15 mins before serving.

BUTTER COOKIES - THREE COOKIES IN ONE DOUGH

Steps:

• Mix eggs, butter, and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients and stir well.
• For Cutouts: CHILL WELL.
• Roll out for cookie cutters.
• For Jam Centers: Place dough on wax paper.
• Roll into a tube form with the wax paper surrounding it well.
• Place in refrigerator and CHILL WELL.
• When chilled, cut off slices of the tubed dough to make a round cookie.
• You can press a spot in the center for the jam to be placed, or just put a nut there for another alternative.
• For Snow Balls: Before chilling, add 1 1/2 cups walnuts.
• CHILL WELL.
• When chilled, make small 1 inch balls out of dough and roll them in Confectioner's sugar.
• Bake all three types at 400°F for 8-10 minutes.
• The cookies should brown slightly.

THREE IN ONE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. F (190 C)
• Place all dry ingredients in a medium size bowl and set aside
• Put softened butter and sugar in a large bowl and cream together
• Add the 2 eggs and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 to 5 minutes or until well combined.
• Pour the dry ingredients slowly to the mixture and stir until all the flour is incorporated into the dough
• Stir in the wheat germ, walnuts, chocolate chips and oats and mix well until all the oats are mixed into the dough.
• Place a small amount of dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper 2 inches apart
• Bake for 10 minutes and then remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack.