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Cookie Monster Cookies
Makes Cookies
Easy
Total time:
Plus 1 hour chilling
The Original Sugar Cookie Recipe from the Cookie Monster as found in the Sesame Street Annuals from the 1970s!
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- 300g Plain Flour
- 200g Caster Sugar (although I prefer to use a dark brown sugar)
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 170g Salted Butter
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
Optional:
- 200g Chocolate Chips (or another ingredient of your choice - not found in the original recipe but I like to add them)
Method
step 1
Cream together the butter and the sugar.step 2
Beat eggs into the mixture a little at a time, then mix in the vanilla extract.step 3
Sift the flour and baking powder together and fold into the mixture. Finally, add the chocolate chips or your own choice of ingredient if you are doing so.step 4
Put dough into the fridge to cool for at least one hourstep 5
When chilled and firmer in texture, take the dough from the fridge and roll out, cut into rounds with a cookie cutter.step 6
Place the cookies on a well greased baking sheet and bake in the oven at 200C for 6-8 minutes.
