Princess & Trouble’s Everything Cookies {Recipe}

Princess has been begging to make cookies for weeks now.

I love to bake, but I don’t like having cookies around because then all I want to do is eat them.

And yes, even though we baked them just a few days ago, they’re already long gone.  But just the memory still makes me drool.  I even tried freezing some of them to prevent myself from eating them all right away.   But they taste delicious frozen too!  (Especially two of them sandwiching a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.  Mmmmmm….)

And for those of you who are baking challenged, don’t worry.  They are practically foolproof.  We barely even measured.  I just pulled all the ingredients I could find out of the cupboard and the girls decided how much of (almost) everything to put in.

Princess & Trouble’s Everything Cookies

1-1/2 c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. ground cinnamon (they really like cinnamon!)

1/2 tsp. salt

1-3/4 sticks butter, softened (14 tbsp.)

3/4 c. packed brown sugar

1/2 c. white sugar

2 eggs

1-1/2 tsp vanilla

3 cups oats (quick or old fashioned, but not instant, uncooked)

1/2 c. coconut

1/3 c. raisins

1/3 c. craisins

1/3 c. chocolate chips

1/3 c. butterscotch chips

1/3 c. marshmallows

Step 1: In large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, & cinnamon; set aside.

Step 2: In large bowl or KitchenAid, beat sugars and butter until creamy, about 2 minutes.

(Trouble was more entertained by my pop-top container lid than the cookies.  Lots of you have asked about those.  For the record, they are the OXO Good Grips POP Containers.  They are definitely an investment, but I have had mine for 3 years now and I absolutely love them!)

Step 3: Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.

Step 4: Add dry ingredients to wet mixture; mix well.  Add oats & coconut; mix well.

Step 5: Add mix-ins to taste.  We added raisins, craisins, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, & marshmallows, but you could also try nuts or M&Ms too.

Step 6: Using cookie scoop or round spoon, scoop cookie dough into small balls and place on parchment-paper covered cookie pan.  (DON’T skip the parchment paper!  This is my true secret for perfect cookies every time!)  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.  Let cool on wire racks.

There are a lot of days that I feel like an epic failure as a mommy, but we had so much fun baking that as we sat there enjoying our first (of many) cookies, I couldn’t help but feel like I had earned myself an A+ for the day.

So I was a little taken aback when Princess suddenly burst into tears.  Horrified,  I asked what was wrong, thinking she was hurt or poisoned or otherwise injured in some way.

Alas, she wailed “But mommy, I wanted to make FROSTING cookies!”

Sigh.

Maybe I’ll get it right next time!

Have a great weekend!

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