Cookies Without a Recipe

[Beacool]

1-2-3 SHORTBREAD COOKIE RATIO: 1 part fat: 2 parts sugar: 3 parts flour

If you're ready to dive into the world of baking ratios, Ruhlman's 1-2-3 cookie dough is the logical place to start. "The dough is easy to remember, easy to make, and allows you to make one cookie or three dozen " he says. In fact, he calls this product of this dough "the essence-of-a-cookie" cookie: "One you know this dough, you really see how cookies work."

On its own, the combination of one part fat, two parts sugar, and three parts flour bakes up into a crisp, buttery shortbread with just a hint of sweetness. It's the kind of cookie that's perfect with tea, or as an after-dinner treat for an adult crowd who appreciates its sophistication. But the real genius of this dough is its simplicity: Because the flavors are so basic, the cookie can be endlessly modified. Doing one of three things-changing the flavor, swapping an ingredient or altering the proportion of flour-will net a different result, giving you literally hundreds of different cookies options.

http://www.kitchendaily.com/2010/01/28/cookies-without-a-recipe

Easy to remember basic cookie dough. It should be fun to experiment with it.

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[Warpy]

1. I love master recipes

which is why I love books like "Crust and Crumb" and Bittman's "How to Cook Everything" set. Once you know the basic proportions, you can pretty much do anything with them you want.

[Beacool]

2. I'm not familiar with those two books.

Thanks for the tip.

:-)

[Vinca]

3. And then 4 parts chocolate chips???

[Beacool]

4. Sounds good to me!!!

LOL!!!

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[Arkansas Granny]

5. This is just too simple and the possibilities are almost endless. Thanks, Bea.

I've got to share this with my daughter and daughter-in-law.

[Beacool]

6. You're most welcome.

It would be fun to experiment with this recipe. I tend to like citrus more than chocolate, so I would add lemon zest and always some vanilla extract. I also love nuts, I can see myself trying out a white chocolate-macadamia batch. If it wasn't so darn hot in this part of the country right now I would bake some tonight. LOL!!

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