Quarantine Cookies

Well you don't have to be under quarantine or stay at home orders to make these cookies but these cookies will help you get through those days.  Now the reason these are called quarantine cookies is that you can go to your pantry and just throw together anything you have left over in you pantry and the cookies will be good. These cookies are great for that handful of dark chips you have left over or the bottom of the bag M&M's. Go look to see what you have in your pantry.  Another great thing, you can make these cookies several times and they will never taste the same twice.

I wanted to show off my bunny on my plate today. 

 This is a great base cookie.  What I mean is that if you have something you want to try in a cookie make the base in this recipe and just add what you want to try.  M&M's always comes out with some seasonal flavors and you could try them in this recipe.  They also freeze well too.  So you can bake a few then freeze the rest for a day when you need a warm cookie.  And during all this stay at home who doesn't need a warm cookie some days.

 Start with two softened sticks of butter.  I always use unsalted butter for baking.

 1 cup sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar

 1 Tablespoon corn syrup.  I am seeing corn syrup a lot in cookie recipes these days.

 Now cream the sugars and butter until light and fluffy.  I will be honest I never know how long to cream.  There's the "beat it until the butter turns a light yellow color" and the "don't over beat your cookies or they will be tough" groups.  So what's a baker to do?

 Add two eggs

 1 teaspoon vanilla

 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

 2 teaspoons baking powder

 2 teaspoon kosher salt

 1 teaspoon baking soda

 Now mix that well.

 Here comes the fun part.  You need 1 1/2 cups salty things.  This can be pretzels (I thought I had some and I was going to add them), potato chip crumbs, any nut, even fritos.  Now I'm not sure how flavored chips or fritos would be but you can try it and let me know.

 Now you need a 1 1/2 cups of sweet things.  This can be any of your chips, candy, chopped up candy bars, Raisenettes, cocoa krispies.  Let your imagination be your guide.  Remember they can be different every time.

 Fold those things into your batter.

Scoop the dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.  With the cookies on the cookie sheet refrigerate for at least one hour.  You can leave them in the fridge for up to one week.  I froze the extras for another day.  When ready to bake place in a 350 preheated oven.  Bake for 9-11 minutes.

Enjoy a nice warm cookie.  Maybe this staying at home might not be too bad if I can have a nice cookie every once in a while.  I hope you are making the best of working and schooling from home.  I have been sewing a lot from home.  Explore the rest of my site for some more meal ideas.  I know it is getting hard to come up with new ideas for dinner.  Together we will get through this time and be back ready for football season this fall.  Here's hoping.

Quarantine Cookies Recipe

1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 1/2 cups sweet mix ins such as chocolate chips, candy, chopped candy bars, Raisenettes cocoa krispies
1 1/2 cups salty mix ins such as nuts, pretzels, chips, fritos.

Bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes.