Kid-Friendly Cookie Recipes
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1-1/2 sticks butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream butter and sugars together.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- Mix in flour, cornstarch, and baking soda.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Using a tablespoon or cookie scoop, drop onto ungreased pans, 2- 3 inches apart.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes.
- Cool on cookie sheet 3-4 minutes.
Star Kids Cookies
- 100g osoftened butter
- 1/3 cup obrown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla paste OR vanilla extract
- Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until dough is ready.
- Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface using a rolling pin; or pat down the dough with the palms of your hands.
- Cut out star shapes with star shaped cookie cutters and decorate with silver decorating balls. Note: Use whatever cookie cutters you have; I used heart shaped ones that I bought around Valentine’s Day. I also didn’t have silver decorating balls so I made icing and let the kids decorate them once they were completely cooled.
- Lay out baking paper onto a flat oven tray, place the biscuits onto the tray.
- Bake at 150 celcius for 12-15 minutes.
- Let the biscuits cool.
Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting
- 1-1/2 cups of confectioners’ sugar (add more until it reaches your preferred consistency)
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 tsp of vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract (add more to taste)
- 1 tbsp of milk
- You can make this frosting by hand, but it is so much easier with an electric mixer.
- Mix together sugar and butter until they are blended and creamy.
- Add vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract and milk and continue to beat for another minute.
- If desired, add more vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract to taste or more confectioners’ sugar to make it stiffer
