Fun Flavored Drop Cookies
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Balanced-sugar single and double batches
Blue Binder single-batch sheet
Yield: Makes 5 doz.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter softened (1 cup)
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light Brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2-3 cups Cookie drops.
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar to-gether, add eggs & vanilla and beat till fluffy. Sift flour, salt and Baking soda. Add this to the mixture and beat until smooth, Add in the Cookie drops and blend into mixture. Drop by level spoon full onto greased Cookie sheet. Space 2" to 3" inches apart.
- Sift flour, salt and Baking soda together.
- Add this to the mixture and beat until smooth.
- Add in the Cookie drops and blend into mixture.
- Drop by level spoon full onto greased cookie sheet.
- Space 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until light brown.
Timing: 8-10 minutes
Temperature: 375°
Equipment: measuring vessels; mixing bowls; beater or mixer; sifter; mixing utensil; level spoon or Cookie scoop #20; greased Cookie sheet; oven
Notes
- single.; use Cookie scoop #20
As written
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single.
Blue Binder double-batch sheet
Ingredients
- 4 sticks Butter softened (2 cups)
- 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 cups light Brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 7 cups flour
- 4 teaspoon Baking soda
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 4 1/2 cup cookie drops
Directions
- Cream butter & sugar together add eggs and vanilla and Beat till fluffy.
- Sift flour, salt and Baking soda together.
- Add this to the mixture and Beat till smooth.
- Add in the Cookie drops and Blend into mixture.
- Drop by tablespoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
- Space 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Cream butter & sugar together add eggs and Vanilla and Beat till fluffy. Sift flour, salt and Baking soda together. Add this to the mixture and Beat till smooth. Add in the Cookie drops and Blend into mixture. Drop by tablespoonful onto greased cookie sheet. Space 2 to 3 inches apart. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown.
- 10 min use a #40 Cookie scoop.
Timing: 8 to 10 minutes; 10 min I use.
Temperature: 375; until light brown
Equipment: sifter; mixing bowl; beater or mixer; greased cookie sheet; oven; #40 Cookie scoop
Notes
- Double.; 10 min I use.; use a #40 Cookie scoop.
As written
2-1 Pt
Sweeter revised copied formula
Blue Binder revised copied sheet
Ingredients
- 2 sticks Butter (softened) (1 cup)
- 1 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light Brown sugar
- 2 Large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups reg flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2-3 cup Cookie drops
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar together; add eggs and vanilla and beat till fluffy.
- Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together.
- Add this to the mixture and beat till smooth.
- Add in the Cookie drops and blend into mixture.
- Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
- Space 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Bake at 375 for 10 min.
Timing: 10 min
Temperature: 375
Equipment: cookie sheet; Cookie scoop #40
Notes
- or omit light brown.
As written
copied
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Arwilda’s changes
- Changed “4 sticks Butter” to “2 sticks Butter”
- Changed “3 1/2 cup white sugar” to “1 3/4 cup white sugar”
- Changed “2 cup light Brown sugar” to “1 cup light Brown sugar”
- Changed “4 Large eggs” to “2 Large eggs”
- Changed “2 tsp vanilla” to “1 tsp vanilla”
- Changed “7 1/2 cups pastry flour” to “3 1/2 cups pastry flour”
- Changed “4 tsp baking soda” to “2 tsp baking soda”
- Changed “2 tsp salt” to “1 tsp salt”
- Changed “8-10 minutes” to “10 min”
- Added “use Cookie scoop #40”
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Balanced-sugar batch size
- Blue Binder single-batch sheet
- Single: 2 sticks butter, 3/4 cup white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 3 1/2 cups flour, and 2-3 cups cookie drops; makes 5 dozen; scoop number 20.
- Blue Binder double-batch sheet
- Double: 4 sticks butter, 1 1/2 cups white sugar, 2 cups brown sugar, 4 eggs, 7 cups flour, and 4 1/2 cups cookie drops; scoop number 40.
Sugars and flour in the active base-size formulas
- Blue Binder single-batch sheet
- 3/4 cup white sugar, 1 cup light brown sugar, and 3 1/2 cups flour.
- Blue Binder revised copied sheet
- 1 3/4 cups white sugar, 1 cup light brown sugar, and 3 1/2 cups regular flour after pastry is crossed out; a note permits omitting the brown sugar.
Formula history
- Blue Binder single-batch sheet
- A clean sheet marked single cards the base formula without a prior large formula.
- Blue Binder revised copied sheet
- The copied sheet retains original large-batch quantities beside active reductions and changes pastry flour to regular flour.
Portion and yield notes
- Blue Binder single-batch sheet
- Makes 5 dozen and recommends Cookie scoop number 20.
- Blue Binder double-batch sheet
- No yield is stated; Cookie scoop number 40 is recommended.
- Blue Binder revised copied sheet
- No yield is stated; Cookie scoop number 40 is recommended.
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