The Easiest Five Ingredient Cookies You Will Ever Make
This recipe for the easiest five ingredient cookies you will ever make will be a hit with both bakers and non-bakers alike. I have been making these cookies since 1971, when my first grade teacher gave everyone in the class a little cookbook with simple, child-friendly recipes.
I have made the easiest five ingredient cookies for as long as I can remember. This is my go to recipe when my children have friends over or when I want to bring something natural to eat while visiting someone's house (my son has food sensitivities). This easy five ingredient cookie is also the perfect solution when I realize I am out of my kids' favorite Trader Joe's and Whole Foods cookies and they will be home from school in an hour.
If you teach preschool or Parent/Child classes, the easiest five cookie recipe is an inexpensive recipe to make with your class. This was one of the first recipes I baked with my three children.
The easiest five ingredient cookies you will ever make are great when you have a sweet tooth or want a cookie with a rich, buttery taste. These are also a great cookie to bake if you are part of a cookie exchange or need to make something for the school bake sale.
Best of all, this recipe an easy one because you will probably have all five ingredients in your house already! No trip to the store for a rarely used fussy ingredient is needed.
This easy cookie recipe easily doubles. One batch makes between 16-18 cookies when using a teaspoon scooper.
The Easiest Five Ingredient Cookies You Will Ever Make
Ingredients
1 stick of butter, softened, not melted
1 egg
1/2 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
The original recipe calls for sifting the flour, but I skip this step. If you choose to sift, do this first.
With a fork, beat the egg in a small mixing bowl. Add the vanilla to the egg.
In a larger mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. If the butter is soft enough, you can do this by hand with a wooden spoon. Add the egg and vanilla mixture to this. Add the flour to the wet ingredients and mix well.
I use my Pampered Chef one teaspoon sized scooper to scoop my dough onto the baking sheet. Make sure you place the dough balls about two inches apart, as these cookies spread.
Bake at 350 degrees for about ten minutes. Keep an eye on them the first time you make this, as ovens vary in temperature. You may need to cook your easiest five ingredient cookies a minute or two longer.
Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
How to Make the Easiest Five Ingredient Cookies You Will Ever Make Even Fancier
If have a few extra minutes, you can make the easiest five ingredient cookies a little more fancy.
In the microwave, melt "Candy Melt" chocolate drops, any color or flavor, in the microwave. Spread the melted chocolate drops onto the cooled cookie and place on a plate. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles. Cool in the refrigerator for about fifteen minutes until the chocolate hardens.
Once you have tasted the easiest five ingredient cookies you will ever make, you will bake them again and again!
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what is a stick of butter in australia we go by grams, so how many grams of butter or margarine and I take it that you are using SR flour is that right. Sounds like the way to go. thanks for sharing
Eileen, a 4 ounce stick of buter is 113 grams. I use any flour that is on sale!
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