Bake or Break Recipes

These delicious cookies are described in more detail at Bake or Break. Photos can be seen at flickr.

Cookie dough

1 & 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 & 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Beat together sugar and butter until creamy. Add egg and vanilla.In a separate [...]

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These delicious chocolate shortbread cookies are described at Bake or Break and their pictures can be seen at flickr.

1 & 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 & 1/2 cups + 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
4 & 1/2 Tbsp Dutch process cocoa powder
heaping 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup superfine sugar
granulated sugar

Preheat [...]

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These delicious cookies are described in this Bake or Break post.  Recipe adapted from Chocolate.

12 tablespoons (1 & 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon Frangelico
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 & 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup hazelnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to [...]

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These delicious cookies are described in this Bake or Break post.

2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 & 1/4 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 & 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
1/4 cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
8 ounces chopped dates
12 [...]

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Recipe from Nigella Lawson.  Read about them here.

1/2 cup (scant) unsalted butter, softened
7 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup (scant) brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup ground pistachios
4 ounces whole pistachios
4 ounces white chocolate, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugars until soft. Add vanilla and [...]

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Recipe adapted from Southern Living. Read about them here.

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
4 tablespoons butter, softened
4 teaspoons well-beaten egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup extra crunchy peanut butter
3 tablespoons uncooked regular oats
1 NutRageous candy bar, chopped
2 tablespoons sugar

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine flour and baking [...]

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Recipe from The Baking Sheet.  Read more about the baking experience.

Peanut Butter Cutout Cookies

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/4 cup (2 ounces) heavy cream or sour cream, divided in half
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 cups all-purpose flour, divided in half

Beat together butter, peanut [...]

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Recipe from Big Fat Cookies. Read about them here.

2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teapsoon almond extract
2 ounces white chocolate

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Spread coconut on a [...]

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Recipe from The Ultimate Chocolate Cookie Book. Read about them here.

2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
36 caramels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut each caramel in half and [...]

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Recipe from Southern Living 1998 Annual Recipes. Read about them here.

1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
13 ounce jar Nutella
1/4 cup shortening
1 & 1/3 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
chopped hazelnuts
confectioner’s sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Toast hazelnuts in a shallow pan for about 5 minutes. [...]

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