Kitchen Sink Cookies
What Started it all:
Kitchen sink cookies
These cookies are a glorious mess, a cacophony of flavors and textures that will have you drooling before they even come out of the oven. Perfect for anyone who can't decide what they want, these cookies throw everything but the kitchen sink into the mix—literally! Get ready to whip up a batch that will satisfy every sweet tooth in the house.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips (milk, dark, or a mix)
- 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, or your choice)
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, or whatever you've got)
- A pinch of sea salt for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Get it hot, because these cookies need to bake, not languish in a lukewarm hell!
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until it's light and fluffy. Don’t just stand there—make sure it’s really combined!
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then toss in the vanilla extract. Smell that? Good, it should be gorgeous!
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add this dry mixture to the wet ingredients. Don’t go dumping it all in at once; we’re not making a bloody mess here!
- Fold in the chocolate chips, nuts, oats, shredded coconut, and dried fruit. Seriously, if you don’t have a kitchen sink of ingredients, you’re doing it wrong!
- Scoop tablespoon-sized portions of the dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them about 2 inches apart. They’re going to spread, so give them room to breathe!
- Sprinkle a pinch of sea salt on top of each cookie. Trust me, it makes a world of difference!
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Keep an eye on them—you don’t want burnt cookies!
- Once baked, remove from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
There you have it—kitchen sink cookies that will blow your socks off! Perfectly chewy, loaded with everything you could possibly want in a cookie, and utterly irresistible. Now, get in the kitchen, make these, and don’t you dare come back with excuses! Enjoy!