Description
These Best Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies are a delightful mix of sweet and salty flavors, loaded with a variety of mix-ins like chocolate chips, toffee bits, pretzels, and more. Perfect for holiday gatherings or cookie exchanges!
Ingredients
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Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Additional Mix-Ins:
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup toffee bits
- 1/2 cup crushed pretzels
- 1/2 cup holiday-colored candy-coated chocolates
- 1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- Flaky sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Combine dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.
- Add mix-ins: Fold in chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, toffee bits, pretzels, candy-coated chocolates, coconut, cranberries, and nuts.
- Bake: Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto prepared baking sheets, flatten slightly, sprinkle with sea salt, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Cool and serve: Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Notes
- These cookies are highly customizable—swap in potato chips, butterscotch chips, or different dried fruits depending on what you have on hand.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze for longer storage.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 130 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
