One Cookie Dough, Seven Possible Flavors

One Cookie Dough, Seven Possible Flavors takes one deliciously perfect cookie dough base, multiplies it by seven scrumptious flavor options, and bakes up customized cookies that equal one happy crowd! It’s like delicious cookie math.

One Dough, Seven Possible Flavors

I like to think of this recipe like a choose-your-own adventure for cookie lovers. The cookie dough base is ready for you to pick your favorite, perfectly-measured mix-ins and create a custom batch of cookies. Like my Mix Your Own Cookie Magic and my 6-in-1 Sheet Pan Cookie Bars, this One Cookie Dough with Seven Possible Flavors recipe lets you create a crowd-pleasing array of delicious cookies in one baking session. My kids love mixing up their favorite flavors and everybody gets exactly what they want.

The Perfect Cookie Dough Base!

First, preheat the oven to 350°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Now let’s mix up the cookie dough base!

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the 1 and 1/2 cups butter and sugars until well combined. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.

With the mixer on low speed, beat in the flour, baking soda, and salt until combined.

The base recipe makes about 4 cups of cookie dough. You should be able to get 84 small cookies (1 tablespoon sized scoops) or 42 medium cookies (2 tablespoon sized scoops) or 21 large cookies (3 tablespoon sized scoops).

Seven Possible Flavors

With seven delicious flavors to choose from, you can make a single flavor or all seven. Your choose-your-own cookie adventure starts with these yummy options:

1. Chocolate Chip
2. Peanut Butter
3. Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan
4. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut 
5. Monster Cookies
6. Snickerdoodle
7. Chocolate Chocolate Chip

A few quick tips for each flavor before we get started:

• Chocolate Chip: There’s no need to press down on the cookie dough balls before baking. Just scoop and bake!
• Peanut Butter: Before baking, use a long pronged fork to flatten each cookie dough ball slightly, then turn the fork going the opposite direction and flatten just slightly again. This will create that classic criss cross pattern on the peanut butter cookies as they bake.
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan: Gently press down with your hand to flatten each ball of cookie dough slightly before baking. If desired, sprinkle each cookie with a little flaky sea salt right baking for a fabulous sweet and salty flavor.
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut: Press down gently with your hand to flatten each ball of cookie dough slightly before baking.
• Monster Cookies: Before baking, gently press down with your hand to flatten each ball of cookie dough slightly.
• Snickerdoodle: With the cinnamon and sugar mix-ins recommended, combine them first and then just mix half of the cinnamon sugar mixture into the cookie dough. Reserve the other half to roll the cookie dough balls in before placing them on the cookie sheet to bake. No need to press down on the cookie dough balls before baking.
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip: Gently press down with your hand to flatten each ball of cookie dough slightly before baking

I’ve done all the cookie math, so once you know how many flavors you’ll be making, simply follow directions below. You’ll get the correct mix-in measurements based on number of flavors to equally divided dough ratios.

One Flavor

Simple, easy, and delicious! Choose one flavor from below, add the mix-ins to the prepared dough for that flavor only, and get right to baking!

• Chocolate Chip – 3 cups chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – 1 cup peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats, 1 cup dried cranberries, 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 1 cup chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – 1 and ½ cups macadamia nuts and 1 and ½ cups white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats, 1 cup mini M&Ms, 1 cup peanut butter, and 1 cup chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – ¾ cup sugar and 3 teaspoons cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 2 cups chocolate chips

Two Flavors

First, pick two flavors from below. Divide the dough base evenly into two mixing bowls (2 cups dough per bowl), then mix one flavor’s mix-ins into one of the bowls of dough and the other flavor’s mix-ins into the other bowl of dough:

• Chocolate Chip – 1 and ½ cups chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – 1/2 cup peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – ¾ cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup dried cranberries, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – ¾ cup macadamia nuts and ¾ cup white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – 3/4 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup mini M&Ms, 1/2 cup peanut butter, and ½ cup chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – 6 tablespoons sugar and 1 and ½ teaspoons cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and 1 cup chocolate chips

Three Flavors

Choose three flavors from below. Next, divide the dough base evenly into three mixing bowls (1 and 1/3 cups dough per bowl), then mix one flavor’s mix-ins into one bowl, another flavor’s mix-ins into another bowl and so on:

• Chocolate Chip – 1 cup chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – ⅓ cup peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – 1/2 cup rolled oats, ⅓ cup dried cranberries, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon and ⅓ cup chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – ½ cup macadamia nuts and ½ cup white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – 1/2 cup rolled oats, ⅓ cup mini M&Ms, ⅓ cup peanut butter, and ⅓ cup chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – ¼ cup sugar and 1 teaspoons cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 2/3 cup chocolate chips

Four Flavors

After you select four flavors from below, divide the dough base evenly into four mixing bowls (1 cup dough per bowl). Then mix one flavor’s mix-ins into one bowl, another flavor’s mix-ins into another bowl of the dough and so on:

• Chocolate Chip – ¾ cup chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – ¼ cup peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – 6 tablespoons rolled oats, 1/4 cup dried cranberries, ½ teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – 6 tablespoons macadamia nuts and 6 tablespoons white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – 6 tablespoons rolled oats, ¼ cup mini M&Ms, ¼ cup peanut butter, and ¼ cup chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – 3 tablespoons sugar and ¾ teaspoon cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and ½ cup chocolate chips

Five Flavors

Choose five flavors from below. Next, divide the dough base evenly into five mixing bowls (3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon dough per bowl), then mix one flavor’s mix-ins into one bowl, another flavor’s mix-ins into another bowl and so on:

• Chocolate Chip – 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – 3 tablespoons peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – ⅓ cup rolled oats, 3 tablespoons dried cranberries, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 3 tablespoons chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – ⅓ cup macadamia nuts and ⅓ cup white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – ⅓ cup rolled oats, 3 tablespoons mini M&Ms, 3 tablespoons peanut butter, and 3 tablespoons chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – 2 and ½ tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – 2 and ½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and 6 tablespoons chocolate chips

Six Flavors

First, pick six flavors from below. Divide the dough base evenly into six small bowls (2/3 cup dough per bowl), then mix one flavor’s mix-ins into one bowl, another flavor’s mix-ins into another bowl and so on:

• Chocolate Chip – ½ cup chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – 2 and ½ tablespoons peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – 1/4 cup rolled oats, 2 and ½ tablespoons dried cranberries, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 2 and ½ tablespoons chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – ¼ cup macadamia nuts and ¼ cup white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – ¼ cup rolled oats, 2 and ½ tablespoons mini M&Ms, 2 and ½ tablespoons peanut butter, and 2 and ½ tablespoons chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and 1/3 cup chocolate chips

All Seven Flavors!

Divide the dough base evenly into seven bowls (1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon per bowl). Then mix one flavor’s mix-ins into each bowl:

• Chocolate Chip – 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• Peanut Butter – 2 tablespoons peanut butter
• Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan – 3 tablespoons rolled oats, 2 tablespoons dried cranberries, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon and 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut – 3 tablespoons chopped macadamia nuts and 3 tablespoons white chocolate chips
• Monster Cookies – 3 tablespoons rolled oats, 2 tablespoons mini M&Ms, 2 tablespoons peanut butter, and 2 tablespoons chocolate chips
• Snickerdoodle – 1 and ½ tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (combine sugar and cinnamon, stir half into the dough and use the rest to roll the cookie dough balls in before baking)
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip – 1 and ½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and ¼ cup chocolate chips

Mix and Bake!

Once you have your dough divided into separate mixing bowls, add the mix-ins for each flavor and combine. You can use a spoon or rubber spatula, but I’ve found that clean, dry hands work best at blending the dry ingredients with the dough.

After your mix-ins and dough are well combined, scoop dough onto the parchment-lined cookie sheets a few inches apart. If you’re making small cookies, scoop 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie. Scoop 2 tablespoons dough per cookie for medium cookies. To make large cookies, scoop 3 tablespoons of dough per cookie. Click here for my favorite cookie scoop set. Garnish each cookie dough scoop with additional toppings for that flavor, if desired.

Bake for 8-10 minutes, rotating cookie sheets halfway through, until cookies are starting to crisp around the edges are just set on top. Try not to over-bake them if you want them to be chewy.

Finally, remove cookies from the oven and let them cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Let cool completely and enjoy!

I hope you and your loved ones enjoy this One Cookie Dough, Seven Possible Flavors recipe as much as we do. When you make it, be sure to snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see!  I just love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the recipes and ideas I share.

xoxo,

 

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