Kitchen Sink Cookies -

Kitchen Sink Cookies

Chewy kitchen sink cookies are a fun surprise every time we make them. They might be studded with chocolate and butterscotch chips, chopped candy bars, pretzels, nuts, potato chips, and more. Have fun making them your own!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 173kcal

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1½ cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups add-ins of your choice see list below
Maldon salt for topping OPTIONAL

ADD IN IDEAS - 3 cups total

semi-sweet, white, milk, or dark chocolate chips
butterscotch chips
toffee bits
Caramel bits or caramel candies chopped into ½-inch pieces
Reese's peanut butter cups any size, chopped into ½-inch pieces
M&M candies
candy bars chopped into ½-inch pieces
shredded sweetened coconut
chopped nuts
lightly crushed pretzels
lightly crushed potato chips
broken graham crackers

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F. In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, remove from the heat and add the sugar. Stir until the sugar is well incorporated and mostly smooth. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator for 10-20 minutes.
While the mixture is chilling, combine the dry ingredients and lightly whisk to combine. Set aside. In a small bowl, stir together 3 cups of the add-in ingredients of your choice. Set aside.
Remove the cooled butter and sugar mixture from the refrigerator. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and add the eggs and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer to combine.
Add the dry ingredients and beat again to combine. Add 2 cups of add-ins to the cookie dough and use your hands or a sturdy wooden spoon to make sure the add-ins are evenly distributed, if the mixer doesn't handle it well.
Scoop into portions approximately 1½ tablespoons in size. Lightly roll in your hand to form balls. Lightly roll the cookie dough balls in the reserved add-in mixture, or press the top of each cookie dough ball into the reserved mixture.
Place the cookie balls on a baking sheet about a dozen at a time. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until lightly puffed and golden at the edges. Larger cookies will require an extra minute or two in the oven. Remove from the baking sheet after a minute or two, and cool completely on a wire rack.

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