Do-almost-anything vanilla cookie dough from Dorie's Cookies (page 492) by Dorie Greenspan

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  • redbird on January 15, 2026

    Really tasty cookie dough. Handles beautifully.

  • elysedc on December 28, 2022

    used this to make the (modified) Christmas Spice cookies and a pinwheel cookie - dough rolled out well. When making the spice cookies, spices need to be upped (I doubled). Also, adding the spices after having mixed the dough doesn't quite work - either you don't over mix and the spices aren't well distributed, or you get the spices well distributed, but at this point, you've probably over mixed the dough. Better to make a decision ahead of time about how to use the dough and add spices when adding flour, so as not to over mix.

  • breakthroughc on June 29, 2022

    My sister and I made lots of cookies for a funeral service with this and the chocolate dough. We made hundreds of cookies in one evening. We much preferred this dough to the chocolate. It is flexible, easy to work with and with different toppings and drizzles you can make a nice selection of cookies.

  • sofull on November 16, 2020

    My go-to sugar cookie recipe. excellent flavor and rolls out beautifully!

  • Rutabaga on September 12, 2017

    I also used this dough to make the vanilla polka dot cookies. It's easy to make and work with, but overall I like Smitten Kitchen's confetti cookie dough just a little bit better. Maybe it's the cream cheese in that recipe? However, since I don't always have cream cheese on hand, this will be a really good alternative versatile cookie dough to turn to.

  • Kojak on December 05, 2016

    Simple recipe and easy to use dough. Made the vanilla polka dot cookies, and they were delicious.

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