Two Cookie Recipes That Are Great to Sell or Snack On

For anyone who loves easy snacks you can nibble all day, cookies are hard to beat. They're simple, tasty and convenient: you can grab one while driving, gaming or working. Here's how to make cookies that are a hit whether you bake them for yourself or to sell.

Plenty of treats win people over, such as cakes, brownies and all kinds of bread. But one snack is especially popular with every group, from children to adults to the elderly: the cookie. People love cookies because they're easy and convenient to eat, delicious, and come in endless flavours and shapes depending on the baker's ideas, from chocolate cookies, coffee cookies and oat cookies to green tea butter cookies and many more. There are hundreds of cookie recipes, because cookies pair well with all sorts of ingredients, from sweets to grains, and some recipes are even good for the body and can help with weight loss. Today we're sharing cookie recipes that are a hit whether you sell them, snack on them or give them to loved ones. Let's see which flavours we've picked.

Oat Cookies

If you're watching your weight, or want a snack without worrying about getting fat, try these oat cookies with the rich aroma of low-fat cream cheese, perfect for anyone on a diet. Here are the ingredients and method.

Ingredients

1. 2 tbsp vegetable oil
2. 120 g low-fat cream cheese
3. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4. 1/2 cup wholewheat flour
5. 1 cup oats
6. 1 tsp baking soda
7. 1 tsp baking powder
8. 1/2 tsp kosher salt
9. 1 cup milk
10. 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

Method

The method is simple and easy to do at home.

1. Preheat the oven to about 450 degrees.
2. Mix the vegetable oil and cream cheese together.
3. Add the all-purpose flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt, and mix well.
4. Add the milk, then the cheddar, and stir until combined. Shape the dough into balls about 1 inch across and place them on a tray lined with baking paper.
5. Bake for about 12 minutes, or until cooked, and they're done.

Rainbow Cookies

Our next recipe is rainbow cookies, made of many colours together. They make a lovely gift for someone special and sell well too. Here are the ingredients and method.

Ingredients

1. 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
2. 2 cups sugar
3. 2 eggs
4. 2 egg yolks
5. 4 tsp vanilla extract
6. 2 tsp almond extract
7. 4 cups all-purpose flour
8. 1 tsp salt
9. 1 tsp baking powder
10. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple food colouring

Method

The method isn't too hard, and you can make them at home.

1. Cream the butter and sugar together for about 2–3 minutes. Add the eggs and egg yolks and mix well, followed by the vanilla.
2. Mix the all-purpose flour, salt and baking powder, then add to about 1 cup of the butter mixture and stir until combined.
3. Divide the dough into six portions and add a different food colouring to each.
4. Put each portion in a zip-lock bag or wrap it in cling film and chill for about 1–2 hours.
5. Roll out each colour into a rectangle of about 6 x 9 inches and stack the sheets on top of each other in colour order.
6. Preheat the oven to about 350 degrees.
7. Bake the cookies for about 6–10 minutes. Leave them to cool, and your rainbow cookies are ready.

Those are our two recommended cookie recipes, out of hundreds more. Cookies are hugely popular snacks you can enjoy anytime, they're easy to make, perfect as a hobby, and you can sell them too. Stay tuned for more cookie recipes.