How can I spruce up my tollhouse cookie recipe w/out going overboard?!
Answers: Use dark chocolate chips & chopped pecans or nut of your choice. Makes a world of difference.
Through in some Peanut butter into the batter
Use additional flavors of chips
Use some oatmeal in the batter
Just experiment with anything that is what I do and if it doesn't turn out oh well it was cheap to make and usually they are not so bad that no one will eat them!
Add some toffee chips OR peanut butter chips....
a teaspoon or two of cinnamon powder and adding sour cream in the dough
Pecans
If you have access to them, there are now festive holiday colored chocolate chips on the market that can be substituted for some of the standard chocolate chips in a recipe.
Add different spices/other flavorings, such as cinnamon, or, one of my favorites, allspice. You can try a teaspoon of any kind of liquor or extract; I recommend rum, creme de menthe, or peppermint extract. Get creative--there's an almost endless variety of flavorings to try.
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Drain a can of crushed pineapple and add to the dough. YUMMMMMMM!
Try M&Ms instead of chocolate chips