Remember the refrigerator cookies? This easy cookie recipe that you can freeze in rolls and bake on demand? Why not deliver some and make even more people happy?

  • Refrigeration: 1 hour
  • For about 45 cookies


Ingredients

Base dough

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2,5 ml baking powder
  • 1 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg


Variations

Use a third of the dough for each or multiply the ingredients below by three to make only one flavour.

  • 10 drops Aliksir bergamot oil (GO or EO)
  • 30 ml pine nuts


  • 15 drops Aliksir lemon oil (GO or EO)
  • 15 ml chia seeds



Preparation

  1. In a bowl, mix the flour and the baking powder.
  2. In a bigger bowl, beat the butter and the sugar.
  3. Add the egg and beat some more.
  4. Gradually incorporate the dry ingredients while beating to reach a homogenous texture.
  5. Shape a ball and divide it into three parts.
  6. Flavour each ball and adjust to taste. Keep in mind that oils are volatile. Once the cookies are baked, they will be more discrete.
  7. Shape each ball of dough in a 5 centimeters diametre roll.
  8. Wrap each roll separately in aluminium foil (or wax paper) and twist the ends.
  9. Refrigerate until the dough is firm, approximately 1 hour.
  10. Preheat the oven at 350 °F. Grease a baking sheet.
  11. Slice the rolls into cookies and place them on the baking sheet.
  12. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the cookies are golden.


*This cookie dough can also be frozen.

*For more variations, click here and here.