Make over 120 cookies for just $4.00! This fantastic basic cookie recipe is terrific value, makes loads and has lots of room for variations:
- 500g margarine
- 1 tin condensed milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 cups self-raising flour
Cream sugar and margarine. Add condensed milk and flour. Roll into teaspoon sized balls and press down with a fork. Place on greased trays and bake in moderate oven until golden brown (approximately 10-15 minutes). Before baking I divide the mixture into five and add the following ingredients for different flavoured cookies:
- Chocolate chips and glace cherries (chopped)
- Cornflakes and sultanas
- Hundreds and Thousands
- Jam drops
- Milo and coconut
You could add any number of other things like Rice Bubbles, Smarties, nuts, cinnamon and other spices and so on. The raw mixture can be frozen in balls, just thaw slightly before baking. From this one batch we made 123 cookies and by my calculations using the cheapest possible ingredients the whole batch cost just over $4.00 to make!