Turn my popular one bowl chocolate chip cookies into DIY cookie mixes! Simply add the dry ingredients to a bag, store in the pantry, and have warm cookies in under 20 minutes (no mixer or mess needed!).
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Why I Love Homemade Cookie Mixes
- Save time & cleanup: Having everything pre-measured prevents you from having to get out all the ingredients & dirty dishes every time you're craving cookies!
- Tastier than premade! With these, you get all the flavors of homemade cookies without the work.
- Personalize: DIY cookie mixes allow you to customize your cookies according to your taste preferences, whether it's adding M&M's, extra chocolate chips, nuts, or other ingredients like gluten-free flour.
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Granulated & Brown sugar: You can use light or dark brown sugar (I used dark for the cookies above!).
- Baking soda, baking powder, and salt
- All-purpose flour: You can also use your favorite gluten-free flour to make this gluten-free. My favorite brand is Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour.
- Chocolate chips: You can use any mix-ins you want! Dark chocolate chips, peanut butter chocolate chisp, and m&m's are some of my faves! If you use all chocolate chips, I highly suggest chopping or pulsing half of the chips so that you get a bakery-style look & texture.
- To bake mix, you'll need: Melted butter, egg, and vanilla extract. This recipe uses melted butter, so no mixer is needed! You can use salted or unsalted butter for these, I just don't recommend using margarine or the dough will be too soupy.
How to Make DIY Cookie Mixes:
Next time you're baking cookies, grab a few ziploc bags and make some extra for next time - it's so quick & easy!
Step 1: Write Instructions on Bag or Print Tags
If you're planning to write the instructions on the bag (instead of using my printable tags), I suggest writing it on before filling since it's easier to write when it's completely flat.
On the bag, write: "Add: 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and ½ cup (1 stick) melted butter. Roll into 2-tablespoon balls, gently flatten, and bake at 350°F 8-10 minutes."
Download the Printable DIY Cookie Mix Tags!
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Step 2: Add Dry Ingredients
Add dry ingredients to a quart-sized bag: light brown sugar (½ cup), granulated sugar (¼ cup), baking soda (¼ teaspoon), baking powder (¼ teaspoon), and salt (¼ teaspoon), all-purpose flour (1¼ cups), chocolate chips (½ whole and ½ cup chopped).
Tip: For easy filling, fold the top of the bag down a few inches, then add the sugars first as they will hold down the bag.
Gifting Idea: Wrap in Parchment
For a more giftable presentation, wrap each bag in parchment paper and tie off with a string and instruction tag. These are great for gifting new parents, college students, or to give as holiday gifts!
Mix-In Ideas
- Chocolate Chips (semi-sweet, dark, milk, or white)
- Baking chips (peanut butter, butterscotch, toffee)
- Chopped Nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, peanuts)
- Dried Fruits (raisins, cranberries, apricots, cherries)
- Candy Pieces (M&M's, Reese's Pieces, chopped candy bars, caramel bits)
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DIY Cookie Mixes
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients (add to bag)
- ½ cup light or dark brown sugar (I've been on a dark kick lately!)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (not packed, just scooped and leveled with a knife)
- 1 cup chocolate chips, m&m's, or mix-ins I like to chop half of the chocolate chips so that the cookies spread more & have a more speckled look, but it's totally optional!
Wet Ingredients (write on bag)
- ½ cup melted butter (i.e. 1 stick)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Instructions
- Add dry ingredients to the bag in this order: light brown sugar (½ cup), granulated sugar (¼ cup), baking soda (¼ teaspoon), baking powder (¼ teaspoon), and salt (¼ teaspoon), all-purpose flour (1¼ cups), chocolate chips (½ whole and ½ cup chopped) or other mix-ins.
- On the bag, write the following (or print off my free tags!):"Add: 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and ½ cup (1 stick) melted butter. Roll into 2-tablespoon balls, gently flatten, and bake at 350°F 8-10 minutes."
- Store in pantry for 1-2 months. Each bag makes about 1 dozen cookies.
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Breanne
Can this recipe be made into a large container like your brownie mix?
Melissa
Yes!
Susan Soares
Cookies turned out great! Just made them to sell at our church for our mission trip. They were a good texture and delicious.
Melissa
So happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe, Susan! Thank you so much for leaving a review!