Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 4 sticks (2 cups) butter or margarine (not spread), at room temperature
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat all ingredients except flour until fluffy. With mixer on low speed, gradually beat in flour until blended.

2. Vanilla Dough:

3. Take half the dough out of mixer and divide that half in quarters. Roll one of the quarters into a ball, flatten slightly, wrap and refrigerate.

4. Keep three of the quarters out to work with after preparing chocolate dough.

5. Chocolate Dough:

6. To dough left in mixer, mix in 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract.

7. Divide dough in quarters. Keep three pieces at room temperature, ready to shape.

8. Chocolate- Coffee dough:

9. To remaining quarter, add 2 tsp. instant-coffee powder and mix well. Flatten slightly, wrap and refrigerate. Keep three remaining quarters out.

10. With remaining quarters, add dried, chopped apricots and chopped pecans, oatmeal and peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter or any other combination of your choice, or just make them plain.

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