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Set the oven to 375 degrees.
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Combine margarine, brown sugar, and white sugar in a bowl. Mix until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
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In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
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Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture a little bit at a time while mixing, until completely combined.
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Now with most recipes, this is the moment when you dump a bag of chocolate chips into the batter. This precisely what we are NOT going to do!
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Here is the key to making 7 types of cookie from one batter.
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Place 12 spoonfuls of batter onto a cookie sheet.
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Add candies and nuts to each dollop of batter as desired.
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1. M&M Cookies
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2. Peanut Butter M&M Cookies (for a mild peanut buttery taste)
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3. Chocolate Chip Cookies
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4. Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
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5. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
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6. Rocky Road Cookies (with chocolate chips, walnuts, and mini marshmallows)
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7. Snickerdoodles (for these ones, just roll a bit of batter into a ball in the palm of your hand, then roll the ball and coat it with a cinnamon sugar mixture)
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Cook for 9 minutes.
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If you make all 7 types of cookies, you will have enough batter for 5 of each kind. For 10 of each kind, double the entire recipe.
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Enjoy!