I have been wanting to make root beer cookies for such a long time and finally, I made them!! My local cake shop was always out of root beer extract so I didn't want to make any cookies until I had root beer extract.
Tips on How to Make Root Beer Cookies
- Use the mini ice cream scoop in shaping your cookies. You will have uniform-sized cookies each time.
- Be careful to give each of the cookie dough enough space on the baking mats or baking sheets. This would ensure that they won't stick together after baking, thus giving you a hard time in separating them.
- Vanilla beans or pods if available, are an amazing substitute to vanilla extract. It is a bit pricey but take advantage and use it when you have them.
- Sift, sift, sift! Do this to all of your dry ingredients like baking soda, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and all-purpose flour. You will see how smooth your dough will be when you sift your dry ingredients carefully before mixing them together.
- To keep this recipe budget friendly use root beer instead of root beer extract
How to Make Root Beer Cookies:
Before starting off with the recipe, it is best to preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease cookie sheets or pans if they are not the non-stick kind.
In a large bowl, add butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar:
Mix until light and fluffy:
Add egg, vanilla extract and continue mixing:
In a medium-size bowl add flour, salt, and baking soda:
Using a hand-held mixer, or a stand mixer, thoroughly mix it until smooth and well-combined:
Add root beer and mix until everything is combined:
Fun Fact: Rootbeer is not a beer, thus it is not alcoholic in any way. It is just soda with a very slight aftertaste of beer.
Now it's time to add the flour mixture and mix until well combined, then add chocolate chips:
Use a mini ice cream scoop to make evenly sized cookie dough:
Place them in pre-greased baking mats/pans and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown:
Tadaaa! I can smell such a delicious aroma at this point, but I can't eat them yet!
Let the cookies cool down in a wire rack for five minutes:
Can you see how big my first bite was?!? That's how good this cookie tastes!
Who would have thought adding soda to cookies would make them taste AMAZING!! If you are a fan of cookies, this is definitely a must try because these cookies were soft and chewy and it actually reminded me of Mrs. Fields Cookies! You only need 6 tablespoons so just purchase the small bottle, I purchased 1 liter of root beer and now it's sitting on my table. My family and I don't drink soda, so I'm going to have to bring it to work or school.
If you guys try this recipe, let me know how it turns out!!
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Root Beer Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 stick butter softened (½ cup)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons Root Beer or 1 drop Root Beer Extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, grease cookie sheets.
- In a medium size bowl add flour, salt, baking soda and mix.
- In a large bowl, add butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla extract and continue mixing. Add root beer and mix until everything is combined. Then add flour mixture and mix until well combined, then add chocolate chips.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
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Marissa says
Hey,
Just wanted to ask, how many pieces of cookies does your root beer cookies recipe makes?
Hope to hear from you soon as I would love to give it a try and make for about 120 cookies.
Thanks!
Lainey says
Hi Marissa,
This recipe only makes about 35 bite sized cookies. 🙂
Ivan Chandra says
Hey, I think there's a typo.. We supposed to used 1/2 a teaspoons of baking soda, not 12, rights? I wonder why my cookies ended left so much bitter after taste.. T__T
Lainey says
Hi Ivan, I apologize!! :/ There was supposed to be a / between the 1 and 2. However these cookies are super delicious if you are willing to try it again. Again, I am so sorry!
Zori says
Could you use root beer concentrate instead of extract or the soda? If so, how much would I add of the concentrate? Thanks in advance!
Lainey says
Hi I've never tried concentrated root beer! so if you try it you need to put half because it is concentrated lol (:
Lainey says
Hey, Zori! I think you can use root beer concentrate instead of soda. Try 1 and a half teaspoons of root beer concentrate. Tag me when you bake it!
Lainey says
Absolutely Zori, you can use root beer concentrate! It's typically more intense in flavor than extract, so I’d recommend starting with a smaller amount. Try adding 1/2 teaspoon of concentrate for a subtle root beer flavor, and increase up to 1 teaspoon if you prefer a stronger taste. Adjust to your liking, and enjoy! 😊
Suzanne Woodring says
I made them for my husband's church yesterday. They had root beer floats and I thought they would go perfect. I think they went over well. I will make them again. Maybe cut down on the sugar just a little.
Lainey says
Hey Suzanne! Wow, I am so glad you liked this recipe! Please make them again and tag me on any of my social media accounts 🙂
Yani says
Wow! I need this recipe!
Lainey says
Hey, Yani! Thank you! Hope you check out my other recipes, too!
Celeste Cline says
You're the first person that has a recipe with actual Root Beer Pop in it! Thank you! I have been wanting to see if there are cookies to make with actual 'pop'.
Lainey says
Yay! Thank you so much Celeste for swinging by! Hope you find my other recipes helpful, too!
Lainey says
Hi Celeste! Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you have tried this recipe and hope you loved it! xx
Rachelle says
I tried to make these with root beer extract and it was to dry for dough to form. Thankfully I had some root beer in the basement and I added some regular root beer. Then the texture was a little odd, probably because I added the root beer at the end? I will have to try it again with soda from the start and no extract. 😄
Lainey says
Hi Rachelle! Sorry if the dough came out dry. I am glad you had regular beer on hand. Tag me when you do another batch with just the soda 🙂 xx
Clara says
I am a at home caregiver and my client used to make these was looking for this recipe to make them myself since she passed away thank you for having it
Lainey says
Hi Clara! You're welcome. I'm sorry to know about your client. Please tag me a photo when you bake this.:)
Anonymous says
Hi there,
Can this be made with Diet Soda? Thanks!
Lainey says
Hello there,
Yes, of course you can. Please let me know how it goes when you try making this recipe. 🙂
Deatra Skeens says
I didn't have the extract but they turned out perfect without it. I've never seen cookies gone so fast. My family's new favorite cookie. We all want to say thank You for sharing.😁
Lainey says
Oh that's great! You're welcome, Deatra! It's my pleasure to share. It's good to know that your family love this recipe. Are you a fan of cookies? I hope you will love my other cookie recipes too! 🙂