Try:

½ cup chopped nuts

½ cup mini chocolate or peanut butter chips

1 teaspoon mint extract in place of vanilla

½ cup dried cranberries or cherries

½ cup shredded coconut

mini marshmallows across the top, once baking is complete add them across the top and low broil until toasted

The mix on its own is a basic Sugar Cookie, so your imagination is limitless with these! Please note, they can taste a little bitter and that’s the flavor of millet. Have fun with them and try all sorts of combinations.

Sugar Cookies: add 1 tsp vanilla

Nut Butter: 1 tsp vanilla, ¾ cup nut butter of your choice

Chocolate Chip: 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup chocolate chips

Lemon: 2 tsp lemon extract, ½ - 1 tsp lemon zest

Cranberry Orange: 2 tsp orange extract, ½ cup dried cranberries

Maple Pecan: 2 tsp maple extract, 1 cup chopped pecans

Cocoa: 1 tsp vanilla, ¼ cup cocoa powder

Molasses: 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger, ½ tsp ground cloves, ¼ cup molasses

Snickerdoodles: 1 tsp vanilla, roll balls of cookie dough in a mixture of 2 tsp cinnamon and 3 Tbsp sugar

We’ve had a number of suggestions with this one, and the repeated one is to use buttermilk instead of regular milk. We can’t vouch for this just yet, so let us know what you think!

Sub buttermilk for milk

When baking in cast iron, you can sub butter in the pan with bacon drippings

Some great ideas from MasterClass:

Jalapeno Cheddar: 2 Tbsp chopped jalapeno, ¾ cup shredded cheese

Apple Sage: ½ cup grated, peeled green apple, 2 Tbsp fresh chopped sage

Maple Bacon: ½ cup maple syrup, 1 cup chopped cooked bacon

Cheesy Garlic: ¾ cup sharp cheddar cheese, ½ teaspoon thyme leaves, and 3 cloves minced garlic

Try:

½ cup chocolate chips

Lemon Poppyseed: 2 tsp of lemon extract in place of vanilla, 2 Tbsp poppy seeds

Cranberry Orange: 2 tsp orange extract, ½ cup dried cranberries

Maple Pecan: 2 tsp maple extract, 1 cup chopped pecans

Blueberry: ½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Apple Cinnamon: 2 tsp cinnamon, ½ cup shredded or finely peeled and diced apple

Try:

Buttermilk instead of milk

½ cup of your favorite fruit (blueberries, chopped strawberries, diced pineapple)

½ cup chocolate chips, coconut, or rolled oats

½ cup or scoop of protein powder for an added boost