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The Essential Clueless Baking Cupboard

It’s three in the morning. It suddenly occurs to you that you can’t possibly get through the night without chocolate chip cookies. Homemade ones. Warm. Right now. Aren’t you glad you keep ingredients in the house?

Absolute necessities

 all-purpose white flour (regular or unbleached)

 all-purpose whole wheat flour

 granulated white sugar

 brown sugar (golden or dark brown)

 icing (confectioners’) sugar

 baking powder

 baking soda

 quick-rise instant dry yeast granules

 butter

 vegetable oil

 solid vegetable shortening (preferably trans-fat free)

 eggs

 milk

 semisweet chocolate chips

 semisweet baking chocolate

 unsweetened baking chocolate

 unsweetened cocoa powder

 quick-cooking rolled oats (not instant)

 pure vanilla extract

 peanut butter

 cinnamon

 raisins

 walnuts

 nonstick baking spray

Noncompulsory ingredients

 cake and pastry flour

 cornmeal

 cornstarch

 graham cracker crumbs

 chocolate wafer crumbs

 natural bran

 honey

 corn syrup

 molasses

 whipping cream

 sour cream

 buttermilk

 yogurt

 cream cheese

 cream of tartar

 ginger

 nutmeg

 pecans

 almonds

 hazelnuts

 dried cranberries

 dates

 coconut

 lemons

Specialty ingredients

 white chocolate chips or chunks

 poppy seeds

 sesame seeds

 instant coffee powder

 phyllo pastry

 gluten-free flour mixture

 brown or white rice flour