2,807 baker cookie recipes

Rolled and cut oatmeal cookies with finely chopped rolled oats worked into a buttery shortbread-style dough. Holds shape through cutting, perfect for cookie decorating.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

Buttery thumbprint cookies with a tender shortbread base waiting for a spoonful of jam or icing in the dimpled center. Egg-yolk-rich dough that bakes pale and sandy, never browned.

Jam shortbread bars sandwich a layer of cherry or raspberry preserves between two almond-rich shortbread layers. A buttery, almond-scented sliced bar for tea trays and holiday tins.

Ultimate triple chocolate chunk cookies pack melted semisweet chocolate into the dough, plus chunks of semisweet and white chocolate folded in. Soft, fudgy, and chocolate-loaded in every bite.

One bowl macaroons need just three ingredients: shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla. Chewy centers, crisp golden edges, ready in 35 minutes. Naturally gluten-free.

Italian biscotti with candied cherries, chopped nuts, and a hint of star anise. Twice-baked for that signature dry crackly snap, perfect for dunking in coffee, espresso, or vin santo.

Classic savayar (savoiardi), Italian ladyfinger cookies piped from a sponge batter of egg yolks, whipped whites, sugar, and flour. Crisp outside, tender inside, the perfect tiramisu builder or dessert dunker.

Lemon butter cookies with fresh lemon juice and zest in a crisp rolled-and-cut shortbread. A tender, citrusy classic dusted with sugar for a sparkly bakery-style top.

Chocolate marshmallow sandwich cookies with soft cake-like chocolate rounds and a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Homemade whoopie pies for lunchboxes, bake sales, and after-school snacks.

Homemade fig newtons with a chewy brown-sugar cookie wrapped around real fig jam cooked with lemon. The classic lunchbox cookie made fresh, no preservatives required.

Heart shaped cookie bakes a giant chocolate chip cookie in a 9-inch heart pan, then crowns it with melted chocolate frosting. Edible Valentine's gift you frost and decorate at home.

Pfeffernuesse (German pepper nut cookies) are tiny round spice cookies flavored with cinnamon, allspice, clove, nutmeg, and mace, finished with a drop of brandy before baking. A traditional Christmas cookie from Germany.

Classic filled cookies sandwich a sticky raisin filling between two rounds of tender lard-based dough. The old-fashioned raisin cookie your grandmother used to bake every Sunday.

Blueberry drop cookies fold fresh blueberries and bright lemon zest into a soft cake-style dough, then bake into pillowy, fruit-studded rounds. A summer cookie that's halfway to a muffin top.

Oslo twists are Norwegian fried cookies with crisp, blistered dough twisted through a center slit. Dusted with powdered sugar, this old-world treat shatters at first bite.