272 butter cookie recipes

Twice-baked chocolate biscotti loaded with Dutch-process cocoa and toasted hazelnuts or walnuts. Crisp, sturdy, and dunkable, with a deep cocoa flavor and no butter or oil. The classic Italian coffee cookie, made dark.

Cinnamon oatmeal apple cookies fold grated apple, raisins, and whipped egg whites into an oat batter sweetened with apple juice or honey. Soft, lightly spiced, naturally low-fat cookies.

I made these cookies and they came out perfectly. They did not stick to the pan or spread while baking. I did drop batter with a spoon to keep them on the small side.

English rocks cookies packed with candied cherries, candied pineapple, dates, and pecans in a spiced brown sugar-buttermilk batter. A dense, fruity holiday cookie baked low and slow.

Beatles cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies made with sour cream, chocolate chips, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. The tangy batter and warm spice finish make these an addictive cookie jar staple.

Rich chocolate drop cookies with a sour cream batter and glossy chocolate-coffee icing drizzled on top. Old-fashioned bakery-style cookies that melt on your tongue.

Raisin spice drop cookies with plumped raisins, rolled oats, cinnamon, and allspice. The raisin soaking liquid goes right into the batter for concentrated fruit flavor in a soft, chewy cookie.

Fudge nut brownies with a cream cheese-chocolate filling sandwiched between a buttery cookie crust. Loaded with walnuts and semi-sweet chocolate. Freezer-friendly.

A massive batch cookie recipe loaded with oats, raisins, pecans, butterscotch chips, and maple syrup. Makes dozens and dozens of chewy, buttery cookies for bake sales, holidays, and gifting.

Double chocolate drop cookies with melted unsweetened chocolate in the batter, semi-sweet chips throughout, and a from-scratch chocolate frosting on top.

Soft-baked bars with apples, cranberries, and nuts baked into orange-scented batter, then frosted with tangy orange cream cheese icing. Perfect for holiday cookie trays.

Double chocolate oat cookies with melted chocolate in the batter and chocolate chips stirred in. Chewy, fudgy, and ready in 30 minutes from start to cooling rack.

Soft apple cookies loaded with raisins, nuts, and warm spices, topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. Apple juice in the batter doubles down on fresh apple flavor.

Triple chocolate cookies with melted semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate in the batter, chocolate chips folded in, then dipped in more melted chocolate. Fudgy, crackle-topped, and loaded with nuts.

Old-fashioned Christmas Rocks cookies bursting with candied fruit, dates, figs, pecans, raisins, and currants in a cocoa-spiced batter with a hint of coffee. Dense, chewy, and built to last.

Chewy, loaded drop cookies hiding shredded zucchini inside a brown sugar batter packed with oats, coconut, raisins, nuts, and butterscotch chips. The zucchini keeps them soft and moist while the mix-ins bring all the crunch and sweetness.