67 chewy sugar cookie recipes

Big, hearty banana peanut butter oat cookies loaded with raisins and brown sugar. No mixer needed for these chewy drop cookies. Makes 18 jumbo-sized jumbles in 30 minutes.

Chewy Greek almond macaroons made with ground almonds, egg whites, and fragrant rosewater create gluten-free cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

The perfect spice cookie. Loaded with flavor with crispy edges and a very chewy center from the molasses and brown sugar.

Triple C cookies loaded with chocolate chips and chopped pecans, made with dark brown sugar and unbleached flour for rich toffee flavor and chewy texture. A classic cookie done right.

Soft, spiced ginger cookies using prune butter to replace fat. Crackled sugar-coated tops with chewy centers, perfect for guilt-free snacking.

Classic oatmeal cookies with brown sugar, shortening, and three cups of rolled oats. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and endlessly customizable with mix-ins.

Pumpkin macaroons made with ground pecans, coconut, pumpkin puree, and maple syrup. Light and chewy egg white cookies sweetened naturally without refined sugar. Baked low and slow.

Crunchy drop cookies loaded with crushed corn cereal and raisins or chocolate chips. Brown sugar keeps them chewy inside with crisp golden edges.

Classic Italian amaretti cookies made with just egg whites, sugar, ground almonds, and almond extract. Crisp outside, chewy inside, and naturally gluten-free.

Holiday Unbeatables are chewy, no-butter cookies made with egg whites, powdered sugar, walnuts, and candied cherries. Naturally gluten-light with a crisp edge and soft, meringue-like center.

Chocolate sugar cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate and butter, rolled in sugar for a crackly, sparkly crust. Chewy centers with crisp edges, ready from one bowl with no mixer needed.

Pineapple pecan bars with a shortbread crust topped with a crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and pecan custard filling. A chewy tropical bar cookie that cuts cleanly into 32 pieces, perfect for cookie trays.

Old-fashioned rock cookies packed with raisins, chopped dates, and nuts in a spiced brown sugar dough with cinnamon and cloves. Dense, chewy, and fruit-studded, these hold up for days in a cookie tin.

Five-ingredient Southern pecan dainties with brown sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Crispy, chewy, flourless pecan cookies baked low and slow. Makes six dozen from one batch.

Gluten-free almond cookies made from just three ingredients: almond paste, sugar and egg whites. Naturally flourless, chewy and intensely almond, shaped into balls or crescents and rolled in pine nuts. Classic Italian pignoli-style cookies.

Italian macaroons made from almond paste kneaded with egg whites and sugar, baked into chewy, fragrant amaretti-style cookies. A short rest before baking gives them their crackly top and tender center.