468 chewy recipes

Pretzel bread buns, soft deli-style rolls with a chewy, mahogany pretzel crust from a quick baking soda bath. Bread machine dough makes them easy, ready for burgers and sandwiches.

Five-ingredient cake mix peanut butter cookies: a shortcut hack that turns a box of cake mix into 3 dozen chewy peanut butter cookies. Ready in 25 minutes, no mixer required.

Homemade pita bread with the puffed pocket: bread flour, yeast, oil, and a hot oven. Soft, chewy rounds for stuffing, dipping, or tearing fresh from the pan.

Fool-proof bread machine French bread: just flour, water, salt and yeast for a crisp-crusted, chewy-crumb loaf. The minimalist bread that never fails. Endlessly customizable.

M&M peanut butter cookies with oats: a chewy peanut-butter base studded with semi-sweet M&M's for the candy-shell crunch. A colorful spin on the classic peanut butter cookie.

Pillowy coconut macaroons fold toasted shredded coconut into a glossy meringue base, then bake into chewy, golden-edged mounds. Six-ingredient flourless cookies with crisp edges and soft centers.

Vegan black bean chili with smoky chipotle and chewy seitan stand-in for meat. A 45-minute one-pot chili that delivers serious depth and heat without animal protein.

Classic peanut butter cookies with the signature fork-pressed crisscross pattern. Vegetable shortening keeps them tender and bakery-style chewy, with both sugars layering caramel and bright sweetness.

Best ever French bread uses a stir-and-rest method instead of kneading for a crusty, chewy loaf with a glossy egg-washed crust. Adapts to wheat, rye, cheese, or herb.

Crusty rye bread round with apple cider vinegar for tang and a chewy crumb. A simple Old World loaf that bakes up dense, crackly-crusted, and perfect for thick deli sandwiches.

Big, chewy whole wheat chocolate chip cookies with golden-brown edges and a soft center. Only 9 ingredients and 25 minutes from mixing bowl to cookie jar.

Flourless peanut butter cookies made with just peanut butter, sugar, egg whites, and chopped peanuts. Naturally gluten-free with no butter or flour. Crisp edges, chewy peanut centers.

Mom's banana oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy drop cookies with mashed bananas, rolled oats, butter, and a hint of lemon juice. A classic family recipe that yields nearly 80 cookies.

Classic almond macaroons made with almond paste and stiff egg whites. Chewy centers with crisp edges, these gluten-free cookies release easily with a wet towel trick.

Chocolate chip pop't wheat cookies fold puffed wheat cereal and quick oats into a honey-sweetened batter loaded with chocolate chips. Light, crackly edges with a chewy oatmeal center.

Whole wheat chocolate chip cookies made lighter with canola oil, egg whites and whole wheat pastry flour. Chewy, lower-fat cookies with all the chocolate and none of the heaviness.