315 cookie cake recipes

Little snow people cookies: holiday snowman cookies shaped from festive dough with three stacked balls, decorated with mini chocolate chip eyes, cinnamon candy buttons, and peanut butter cup hats.

Peanut butter shortbread: round pan-pressed shortbread with peanut butter in the dough and a peanut butter icing topped with melted white chocolate drizzle. Two pan-rounds.

French lace cookies bake corn syrup, shortening, brown sugar, flour, and pecans into thin, delicate, caramel-toffee disks. Optional chocolate drizzle. Five ingredients, holiday tray classic.

Easy elephant ears cookies (palmiers) bake from rolled puff pastry, sugar, and egg wash into crisp golden hearts, dipped in melted chocolate. Four-ingredient bakery-style treats ready in 40 minutes.

Santa Claus cookies are soft drop cookies with bright lemon zest, baked then frosted and decorated into jolly Santa faces. A Christmas cookie tray classic for kids.

Crunchy Italian orange almond biscotti, twice-baked for that signature snap and loaded with toasted almonds and bright orange zest. A no-butter cookie made for dunking in coffee or vin santo.

These healthy and scrumptious cookies are made with persimmon pulp, applesauce and chopped almonds.

Reese's cookies loaded with peanut butter chips and milk chocolate chips in a soft, chewy drop cookie. That classic peanut butter-chocolate combo in every bite.

Yeasted anise biscotti from Genoa, made with a sponge starter for a lighter, bread-like crumb. Twice-baked with butter and aniseed, these are nothing like ordinary biscotti.

Gooey butter pecan bars layered with melted marshmallows, chocolate chips, and coconut on a cake mix crust. A 5-minute prep, no-fuss dessert bar that disappears at every potluck and bake sale.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Lightly spiced bars made with apricot nectar and dried apricots, finished with a tangy apricot glaze for double the fruit flavor.

Bisochos (also known as Ka'ak or Crozettes), traditional Sephardic sesame-coated bread rings with anise, fennel, or coriander seed. Crisp, nutty, and dipped in egg before sesame.

Crunchy oat, cornflake and coconut cookies sandwiched with chocolate cream cheese filling. Retro-style double crunchers with texture contrast in every bite.

Yogurt chocolate chip cookies with honey and brown sugar for a soft, chewy texture. Plain yogurt replaces some fat for tender cookies with a subtle tang.

Much lighter than regular cookies, but still tasted great. These macaroons were not as sweet, which is what I prefer. If you are looking for a gluten-free cookie recipe that doesn't sacrifice yumminess, this recipe fits the standard.