5,347 cookies cookie recipes

Holiday almond wreath cookies piped from a star tip and decorated with red and green candied cherries. Buttery almond shortbread in a festive Christmas-tin shape.

Chocolate melting moments made with cocoa and cake flour, filled with a mocha chocolate center. Tender, melt-in-your-mouth thumbprint cookies that shatter with each bite.

Date sticks: chewy bar cookies packed with chopped dates and nuts in a tender cake-like base, cut into strips and dusted with powdered sugar. Pantry-staple treat.

Chestnut meringues with chopped marrons glaces folded through crisp, snowy French meringue, dusted with cocoa. A delicate, old-world European cookie for tea trays and holiday gift tins.

Pecan crisps made with butter, brown sugar, and vanilla, rolled thin and topped with a pecan half. A simple kneaded dough yields tender, nutty cookies with lightly browned edges.

Cocanes are old-fashioned butter cookies made with brown sugar, shaped into fingers, and baked in a hot oven. No liquid needed. Just six ingredients, mixed by hand, yielding 2 dozen crumbly, buttery bites.

Buttery shortbread cookie bars packed with chopped walnuts and a thick layer of strawberry jam baked between two golden crusts. Rich, sweet, and utterly impossible to eat just one.

Elegant tea cakes are thin, crisp slice-and-bake butter cookies with vanilla and cream. Not too sweet, designed for dunking in tea and topping with jam or marmalade.

Sugar crisps made with oats, almond extract, and a baking soda-vinegar reaction for extra lift. Rolled into balls and flattened with a sugar-dipped glass for a crackly, crisp cookie.

Vegetarian ginger snaps are rolled, cut-out spice cookies deep with molasses, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. Egg-free and dairy-free, rolled thin and baked low for a proper crisp snap.

Very distinctive, thse macroons are not too sweet, but are crunchy and chewy and rich with the exotic flavor of toasted pine nuts.

No-bake chocolate and dried fruit squares studded with nuts, topped with candied orange zest. These refrigerator treats combine tropical dried fruit mix with rich semi-sweet chocolate for an elegant bite.

A great light snack that is perfect for a day at the beach or some quiet time on your porch.

Loukoumades, Greek honey puffs made with yogurt and brandy batter, deep-fried until golden and drizzled with honey, cinnamon, and nuts. Crispy outside, airy inside.

Chocolate raspberry truffles: milk chocolate ganache spiked with raspberry jam, rolled into bite-size balls and dipped in white chocolate. Four dozen no-bake confections for gifts or holiday tins.

Buttery shortbread bars studded with mini chocolate chips and crowned with a glossy melted chocolate topping. One-bowl batter, no ganache, no double boiler required.