450 drop cookie recipes

Soft buttermilk drop cookies with a sweet date-pecan filling hidden inside. Spiced with cinnamon and baked golden, this big-batch recipe yields up to 6 dozen.

Apple raisin drop cookies from a cake mix with sour cream, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Soft, cakey cookies loaded with shredded apple, dusted with powdered sugar.

Pineapple drop cookies with crushed pineapple, brown sugar, walnuts, and raisins. Soft, cake-like cookies with tropical fruit flavor and chewy pockets of nuts and raisins.

Toasty pecan drop cookies with German sweet chocolate, cinnamon, and toasted pecans. Brownie-like centers with crisp edges, two dozen in 30 minutes.

Old-fashioned oatmeal drop cookies use lard for tender texture, sour milk for tang, and chopped raisins for chew. Big-batch heritage cookie that yields 80 from one bowl.

No-bake penuche drop cookies made with brown sugar, butter, oats, and chopped nuts. A stovetop candy-style treat ready in minutes with no oven needed.

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.

Fudgy drop cookies packed with black walnuts and unsweetened chocolate, topped with a glossy homemade chocolate frosting. Old-fashioned, from-scratch baking that makes 2 dozen in under an hour.

Soft, sugar-coated cookie drops studded with mint chocolate chips. Made with oil instead of butter for a tender crumb that stays chewy for days.

Waffle iron drop cookies: a chocolate cocoa cookie dough baked in 2 to 3 minutes in a waffle iron instead of an oven. Crisp, patterned, and ready faster than preheating.

Oatmeal Drop Cookies with Nuts and Raisins recipe

Oatmeal Cookie Drops with Milk Chocolate & Almonds recipe

Old Munich sauerbraten: beef marinated for days in a spiced vinegar bath, then clay-pot braised until fork-tender in a sweet-sour gravy thickened with gingersnaps. Authentic Bavarian pot roast for potato pancakes.

Turkey gumbo built from a leftover carcass with a dark roux, okra, smoked sausage, bacon, and Cajun spices. A rich, hearty way to use your holiday turkey.

German gingerbread cookies (Lebkuchen-style) with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and dark molasses. A classic Christmas cookie that bakes drop-style or chills overnight for cookie-cutter shapes.

No-bake coconut oatmeal cookies with cocoa, rolled in minutes on the stovetop. Chewy, chocolatey drop cookies that set on wax paper with zero oven time.