236 easy cookie recipes

Simple butter cookies with just six ingredients roll, cut, and decorate easily for endless holiday shapes that stay soft and tender straight from the oven.

Slice-and-bake molasses cookies with ginger, brown sugar, and a crisp, thin snap. Shape the dough into a log, chill, slice thin, and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Orange macadamia nut cookies are buttery shortbread diamonds with chopped macadamias and bright orange zest. Just five ingredients, no eggs, rolled and cut for a tea-tray cookie that bakes up tender and crisp.

Buttery almond cookies with crumbly texture bake up in 20 minutes. No chilling required for this simplified version with a whole almond pressed into each round.

Oat bran and date cookies made with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, and brown sugar. A fiber-rich drop cookie with a nutty, chewy bite that makes three dozen in 30 minutes.

No-bake peanut butter chocolate oat cookies, the classic stove-top drop cookie with cocoa, oats, and peanut butter. 60 cookies set in 30 minutes, no oven required.

Rich, fudgy brownies loaded with unsweetened baking chocolate that stay moist even after freezing. Toss in nuts or chocolate chips if you like, then cut, freeze, and serve straight from the freezer for a crowd.

Crispy at the edges and chewy in the middle. For those days when you feel like having a chewy cookie for a change.

It's hard to be not tasty when there are fresh mint and chocolate chips in cookies. If you have lots of fresh mint growing at your back yard, these delicious chocolate chip mint cookies should definitely be on your "to-bake" list!

Chocolate and mint are one of the most delicious pairs. These buttery and flakey chocolate cookies are sandwiched with peppermint cream. It's impossible to say no to these sweets.

Indulge in the delightful warmth of Irish Ginger snap cookies, with a rich history and a perfect blend of spicy ginger and sweet flavors.

I make these every year for Christmas and everyone loves them!

My Aunt makes these every year for Christmas and we look forward to them every year. Addictive and absolutely delicious and only 4 ingredients!

Easiest chocolate chip cookies use mostly brown sugar plus a splash of milk for a soft, chewy crumb loaded with chocolate chips. A no-chill, one-bowl drop cookie ready in about 20 minutes.

Crispy and a children pleaser. A very quick and easy no-bake recipe that the kids can help make.

If you love butterscotch and oatmeal cookies, these are the best.