Sweet recipe collection

Dutch-style icebox spice cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a brown sugar dough enriched with butter, lard and sour cream. Slice-and-bake rolls keep weeks in the fridge for instant warm cookies.

Make it a jolly festive season with delicious, easy Christmas snacks. Give the gift of a memorable treat.

Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies built on all brown sugar (no white) for caramel depth, plus shortening for a tender, almost crumbly texture. Classic crisscross fork press on top.

Molasses oatmeal raisin cookies use just 2 tablespoons of dark molasses to deepen the flavor of classic raisin oat cookies, with cinnamon and rolled oats. Old-fashioned chewy lunchbox favorite.

Mom's chocolate chip pecan cookies use shortening instead of butter for thicker, chewier cookies that hold their shape, packed with semi-sweet chocolate morsels and toasted pecans throughout.

Make oatmeal feel special and try this recipe that makes scrumptious cookies you won't want to put down.

Oatmeal raisin drop cookies with steam-plumped raisins, oat bran, buttermilk, and walnuts. Soft, chewy, and warm with cinnamon and nutmeg. The technique that keeps raisins from going hard.

The original Toll House chocolate chip cookies, the recipe that started it all: creamed butter and two sugars, vanilla, and chocolate morsels baked into a classic chewy-edged cookie. Add nuts if you like.

I add a couple of teaspoons of multi-colored nonpareils to make them a bit more festive.

Linzer cookies built on a buttery ground-almond shortbread, scented with vanilla, almond extract, and a hint of cinnamon. Each cookie holds a thumbprint of lemon-spiked raspberry jam, finished with sliced almonds and powdered sugar.

Chewy chocolate oatmeal cookies loaded with cocoa and nuts. Soft centers that stay slightly moist, ready in 25 minutes from start to finish.

Slice-and-bake chocolate walnut cookies built on a flourless-style dough with a pound of melted semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Crackly tops, fudgy centers, almost no flour.

Classic chocolate chip cookies with a tablespoon of water for soft, chewy centers and crisp golden edges. Half butter, half sugar, plenty of semi-sweet chips. One bowl, no chilling.

Simple chocolate chip cookies made with unsalted butter for pure, buttery flavor. Quick 25-minute recipe yields 24 tender cookies with crispy edges and soft centers.

Cake mix bar cookies need just five pantry ingredients and one bowl. Cake mix, an egg, oil, water, and chocolate chips bake into chewy bars or drop cookies in under 30 minutes.

Chewy double chocolate cookies combine a fudgy cocoa dough with semi-sweet chocolate chips for soft, dark, brownie-textured cookies. Bake just 8 to 9 minutes for the chewiest center.