1,350 kookie recipes

Layered caramel chocolate finger bars using Swiss chocolate cake mix, melted caramels, evaporated milk, and semisweet chips. Just 5 ingredients and 40 minutes for 3 dozen bars.

No-bake cherry rum balls rolled in powdered sugar, made with vanilla wafer crumbs, coconut, chopped nuts, and sweet cherries. This batch recipe yields 100 bite-sized treats.

Chocolate hippenmasse: thin, crisp German pastry wafers made with almond paste, cocoa, and cinnamon. Spread paper-thin, baked until glossy, and cut or shaped while still warm.

This quick and easy snack is perfect for the kids to take to school or have after dinner.

Ceregi are traditional Polish deep-fried pastry twists made from egg yolk dough with a splash of whiskey. Crispy, delicate, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Crisp, light date macaroons made with just four ingredients: egg whites, dates, nuts, and powdered sugar. Naturally flour-free and baked to a golden brown.

Orange shortbread bars with fresh orange zest and cornstarch for a melt-in-your-mouth sandy texture. Score before baking for clean, even cuts.

Homemade mint wafers with just 3 ingredients: powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and peppermint extract. No-bake candy that's simple to shape and perfect for gifting.

Three-ingredient rocky road bars with melted milk chocolate, miniature marshmallows, and chopped walnuts. No baking required, just melt, mix, and chill.

Traditional kolache fillings: ground walnut, dried apricot, coconut-pecan, and poppyseed. Four classic Czech and Eastern European pastry fillings for cookies and yeast buns.

Diabetic-friendly Black Forest bars made with just three ingredients: no-sugar chocolate cake mix, sour cherries, and sugar substitute. Quick, simple, and guilt-free.

Almond orange macaroons made with blanched almonds, sugar, egg whites, and orange flower water. The naturally gluten-free Mediterranean cookie with a chewy interior and crisp golden top.

Miniature fruitcake jewels are tiny muffin-tin fruitcakes loaded with candied fruit, red and green cherries, golden raisins, dates, and pecans, finished with a brandy glaze. Holiday gifting classic.

Fig layer bars with dried California figs and chopped nuts sandwiched between a buttery oat and brown sugar crumble. A chewy, fruity bar cookie in the style of fig newtons.

Spiced raisin bars made with whole-wheat flour, apple juice-plumped raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. No refined sugar added. Topped with grated orange zest for a bright finish.

Kris Kringle no-bake bars layer crisp rice cereal with peanut butter and corn syrup, topped with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, no oven needed.