Dessert, Cookie Recipes

Much lighter than regular cookies, but still tasted great. These macaroons were not as sweet, which is what I prefer. If you are looking for a gluten-free cookie recipe that doesn't sacrifice yumminess, this recipe fits the standard.

Classic Italian biscotti studded with toasted walnuts and star anise, double-baked until crisp for perfect dunking in coffee or wine.

Joe Frogger cookies from Marblehead, Massachusetts with molasses, rum, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Oversized, crackle-topped New England cookies with maritime history.

Spiced Zucchini Cookies with Raisin and Nuts recipe

Melt-in-your-mouth semolina butter cookies made with ghee, powdered sugar, and orange zest, topped with a whole blanched almond. Baked low and slow for a sandy, crumbly texture.

Taffy apple cookies are buttery bite-sized cookies on toothpicks, dipped in melted caramel and rolled in chopped nuts. Holiday party trick that looks like mini caramel apples.

Lemon semolina cookies with fresh zest, fresh juice, and a sandy crunch from durum flour. Italian-style slice-and-bake cookies with a chewy center and crystalline sugar top.

Buttery brown sugar pecan cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. Slice and bake from chilled or frozen dough for warm, spiced cookies anytime you want them.

Favourite lemon love notes layer a buttery shortbread crust under a tangy lemon-egg filling, dusted with powdered sugar. Classic lemon bars with a sweet name and bright zip.

Enjoy these delicious bites without feeling guilty.

Classic peanut butter cookies with brown sugar depth and the signature crisscross fork pattern on top. Soft-centered, chewy-edged drop cookies from pantry staples in 45 minutes.

Cayenne and chocolate make a nice combo in this cookie from Paula Tuchscherer-Jones of Milwaukee; they would provide an interesting complement when plated with more traditional cookies.

Fruity jam is deliciously paired with the buttery and flakey cookies. You will fall in love with these fruit bars from the first bite on.

Christmas sugar cookies are buttery rolled cut-out cookies for decorating. Crisp edges, tender centers. Big-batch dough yields four dozen festive shapes for the holidays.

A delicately thin, not too sweet, yummy spicy cookie.

No-bake cookie crumble cheesecake sets up creamy in a graham crust with gelatin-bound cream cheese filling, mini chocolate chips, and crushed cookies on top.