Cookie Recipes

Refrigerator cookies pack chopped dates, shredded coconut, and walnuts into a buttery slice-and-bake log rolled in extra nuts. Make-ahead icebox cookies for holiday baking or anytime.

Rocky road fudge bars with three layers: chocolate brownie base, cream cheese filling with chocolate chips, marshmallow topping, and a swirled chocolate-cream cheese frosting.

Rose geranium cookies made with rosewater and chopped geranium leaves baked into a soft, floral butter cookie. A unique garden-to-cookie-sheet treat.

Rugelach four ways: a single cream cheese pastry dough turned into raspberry-almond crescents, layered chocolate-pecan squares, apricot pockets and honey-pecan triangles. Holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies with a chewy center and crisp edges. Shortening keeps them sturdy while peanut butter adds richness to every bite.

Cocoa espresso brownie bars with walnuts, made with egg substitute and corn oil spread for a lighter take. Fudgy, coffee-spiked, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Santa Claus cookies are soft drop cookies with bright lemon zest, baked then frosted and decorated into jolly Santa faces. A Christmas cookie tray classic for kids.

Classic Scotch shortbread with butter, powdered sugar, and a hint of almond extract. Just five ingredients pressed into a pan and baked until golden and crumbly.

Scots shortbread with just three ingredients: flour, butter, and powdered sugar. Kneaded, patted thin, and baked low and slow until golden and crumbly.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies bake a cocoa-walnut shortbread base, then fill the wells with vanilla cream and ruby cherry pie filling. Holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Sesame seed cookies are an Italian-American holiday classic with a tender shortbread-like dough rolled in toasted sesame seeds before baking. Massive batch (240 cookies) for cookie tins.

Thin, lacy sesame wafers with nutty toasted sesame seeds and brown sugar. These crisp, buttery cookies spread into golden wafers as they bake, making 4 dozen irresistible treats.

Buttery sesame seed cookies topped with candied cherry halves for festive color. Simple drop cookie recipe makes 24 treats perfect for holiday baking with kids or last-minute cookie trays.

Classic snickerdoodles rolled in cinnamon sugar with a tangy cream of tartar dough. Soft, chewy cookies with crinkled tops and a sparkly cinnamon crust that flatten as they bake.

Classic snickerdoodles rolled in cinnamon sugar and baked until soft-centered with a chewy edge. Cream of tartar gives the signature tang and crackled top. Pantry-staple cookie recipe.

Chewy oatmeal cookie dough shaped into snowmen and decorated for the holidays. A fun winter baking project for kids that makes four big cookie snowmen.