48 refrigerated cookie recipes

Slice-and-bake lemon crisp cookies with fresh lemon zest and juice. A buttery, thin refrigerator cookie with a golden snap and bright citrus flavor.

Slice-and-bake cream cheese cookies sweetened mostly with fructose for a lower-sugar treat. Tender, lightly sweet refrigerator cookies that bake up in 10 minutes.

No-bake chocolate cake with melted chocolate, butter, crushed cookies, candied fruit, cherries, and almonds. Refrigerate overnight for a dense, fudgy slice.

No-bake chocolate cream cake layered with chocolate wafer cookies, vanilla whipped cream, and fresh strawberries. Refrigerate 8 hours and the cookies soften into cake-like layers.

Butterscotch icebox cookies sandwich a cooked date-and-nut filling between thin slices of brown-sugar dough. A vintage refrigerator cookie that bakes up crisp and chewy.

Chocolate chip sandwich cookies with a marshmallow cream and powdered sugar filling. Three ingredients, refrigerated cookie dough shortcut, and you're done in under an hour. A kid-friendly bake-sale winner.

Paper-thin lemon cookies sliced from refrigerated dough, loaded with fresh lemon zest and juice. A crisp, buttery slice-and-bake cookie that spreads into translucent wafers with caramelized edges.

Classic Italian pizzelle cookies flavored with anise and vanilla, pressed thin and crisp in a pizzelle iron. A simple batter that refrigerates well for baking anytime.

Old-fashioned icebox cookies with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon juice, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that refrigerates overnight or freezes for weeks. Paper-thin and crispy.

Traditional Chinese almond cookies with crumbly texture, pressed with apricot pits or whole almonds. Refrigerated slice-and-bake dough keeps for weeks.

Flat cat cookies, the gleefully gruesome Halloween treat. Roll out refrigerated sugar cookie dough, cut roadkill cat shapes, add red candy eyes and a drizzle of jam blood. Easy enough for kids.

Thin, crispy slice-and-bake cookies with shredded coconut and walnuts. A refrigerator cookie dough you roll, chill, and slice into wafer-thin rounds that bake up snappy in 10 minutes. Makes 48.

Adorable cat-shaped cookies made from refrigerated dough with pecan ears, M&M eyes, and pretzel whiskers. A fun baking project kids absolutely love.

Apricot almond chewies are no-bake bites that bind dried apricots, toasted slivered almonds, and shredded coconut with sweetened condensed milk. Refrigerator cookies, no oven required.

No-bake butter pecan ice cream dessert with a Lorna Doone cookie crust, vanilla pudding filling, whipped topping, and crushed Heath bars on top. Refrigerate, don't freeze!

No-bake chocolate oatmeal coconut cookies made on the stovetop with cocoa, sugar, margarine, and milk. Drop by spoonful or press into a pan and refrigerate to set.