577 soft cookie recipes

Wild blueberry cookies with fresh or frozen berries, lemon zest, and a soft drop-cookie dough. Tender, cakey, and bursting with real fruit in every bite.

Bewitching cookies with orange zest, orange juice, buttermilk, and chocolate chips in a soft brown sugar drop cookie. A citrus-chocolate combination that's hard to resist.

Frosted ginger cookies with deep molasses warmth, soft pillowy centers, and a sweet frosting finish. Classic drop-cookie method delivers tender bakery-style rounds every time.

White chocolate macadamia nut cookies with chunks of real white chocolate (not chips) and buttery toasted macadamias. Soft centers, lightly browned edges, classic bakery-style cookies.

Marshmallow clouds wrap chocolate-pecan cookie dough around frozen mini marshmallows for soft, pillowy cookies with surprise sweet chewy centers. Better than s'mores, baked at home.

Soft pumpkin cake cookies with cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg. Pillowy fall cookies with cake-like texture and warm spice in every bite, ready in 35 minutes.

Beatles cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies made with sour cream, chocolate chips, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. The tangy batter and warm spice finish make these an addictive cookie jar staple.

Half-whole-wheat apple nut cookies with diced fresh apples, walnuts, raisins, and warm spices. Cake-like, soft-textured drop cookies that taste like apple pie filling baked into a cookie. Makes 48.

Easy chocolate-covered cherry cookies from a brownie mix: fudgy chocolate drop cookies studded with pecans and maraschino cherries, baked just until set for a soft, brownie-like center. A quick holiday cookie.

Vera's buttermilk cookies use powdered buttermilk and a half-sugar, half-sweetener blend for a lower-sugar tangy sugar cookie. Crisp edges, soft centers, ready in 35 minutes.

French cookies are easy rum-and-raisin drop cookies: dark rum-soaked raisins folded into a buttery sugar dough. Crisp edges, soft centers, and a grown-up boozy aroma.

Pfefferkuchen, a German honey spice cake with whole wheat flour, coffee, cinnamon, cloves, and rum, glazed while hot. A traditional Christmas cookie bar that stays soft for weeks.

Old-fashioned Southern sour cream cookies with chopped walnuts and a cinnamon-sugar crunch. Soft, cakey, and perfect for cookie swaps, these drop cookies freeze beautifully and make 3 dozen in just 30 minutes.

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Soft, cake-like drop cookies made with brown sugar and cake flour for an extra tender crumb.

Banana walnut sandwich cookies filled with a peanut butter cream cheese frosting and a touch of nutmeg. A two-component cookie with soft banana rounds and a creamy, salty-sweet center.

Chocolate wafer cheesecake with cookie dough buried beneath the surface. Smooth cream cheese filling hides surprise pockets of cookie dough that stay soft and chewy after baking.