215 sugar cookie recipes

Amaretto cheesecake cookies with a brown sugar shortbread crust, cream cheese filling spiked with amaretto, and an almond crumble topping. Cut into squares.

Maple syrup shortbread bars with a buttery shortbread base topped with a brown sugar, maple syrup, and toasted walnut layer. A two-layer cookie bar that's part shortbread, part praline.

Pecan turtle bars with a buttery shortbread crust, bubbly brown sugar caramel layer, whole pecans, and swirled milk chocolate on top. Addictively rich cookie bars.

Garlic chocolate chip cookies with blanched garlic cloves soaked in maple syrup, mixed into a buttery dough with brown sugar, nuts, and chocolate chips.

Rosettes are delicate Scandinavian fried cookies shaped on a decorative iron, crisp like a wafer and dusted with powdered sugar. A Christmas tradition in Nordic and Midwestern kitchens.

Classic butter pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar while warm for melt-in-your-mouth tender bites packed with toasted nuts.

Tropical macadamia nut cookies with banana, coconut, and pineapple fruit spread. No refined sugar needed. Crispy edges, soft centers, and island vibes.

Old-fashioned Nantucket molasses cookies with brown sugar, butter, and a soft, cake-like texture. Six pantry ingredients and no eggs, just like the New England whaling-era originals.

Four-ingredient low-calorie cookies made with banana, oats, peanut butter, and baking powder. No flour, no sugar, no eggs, no butter. Just mash, mix, and bake.

Classic oatmeal cookies with brown sugar, shortening, and three cups of rolled oats. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and endlessly customizable with mix-ins.

Famous oatmeal cookies with 3 cups of rolled oats, brown sugar, and vanilla. A big-batch base recipe that yields 5 dozen and welcomes raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, or coconut mix-ins.

Crunchy drop cookies loaded with crushed corn cereal and raisins or chocolate chips. Brown sugar keeps them chewy inside with crisp golden edges.

Old-fashioned lace cookies with pecans, brown sugar, and corn syrup, rolled into delicate cylinders while still warm. Shatteringly crisp and caramel-sweet.

Teem gok: deep-fried wonton cookies filled with dried fruit, coconut, almonds, and brown sugar. Crispy Chinese dessert wontons golden-fried in minutes.

Brown sugar chocolate chip cookies made with butter-flavored shortening for extra chewy centers and crisp edges. Choose your bake time for chewy or crunchy results. Makes 3 dozen with optional pecans.

Cream cheese rugelach filled with cinnamon sugar, walnuts, and raisins rolled into flaky crescent pastries. A classic Jewish bakery cookie with a tender, buttery dough.