350 sugar cookie recipes

Chewy hermit bars with molasses, brown sugar, raisins, and warm spices baked in a single pan and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic New England spiced cookie bar that makes 32 pieces.

Famous Amos copycat chocolate chip coconut cookies with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and semi-sweet chips in a buttery brown-sugar dough. Bigger and chewier than the bag version.

Crispy lemon oatmeal cookies made with egg whites, brown sugar, and rice cereal for extra crunch. No butter, no yolks. A lighter, citrus-bright cookie.

Rocks cookies with oats, brown sugar, figs, nuts, and warm spices in a bumpy, hearty drop cookie. An old-fashioned spiced oatmeal cookie loaded with dried fruit and chopped nuts.

Nut refrigerator cookies (icebox cookies) with brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight and yields crisp, buttery cookies with caramel notes.

Maple-apple oatmeal cookies with real maple syrup, fresh apples, applesauce, currants, and a crunchy oat-brown sugar topping. Soft, cakey fall cookies baked low and slow.

Royal coconut cookies: chewy oatmeal-coconut drop cookies built on brown sugar and butter. Crisp edges, tender centers, and toasty coconut flavor in every bite.

Soft pumpkin cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, and pecans. A big-batch fall cookie recipe using canned pumpkin puree.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, sweetened with sugar substitute instead of sugar. A built-in lower-fat option swaps half the margarine for applesauce or banana. Diabetic-friendly baking made easy.

Soft banana spice cookies with cinnamon, cloves, walnuts, and raisins. Made with mashed bananas and packed brown sugar for a chewy, cake-like drop cookie. A great way to use overripe bananas.

Peanut butter oatmeal drop cookies with chopped peanuts and brown sugar. Chewy, nutty cookies made with shortening for a soft, thick texture.

Coconut dream bars with a brown sugar oat shortbread base topped with a chewy layer of shredded coconut, pecans, lemon zest, and brown sugar. Two layers, two textures, one irresistible bar cookie.

Honey spice ball cookies rolled in oats with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and a tablespoon of honey. Crackle-topped holiday cookies ready in 30 minutes.

Classic no-bake peanut butter chocolate cookies with oats, cocoa, sugar, and milk. Boil the base, stir in the oats and peanut butter, drop, and done.

Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip cookies with rolled oats, shortening, and brown sugar. The famous 1992 cookie recipe that started the presidential bake-off tradition.

Tender almond crescent cookies with oats and vanilla, showered in powdered sugar. This recipe makes four dozen, so there's plenty for the cookie exchange.