Cookie Recipes & Ideas

With three kinds of ginger!

They're made with a creative blend of two traditional favorites.

A rich and tender cookie with a tart, jammy center.

Forget gingerbread men. These warmly-spiced cookies will become a new holiday tradition.

Light and airy, and slightly chewy, they're irresistible.

These cookies looked fluffy and light ... just like the real thing. Only cookier.

With a crisp cookie shell, a sweet-sticky filling, a lemony glaze, and rainbow sprinkles, they're nothing short of perfect.

It's so much easier than royal icing.

Our advice: Treat it just like peanut butter.

It's richer, softer, and chewier than gingerbread cookies.

A must-try recipe from our resident cookie expert's new book!

Snack time just got a huge upgrade.

They're chewy, rich, and packed with almond flavor.

It tastes like it's been cooking all day — but it's ready in 30 minutes.

They're packed with flavor.

They're packed with brown sugar and cinnamon, coated in buttery streusel, and finished with a drizzle of sweet icing.

There's a reason they're the state cookies of New Mexico.

Featuring a surprise ingredient.

They're sweetened with honey and baked until crisp, ready for s'mores or eating with a tall glass of milk.

These thick and chewy oatmeal cookies are packed with sweet and chunky mix-ins, and are hearty enough to serve for breakfast.

It oozes with peanut butter and pretzels.

And they don't even require a mixer!

They turn any day into a party!

It's the secret to Instagram-worthy cookies.

Ina raves about this recipe — so I knew I'd love it, too.

Brown butter takes these over the top.

Yes, chocolate chip cookies. A decidedly non-holiday cookie. But hear me out!

I’ve made this tart-cookie hybrid so many times that I’ve memorized the recipe.

They take some work but they're worth it.

They're packed with brown butter and real mashed sweet potato.

Not all snickerdoodles are created equal.

These old-fashioned cookies were too intriguing not to try.

If you haven't tried it yet, Tara O'Brady's chocolate chip cookie recipe is a must-make.

Why choose one when you can have both?

They have the perfect chewy interior and caramel-crisp edges.

The outsides are light and crisp, like meringues, while the insides are rich and fudgy like a brownie.

So many people love them — but I hadn't tried them until now.

The never-before released recipe is now available to the public.

It tasted like an Oreo? But with dough? An Ore-DOUGH?

Finding this recipe feels serendipitous.

My roommate and I could not stop eating these.

The beloved restaurant recipe is shockingly easy to re-create at home.

They're cheesy, crisp, and taste great with a glass of wine.

Here's what happened when we tested it out for ourselves.

It only takes 10 minutes.

They're shockingly similar to the original.

Step 1: Warn your roommates about the noise.

Purim, the merriest of Jewish holidays, begins at sundown today — and there's a treat to celebrate.

You can even adjust the recipe to make them dairy-free or gluten-free.

They're foolproof and take less than an hour to make.

They're packed with toasted peanuts, salted pretzels, and lots and lots of chocolate.

It's absolutely foolproof.

If you like cream cheese frosting, you need to try these cookies.

These are total showstoppers.

They're loaded with nuts, seeds, and granola.

They're chewy and crispy, with a nutty complexity.

The beloved Filipino dessert flavor of ube stands in for the chocolate.

I mean, their name says it all.

The best of both worlds.

Chocolate cardamom cookies are the perfect base for earthy, slightly savory sesame halawa.

They're the perfect combination of sweet, salty, chewy, and crunchy.

They're bursting with color and flavor.

This is the only molasses cookie that matters.