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  • Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

    32 min
    These oatmeal raisin cookies are just the way Grandma made them, except with butter instead of shortening! They're made with old-fashioned oats, brown sugar, and plenty of raisins.
  • How to make the Best Chocolate Chip cookies from this Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

    47 min
    These homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies are the BEST! One special ingredient helps deepens the flavor and gives the chocolate chip cookies a chewier texture. Save this chocolate chip cookie recipe. It's that good.
  • A stack of Snickerdoodle next to a glass of milk.

    24 min
    These brown sugar snickerdoodle cookies are crackled with cinnamon-sugar on the outside and chewy-soft on the inside. This recipe does not use cream of tartar, but adds cornstarch for extra tenderness.
  • Easy Peanut Butter Cookies on a serving plate

    3 hrs, 40 min
    These are the best peanut butter cookies ever! Use your favorite store-brand peanut butter and a combination of white and brown sugar. For the best cookie shape, let the dough chill for at least three hours before baking.
  • Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    45 min
    These chocolate chunk cookies are made using brown butter and chunks of milk chocolate. Browning the butter is an extra step, but so worth it for these decadent chocolate chunk cookies!
  • Thumbprint Cookies

    55 min
    Thumbprint Cookies! These buttery little cookies are filled with jam and rolled with nuts. Make this classic cookie for your next cookie exchange or holiday party.
  • Peanut butter blossoms in a wide ceramic bowl.

    22 min
    Nostalgia alert! When was the last time you made these favorite childhood cookies? Don't know? Let's remedy that. Chocolate and peanut butter belong together, and these easy cookies prove it.
  • Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies on Mesh Baking sheet

    22 min
    Simple Soft Sugar Cookies! Soft and chewy, just like when we were kids. Serve them plain, with frosting, or sprinkled with colored sugars. They're ready for a birthday party, potluck, or bake sale!
  • Giant Ginger Cookies

    49 min
    Extra large ginger cookies, with ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and molasses.
  • Brookie Cookie

    1 hr, 27 min
    Brownies and chocolate chip cookies together as one! Brookies are the best of both worlds, so you don't have to choose.
  • stack of Soft and Chewy Lemon Cookies

    1 hr, 22 min
    These soft, chewy cookies are for lemon lovers only! They're made with a triple punch of lemon: lemon juice, zest, and extract. Perfect for when you need a little bit of sunshine.
  • Cowboy Cookies

    40 min
    First Lady Laura Bush's classic kitchen sink cowboy cookies won her cookie fame for a reason. They're made with oatmeal, pecans, coconut, and chocolate chips for an over-the-top cookie you can't resist.
  • A small stack of red and white frosted cookies set next to a glass of milk.

    3 hrs, 41 min
    If you're a fan of soft and cakey Lofthouse-style sugar cookies, then this is the recipe for you! Add a generous layer of frosting and some rainbow sprinkles, and these cookies are ready for a party.
  • Round shortbread cookies on a cooling rack

    25 min
    Take your cookie plate to a new level with these buttery, crisp, and utterly delicious classic shortbread cookies! Easy to share, but we won't blame you for keeping them all to yourself.
  • Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies in a basket lined with a tea towel

    50 min
    Oatmeal and chocolate chips are great together. Add in some pecans and coconut and we're pretty excited. But it's the brown butter that take these cookies over the top!
  • Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies drizzled in peanut butter

    33 min
    Gluten-Free
    Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies! Such a great after-school (or work!) snack. They're made with cocoa powder, peanut butter, oats, sugar, butter, and milk. Drizzle with extra peanut butter to make these peanut butter no bake cookies extra special!
  • Peanut Butter balls or Buckeye balls

    2 hrs, 12 min
    Gluten-Free, Low Carb
    Chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls or Buckeye balls are so easy to make at home with this easy Buckeye recipe. An essential for any cookie tray!

Favorite Bar Cookies

  • Overhead shot of magic cookie bars ready to eat

    35 min
    Classic 7-layer magic bars with chocolate, nuts, butterscotch, and coconut! They're the perfect make-ahead dessert for your next party.
  • Overhead view of the best apple pie bars cut into rectangles and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

    1 hr, 50 min
    These apple pie bars have all the sweet cinnamon flavors of an apple pie in hand-held form! They’re easy to make, easy to share, and easy to transform into caramel apple pie bars should you want to make them extra special. If you need to plan ahead these bars are even freezer friendly! Let the fall baking commence!
  • Gingerbread Bars frosted and decorated with festive sprinkles and set on a rack.

    33 min
    Dress up your holiday table with these easy and delicious Gingerbread Cookie Bars. Make them a day in advance so the flavors come together. Cream cheese frosting with sprinkles adds that extra special touch.
  • Homemade blondie bars on a plate

    40 min
    These homemade blondies are rich, buttery, and chewy — the perfect treat for Game Day, birthday parties, and potlucks. They keep for several days and freeze like a dream.
  • Best Chocolate Brownies

    45 min
    The Perfect Chocolate Brownie! All from scratch. EASY to make and so much better than a box mix! Super chocolatey.
  • Fudgy Gluten-Free Vegan Brownies on a surface with one brownie cut in half

    45 min
    Allergy-Friendly, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Vegan
    It is hard to believe these fudgy, dark, and dense brownies are vegan and gluten free, but they are! You can also make them all in one bowl — so easy!
  • Peanut Butter Brownie Recipe

    49 min
    Chocolate and peanut butter are made for each other. This recipe tugs at the nostalgia of those boxed brownie mixes from childhood—but ours is made entirely from scratch.
  • Easy Pecan Pie Bars

    1 hr, 35 min
    Pecan Pie Bars are easy to make for the holidays, easy to transport, and even easier to eat. They're just like pecan pie, but no need for the knife and fork!

  • 35 min
    Tasty no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars, including kosher substitutions for Passover
  • Fudgy Brownie Bites

    40 min
    These super-fudgy brownies are for chocolate lovers only! Made with melted chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and chocolate chips. Great for picnics, potlucks, or mailing to a friend.
  • Guinness Brownies

    1 hr
    Guinness makes a batch of brownies extra rich and extra chocolatey! Make these for St. Patrick's Day or any day. They're a crowd-pleasing treat any time of year.
  • gingered lemon bars

    1 hr
    Like lemon bars? Try this delicious lemon bars recipe with candied ginger in the shortbread crust.
  • Blueberry Crumb Bars with Shortbread Crust

    1 hr, 15 min
    Don't feel like fussing with pie but still want a blueberry treat? These crumb bars with their jammy sweet berry filling should do the job nicely!

  • 2 hrs, 5 min
    Pumpkin bars with a cheesecake-like filling and a crunchy streusel topping. Makes the perfect make-ahead dessert for football parties or Thanksgiving!

  • Rich and fudgy chocolate brownies flavored with vanilla and Kahlúa liqueur.
  • Best Carmelita Bar Recipe - bar cookies stacked on pink plate

    47 min
    If you like sweet, chewy, chocolatey, toffee-like treats, you’ll love these Carmelita Bars. Add nuts or don’t. Keep the coconut, or take it out. These bars are easy to adapt, easy to make, and easy to enjoy!
  • Crumble Bars with Rhubarb and Strawberry

    55 min
    Everything you love about strawberry-rhubarb pie, but easier to make and to share! These bars make a great end to a meal outdoors.

Recent Cookie Recipes & Ideas

  • Round shortbread cookies on a cooling rack

    25 min
    Take your cookie plate to a new level with these buttery, crisp, and utterly delicious classic shortbread cookies! Easy to share, but we won't blame you for keeping them all to yourself.
  • A stack of Snickerdoodle next to a glass of milk.

    24 min
    These brown sugar snickerdoodle cookies are crackled with cinnamon-sugar on the outside and chewy-soft on the inside. This recipe does not use cream of tartar, but adds cornstarch for extra tenderness.
  • Mini Easy Ginger Lemon Cookies placed in a footed serving bowl.

    2 hrs, 32 min
    Move over gingerbread man; there's a new cookie in town! These one-bite slice-and-bake spiced ginger and lemon cookies pack a flavorful punch. Be prepared—they are the first to go on any holiday cookie tray.
  • Overhead view of Butterhorn Cookies Filled with Walnut Meringue in a pink bowl.

    2 hrs, 25 min
    If light buttery cookies with a nutty filling are on your holiday must-have list, this is the cookie for you. Rolled up, filled with a walnut meringue, and dressed in a snowy glaze, these cookies are perfect with tea, as an afternoon snack, or part of a holiday cookie exchange.
  • A small stack of red and white frosted cookies set next to a glass of milk.

    3 hrs, 41 min
    If you're a fan of soft and cakey Lofthouse-style sugar cookies, then this is the recipe for you! Add a generous layer of frosting and some rainbow sprinkles, and these cookies are ready for a party.
  • How to make the Best Chocolate Chip cookies from this Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

    47 min
    These homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies are the BEST! One special ingredient helps deepens the flavor and gives the chocolate chip cookies a chewier texture. Save this chocolate chip cookie recipe. It's that good.
  • Royal icing for sugar cookies piped into a variety of patterns and sent on a cooling rack.

    30 min
    The secret to easy sugar cookies? Cream cheese! These homemade sugar cookies are easy to roll out but firm enough to decorate. Bet you can’t eat just one! Decorate with frosting, royal icing, or sparkling sugar.
  • Royal icing for sugar cookies decorated and set on a cooling rack.

    15 min
    Want to make cookies so pretty they could be in a bakery? Royal icing is your answer! We have a basic recipe, plus lots of tips and instructions for making beautiful decorated sugar cookies for Christmas, birthdays, or other celebrations.
  • Royal icing and sprinkles decorate circle sugar cookies.

    Ready to take your cookies to the next level with royal icing? Go beyond basic piping and flooding, and explore these advanced techniques for making bakery-worthy decorated cookies. Try flocking, layering, adding candies, and more!

  • Ready to make some cookies and decorate a cake or two? Then you’ll need a few tools—not too many, just the essentials. Here’s what we recommend.
  • Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies drizzled in peanut butter

    33 min
    Gluten-Free
    Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies! Such a great after-school (or work!) snack. They're made with cocoa powder, peanut butter, oats, sugar, butter, and milk. Drizzle with extra peanut butter to make these peanut butter no bake cookies extra special!
  • Peanut Butter balls or Buckeye balls

    2 hrs, 12 min
    Gluten-Free, Low Carb
    Chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls or Buckeye balls are so easy to make at home with this easy Buckeye recipe. An essential for any cookie tray!
  • Overhead shot of magic cookie bars ready to eat

    35 min
    Classic 7-layer magic bars with chocolate, nuts, butterscotch, and coconut! They're the perfect make-ahead dessert for your next party.
  • Gingerbread Man Cookies

    2 hrs
    Gingerbread Cookies are the essence of the holidays and are deeply flavored with spices and molasses. Decorate with royal icing and enjoy them for dessert or on your Christmas tree!
  • Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

    32 min
    These oatmeal raisin cookies are just the way Grandma made them, except with butter instead of shortening! They're made with old-fashioned oats, brown sugar, and plenty of raisins.
  • stack of Soft and Chewy Lemon Cookies

    1 hr, 22 min
    These soft, chewy cookies are for lemon lovers only! They're made with a triple punch of lemon: lemon juice, zest, and extract. Perfect for when you need a little bit of sunshine.
  • Chocolate Crinkle Cookies on Plate

    4 hrs, 35 min
    Chocolate crinkle cookies! Chocolate dough rolled in powdered sugar and baked into a festive black and white cookie. They're the perfect Christmas cookies!
  • Spritz Cookies

    35 min
    Spritz cookies are a classic Christmas cookie! With roots in Germany and Scandinavia, they're a simple butter cookie pressed into festive shapes and topped with all sorts of garnishes.
  • Cinnamon Snap Cookies

    2 hrs, 42 min
    Cinnamon Snaps! This version of crispy gingersnap cookies are packed with cinnamon and sweetened with honey. They're a good choice for bake sales and holiday cookie trays.
  • Breakfast Cookies Recipe

    28 min
    Need an easy grab-and-go breakfast? Make these Oatmeal Almond Butter Breakfast Cookies! They are PACKED with nourishing ingredients to fuel you through your day.
  • Overhead view of nestle chocolate chip cookie recipe cooling on a rack.

    Are you ready for baking season? It's starting soon. We've got a dozen cookie recipes to get you all ready. Time to soften the butter and bring those eggs to room temperature!
  • Best Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

    33 min
    These thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies taste just like Tate’s Bakeshop Cookies from the bright green bag! It's all about baking your cookies low and slow.
  • Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

    35 min
    Allergy-Friendly, Gluten-Free, Vegan
    Looking for a quick cookie that's both gluten-free and vegan? Check! Cut it into wedges and serve with (vegan!) ice cream.
  • Almond Shortbread Cookie

    1 hr, 20 min
    Almond Shortbread Cookies! For the holidays or "just because." Made with a mix of almond flour and regular flour, and topped with sliced almonds for even more almond flavor.
  • Cranberry Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti

    1 hr, 10 min
    These Cranberry Pistachio Chocolate Biscotti are tailor-made for dunking in coffee or tea. The recipe makes enough to wrap some up for a friend and keep the rest for yourself!

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  • Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies drizzled in peanut butter

    33 min
    Gluten-Free
    Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies! Such a great after-school (or work!) snack. They're made with cocoa powder, peanut butter, oats, sugar, butter, and milk. Drizzle with extra peanut butter to make these peanut butter no bake cookies extra special!
  • Gingerbread Man Cookies

    2 hrs
    Gingerbread Cookies are the essence of the holidays and are deeply flavored with spices and molasses. Decorate with royal icing and enjoy them for dessert or on your Christmas tree!
  • Walnut Snowball Cookies

    45 min
    These festive holiday Snowball Cookies are made with finely chopped walnuts, flour, and vanilla, then rolled into balls and dusted with powdered sugar. They freeze well and ship well, too!

  • 35 min
    Almond crescents, little almond cookies shaped into crescents and dusted with powdered sugar.
  • Chocolate Crinkle Cookies on Plate

    4 hrs, 35 min
    Chocolate crinkle cookies! Chocolate dough rolled in powdered sugar and baked into a festive black and white cookie. They're the perfect Christmas cookies!
  • Finished Candy Cane Cookies on Baking Pan

    3 hrs, 28 min
    Candy Cane Cookies! Twists of red-and-white cookie dough flavored with peppermint extract. Such a fun way to celebrate the holidays!
  • Chocolate Covered Pretzels

    1 hr, 20 min
    Chocolate-Covered Pretzels are a fun and easy snack to make at home! Decorate with drizzles or sprinkles for a holiday treat.
  • Brightly frosted holiday sugar cookies set on a platter.

    1 hr, 20 min
    These Christmas Cookies are buttery, tender, and ready for icing. A tried-and-true family favorite, this is THE cookie that Santa wants on his cookie plate!
  • Overhead shot of magic cookie bars ready to eat

    35 min
    Classic 7-layer magic bars with chocolate, nuts, butterscotch, and coconut! They're the perfect make-ahead dessert for your next party.
  • Mini Easy Ginger Lemon Cookies placed in a footed serving bowl.

    2 hrs, 32 min
    Move over gingerbread man; there's a new cookie in town! These one-bite slice-and-bake spiced ginger and lemon cookies pack a flavorful punch. Be prepared—they are the first to go on any holiday cookie tray.
  • Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies in a basket lined with a tea towel

    50 min
    Oatmeal and chocolate chips are great together. Add in some pecans and coconut and we're pretty excited. But it's the brown butter that take these cookies over the top!
  • Overhead view of the best apple pie bars cut into rectangles and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

    1 hr, 50 min
    These apple pie bars have all the sweet cinnamon flavors of an apple pie in hand-held form! They’re easy to make, easy to share, and easy to transform into caramel apple pie bars should you want to make them extra special. If you need to plan ahead these bars are even freezer friendly! Let the fall baking commence!
  • Overhead view of Butterhorn Cookies Filled with Walnut Meringue in a pink bowl.

    2 hrs, 25 min
    If light buttery cookies with a nutty filling are on your holiday must-have list, this is the cookie for you. Rolled up, filled with a walnut meringue, and dressed in a snowy glaze, these cookies are perfect with tea, as an afternoon snack, or part of a holiday cookie exchange.
  • Spooky Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Crisps

    27 min
    EASY Halloween treat! Crispy cinnamon sugar cookie crisps made with flour tortillas, cinnamon, sugar, and butter
  • Mexican Wedding Cookies

    1 hr, 28 min
    Crumbly, buttery, and nutty - Mexican Wedding Cookies are irresistible. Also called Russian Tea Cakes. Make with pecans, walnuts, almonds, or any other nut.
  • Gingerbread Bars frosted and decorated with festive sprinkles and set on a rack.

    33 min
    Dress up your holiday table with these easy and delicious Gingerbread Cookie Bars. Make them a day in advance so the flavors come together. Cream cheese frosting with sprinkles adds that extra special touch.
  • Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

    32 min
    These oatmeal raisin cookies are just the way Grandma made them, except with butter instead of shortening! They're made with old-fashioned oats, brown sugar, and plenty of raisins.
  • Easy Peanut Butter Cookies on a serving plate

    3 hrs, 40 min
    These are the best peanut butter cookies ever! Use your favorite store-brand peanut butter and a combination of white and brown sugar. For the best cookie shape, let the dough chill for at least three hours before baking.

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