The best cookie recipes for any cookie connoisseur! This is the best cookie recipe collection to bake, gift or to enjoy for dessert or a snack.
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The Ultimate Cookie Recipes
As a recipe blogger, it’s basically my job to whip up yummy treats and test them out on your behalf. I know, I know, I’ve got a tough gig! I’ve made a lot of cookies over the years, and this list of delicious recipes is made up of the best of the best.
If you’re craving a warm, homemade cookie, I’ve got 50+ of them for you to try right here. There are so many delicious recipes, it’s hard to pick a favorite.
If a cookie with thick fluffy icing is your favorite, we have those recipes too! Try this frosting for sugar cookies, sugar cookie icing that is glossy and stackable or this royal icing that will make you look like a cookie decorating pro!
Easy Cookie Recipes with Classic Flavors
These are classics for a reason. These flavors are proven winners, many of which have been passed down from generation to generation. Most of the required ingredients are ones you probably already have at home. Plus, each of these desserts is a crowd-pleaser, so give them a try.
Sugar Cookies
A super soft sugar cookie recipe that is a tried and true favorite. Soft and chewy sugar cookies bake up fluffy then are topped with buttercream frosting for any holiday or party!
Total Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
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3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Easy 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies that are soft, chewy and dense. All you need are creamy peanut butter, an egg, some sugar and 15 minutes!
Total Time: 14 minutes
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Chocolate Chipless Cookies
These chocolate chipless cookies are just as soft and chewy as a chocolate chip cookie but without any chocolate. They are perfect for those that are not a fan of chocolate!
Total Time: 33 minutes
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Coconut Cookies
These coconut cookies are soft, chewy and buttery with added texture and taste from shredded coconut. The perfect sweet treat for snacks and cookie cravings!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Laura Bush’s Cowboy Cookies
Laura Bush's cowboy cookies are the size of Texas loaded with chocolate, coconut, nuts, cinnamon and coconut.
Total Time: 1 hour 2 minutes
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Butterscotch Cookie Recipe
Perfectly soft white chocolate butterscotch cookies that will melt in your mouth! This recipe is one of my go-to desserts and is always a crowd pleaser. So delicious!
Total Time: 18 minutes
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Mexican Wedding Cookies
These Mexican wedding cookies are so simple and take only 5 ingredients to make! The perfect bite-sized cookie recipe that will literally melt in your mouth.
Total Time: 28 minutes
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Toll House Cookies Recipe
Bake up some nostalgia this weekend with this Toll House cookie recipe! They are thin, crispy cookies loaded with melty chocolate chips and a whole lot of good memories.
Total Time: 24 minutes
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Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe
This is the best snickerdoodle cookie recipe with soft and chewy texture and lots of cinnamon sugar flavor in every bite. This classic cookie is family favorite!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Coconut Macaroon Easter Nests
Easy coconut macaroon Easter nests are easy to make for a festive spring dessert! The nests are dipped in chocolate then decorated with chocolate eggs for an adorable treat.
Total Time: 23 minutes
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Pizzelle Recipe
A pizzelle is light, crispy, and deliciously flavored with vanilla and anise. This old fashioned Italian cookie is a classic and very popular around Easter and Christmas.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Butter Cookie Recipe
These butter cookies have a melt in your mouth texture with the best buttery flavor! This old fashioned recipe only needs 6 ingredients and can be made in 30 minutes.
Total Time: 26 minutes
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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Soft and chewy white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are a classic cookie with buttery crisp edges, sweet white chocolate chips and salty, crunchy macadamia nuts!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Coconut Caramel Cookies
Buttery shortbread cookies topped with layers of gooey caramel, sweetened coconut and a chocolate drizzle. Every bite of these coconut caramel cookies is bursting with flavor!
Total Time: 1 hour 23 minutes
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Swig Cookies
This Swig cookie recipe is the best copycat version of their signature sugar cookies. A no chill, no roll, drop cookie resulting in a thick chewy cookie topped with a sweet layer of frosting. Bonus points for being able to eat them straight out of the freezer!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Shortbread Cookies
These classic shortbread cookies are so easy to make with only 5 ingredients. They are irresistible with tender, butter melt-in-your-mouth texture!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
This is an all-American cookie that’s loved by all. There are lots of delicious variations, like adding pudding mix to the dough to make it extra soft. Or adding in brown butter for a burst of caramel flavor. Whether you make the classic recipe or a fun variation, each of these are bound to be a hit!
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are the best chocolate chip cookies. Ultra soft, thick, chewy and perfectly crisp around the edges. This is the perfect classic cookie recipe that everyone always asks for.
Total Time: 55 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookie Recipe
Soft and chewy chocolate chip pudding cookies are gooey and flavorful thanks to vanilla pudding mix.
Total Time: 53 minutes
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These brown butter chocolate chip cookies have soft, chewy centers with plenty of chocolate chips and crispy edges. Sprinkle sea salt on top to add the best flavor!
Total Time: 28 minutes
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Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sprinkles
These soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies with sprinkles are fun, festive and would be the perfect birthday cookies or to serve them at any celebration!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Pizookie Recipe
This pizookie is a gooey chocolate chip cookie pizza made in a cast iron skillet then served warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream. It's easy to make at home!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Oatmeal
It’s hard to beat a soft and chewy oatmeal cookie. My absolute favorite type is the classic version, but feel free to add in chocolate chips, bananas or even make an oatmeal cookie sandwich with frosting in the middle. So, so delicious!
Easy Oatmeal Cookies
These easy oatmeal cookies are a quick treat made in only one bowl. They turn perfectly every time with a buttery brown sugar taste, crisp edges and a soft, chewy center!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These quick and easy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are made in one bowl with old-fashioned oats, brown sugar and plenty of chocolate. Soft and chewy with crisp edges!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Oatmeal Cream Pie Cookies
These homemade oatmeal cream pies cookies are soft and chewy with a rich, creamy marshmallow frosting filling. A nostalgic childhood treat better than Little Debbie!
Total Time: 1 hour
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Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are super soft, chewy, and absolutely delicious with a banana bread meets chocolate chip cookie taste, plus so easy to make!
Total Time: 32 minutes
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Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are chewy and easy to make in bowl. They are gluten-free, dairy free and sugar free with plenty of chocolate and oats!
Total Time: 17 minutes
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Neiman Marcus Cookies
Famous Neiman Marcus cookies are loaded with ground oats, nuts, chocolate chips and grated chocolate. They have a soft chewy texture that is crowd pleasing!
Total Time: 23 minutes
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Oatmeal M&M Cookies
Oatmeal M&M cookies are thick, chewy, and loaded with oats, chocolate chips, and M&M's for the perfect bite. The best and easiest cookie recipe that makes it hard to stop at just one!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
Soft and chewy with crisp edges, oatmeal butterscotch cookies are made with oats and loaded with butterscotch chips. Oatmeal scotchies are a beloved classic recipe!
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Easy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These easy oatmeal raisin cookies are soft, chewy and have a hint of warm cinnamon. It's the best classic cookie recipe that's easy to make with oats and raisins!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Easy Chocolate Cookie Recipes
These are for all of my chocolate lovers out there. Each of these recipes are rich, delicious and bursting with bold chocolate flavor.
Triple Chocolate Cookie Recipe
Soft and chewy triple chocolate chip cookies made with semi-sweet chips, chocolate chunks and cocoa powder.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookie Recipe
A rich and flavorful chocolate cookie filled with a delicious soft peanut butter center. These decadent peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookies are a dream!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These chocolate crinkle cookies are fudgy on the inside with a crisp crackly top! Rich and decadent and adored by any and all chocolate lovers.
Total Time: 38 minutes
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Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies
These hot chocolate marshmallow cookies taste like hot cocoa in a soft baked chocolate cookie topped with a marshmallow and chocolate. So cozy for the holidays!!
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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German Chocolate Cookies
These German chocolate cookies are a soft, chewy chocolate cookie topped with an indulgent coconut pecan frosting and drizzled in chocolate. Rich and delicious!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Brownie Cookies
These brownie cookies are rich, fudgy, and full of chocolate flavor with a crinkle top. Made in one bowl and ready in just 20 minutes for an easy brownie meets cookie treat!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Chocolate M&M Cookies
Soft, chewy, and loaded with triple chocolate and colorful candies! These easy chocolate M&M cookies have crisp edges and rich chocolate flavor in every bite.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Cookies and Cream Cookies
These cookies and cream cookies are soft, chewy and made with white chocolate chips and crushed Oreos for the perfect amount of cookies and cream in every bite!
Total Time: 1 hour 23 minutes
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Chocolate Whoopie Pies
These chocolate whoopie pies are a classic sandwich cookie made with two soft cocoa cake-like cookies filled with a cream cheese frosting. These are such a fun treat that everyone loves!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Cake Mix Cookies
These might be one of the easiest types of cookies ever. The base of these recipes start with 3 simple ingredients: a box of cake mix, eggs and vegetable oil. Then mix in any extras and that’s it!
Cake Mix Cookie Recipe
These cake mix cookies are such an easy and delicious recipe to make with only 3 ingredients! Customize this recipe with your favorite flavor and mix-in's.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Funfetti Cookie Recipe
Soft and chewy funfetti cake mix cookies are easy to make with 3 ingredients and fun colors sprinkled throughout. The classic birthday flavor in the cake mix is irresistible!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Lemon Cake Mix Cookies
Easy lemon cake mix cookies made with just 5 simple ingredients. These delicious Spring cookies are bursting with fresh lemon flavor!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Spice Cake Mix Cookies
Easy spice cake mix cookies made with 3 main ingredients in just 20 minutes. These delicious cookies have crisp edges, a soft inside and are filled with the perfect spice flavor.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
Soft and chewy, strawberry cake mix cookies are easy to make with only 3 ingredients. A fun pink treat for Valentine's Day or sweet occasions!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Snickerdoodle Cake Mix Cookies
These snickerdoodle cake mix cookies are soft, chewy and no-fuss! All you need is a box of cake mix, eggs, oil and cinnamon sugar to make this quick and easy cookie recipe.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Cake Mix Chocolate Mint Cookies
These cake mix chocolate mint cookies are soft chocolate cookies loaded with mint chips. If you love the combination of chocolate and mint, these are so easy to make!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
These red velvet cake mix cookies are easy to make with cake mix, cream cheese, butter and white chocolate chips. Soft and chewy with a vibrant red color for the holidays!
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Candy-Flavored
A classic dilemma: cookie vs. candy. Can anyone else relate? Thankfully, you really can have it all with these incredibly delicious recipes. Choose your favorite candy and get to baking!
M&M Cookie Recipe
The best M&M Cookies that are soft and chewy with crispy edges and packed full of chocolate chips and M&Ms. A family favorite!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Milky Way Cookie Recipe
Milky Way Cookies – These cookies are AMAZING! They are super soft with loads of milky ways! The chocolate caramel combination is my absolute favorite.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Rolo Cookies
Soft and fluffy chocolate rolo cookies filled with rich gooey caramel. Only 5 simple ingredients and so easy to make!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Almond Joy Cookies
These Almond Joy cookies taste like an Almond Joy candy bar with sweetened shredded coconut, sliced almonds, chocolate chips and Almond Joy candy pieces.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
Easy sugar coated peanut butter blossoms topped with a chocolate kiss. This classic holiday cookie is soft, chewy and adds a festive touch to any Christmas cookie platter.
Total Time: 18 minutes
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Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
These peanut butter M&M cookies are super soft, thick and bursting with chocolate and peanut butter flavor. They are the perfect peanut butter cookie recipe.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Monster Cookies
These monster cookies are thick, soft and chewy loaded with oats, peanut butter, M&Ms and chocolate chips. They are a family favorite and you don't have to chill the cookie dough!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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S’more Cookie Recipe
Soft and gooey s'mores cookies made with graham cracker crumbs in the dough then topped with a marshmallow and chocolate kiss. No campfire required for these cookies!
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Brown Butter Toffee Cookies
These toffee cookies are sweet, soft and loaded with chocolate chips and crunchy toffee pieces. Brown butter adds a nuttiness that perfectly compliments the brown sugar and caramel flavors.
Total Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
These peanut butter cup cookies are made with a soft, thick peanut butter cookie, rolled in sugar then topped with a Reese's peanut butter cup.
Total Time: 19 minutes
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No-Bake Cookies
Have no fear…we also have recipes for when you don’t feel like heating up the oven! All of these require absolutely no baking. It doesn’t get easier than that!
No Bake Cookie Recipe
These no bake cookies are an easy to make dessert with only a few simple ingredients. Soft, chewy and fudgy with a classic chocolate and peanut butter taste!
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Haystacks Recipe
This haystacks recipe is an easy no-bake cookie made with butterscotch chips, peanut butter and chow mein noodles! This vintage treat is a favorite with sweet and salty taste.
Total Time: 25 minutes
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
These no-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookies are chewy and full of peanut butter flavor. Made with simple ingredients they are ready in just a few minutes!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Cornflake Cookies
These no-bake cornflake cookies are made with 4 simple ingredients in just 30 minutes! Crunchy, chewy and full of peanut butter flavor.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Breakfast Cookies
No-bake and easy to make in one bowl, these breakfast cookies are naturally sweetened, gluten-free and delicious! The perfect healthy on-the-go breakfast or snack.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Pumpkin
Pumpkin cookies are the epitome of fall baking. The pumpkin puree makes them super soft and moist and adds amazing fall flavor. Kick off the season with any of these delicious recipes!
Iced Pumpkin Cookies
Melt in your mouth soft pumpkin cookies with caramel icing. The pumpkin and cinnamon flavors are the perfect match with the rich, sweet caramel frosting.
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are the best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! Soft and chewy with pumpkin spice flavor and chocolate chips, they are a favorite cozy fall cookie recipe.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Pumpkin Cookies with Cake Mix
Pumpkins cookies with cake mix are soft and fluffy with only 3 ingredients! The best fall dessert with pumpkin puree, cake mix and chocolate chips.
Total Time: 20 minutes
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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
These pumpkin snickerdoodles are soft, chewy and loaded with white chocolate chips, pumpkin flavor and cinnamon sugar. They are the perfect treat for fall!
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
These pumpkin whoopie pies are made with soft pumpkin cookies sandwiched between a filling of maple cream cheese frosting. The ultimate fall treat full of pumpkin flavor!
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
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Fruity Flavors
These are the perfect cookies for spring and summer. Their bright, fruity flavors make them seriously irresistible. I especially love anything lemon flavored. It’s my favorite!
Lemon Cookies
These glazed lemon cookies are soft, chewy cookies made with both fresh lemon juice and zest in the dough and lemon glaze! They are light and sweet with fresh citrus taste.
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Raspberry Cookies
These raspberry cookies are bursting with fruity raspberries and fresh lemon flavor. They have a soft, buttery and chewy texture, are easy to make and always disappear fast!
Total Time: 1 hour 2 minutes
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Jello Cookies
A yummy cookie recipe that can be turned into playdough! So fun and perfect for Summer. The kids will love these easy jello cookies!
Total Time: 20 minutes
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I know it’s impossible to pick, but which one of these great cookie recipes are you going to reach for first?
Jenny
I really like cookies, specially the chocolate chip cookies so is yummy. Perfect for my baby birthday party at this weekend! Thank you for sharing with me!