Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (2024)

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (1)

Chocolate chip, double chocolate, jam-filled or peanut butter, the possibilites are endless when it comes to baking cookies. It's why they're the most adored dessert, because there's a perfect cookie out there for everyone. But you know what's even better than cookies? Homemade cookies.

Of all the desserts out there -- cakes, pies and brownies included -- cookies are the most rewarding. They're simple to bake, make your house smell amazing, and can pretty much make anyone feel all warm and fuzzy. Bottom line, you need to start baking cookies. And here are 50 recipes for you to choose from.

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1

Chocolate Almond Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (2)

Two Peas and their Pod

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2

Dark Chocolate Chunk, Pistachio, And Sea Salt Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (3)

Two Peas and their Pod

3

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

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Merrill/Food52

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4

Mini Black And White Cookies

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yossy arefi/Food52

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5

Fat Fluffy Snickerdoodles

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (6)

How Sweet It Is

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6

Soft And Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (7)

Averie Cooks

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7

Lemon Blueberry Pudding Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (8)

Get the Lemon Blueberry Pudding Cookies recipe from Two Peas and their Pod

8

Peppermint Pattie Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (9)

How Sweet It Is

Get the Peppermint Pattie Cookies recipe from How Sweet It Is

9

Molasses Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (10)

Always With Butter

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10

Meyer Lemon Pizzelle

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (11)

Hilarybee/Food52

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11

Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (12)

Always With Butter

Get the Strawberry Shortcake Cookies recipe from Always With Butter

12

Brown Sugar Butterscotch Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (13)

Two Peas and their Pod

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13

Chocolate Fudge Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (14)

How Sweet It Is

15

Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (16)

Gimme Some Oven

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16

BaNilla Sandwich Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (17)

Bakers Royale

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17

Malted Chocolate Chip Whoppers Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (18)

Two Peas and their Pod

Get the Malted Chocolate Chip Whoppers Cookies recipe from Two Peas and their Pod

18

Homemade Chocolate Digestives

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (19)

londonbakes/Food52

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19

Salted Shortbread Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (20)

John Kernick/Food&Wine

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20

Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (21)

Get the Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies recipe by Foodie Crush

21

Toasted Coconut Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (22)

Foodiecrush

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22

Coffee Crumble Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (23)

Always With Butter

Get the Coffee Crumble Cookies recipe from Always With Butter

23

Biscotti Di Vino

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (24)

James Ransom/Food52

Get the Biscotti di Vino recipe from cucina di mammina via Food52

24

Chocolate Chip Cookies With Nutella, Brown Butter And Sea Salt

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (25)

Annie's Eats

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25

Greek Honey-Spice Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (26)

James Ransom/Food52

Get the Greek Honey-Spice Cookies recipe from Kristy Mucci via Food52

26

Andes Mint Chip Soft Fudgy Chocolate Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (27)

Averie Cooks

27

Thousand-Layer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (28)

Sara Remington

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28

Alfajores

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (29)

Pass The Sushi

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29

Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies

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James Ransom/Food52

Get the Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies recipe from Genius Recipes via Food52

30

Funfetti Cookie

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (31)

Two Peas and their Pod

Get the Funfetti Cookie recipe from Two Peas and their Pod

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31

Lavender Lemon Shortbread

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (32)

Pastry Affair

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32

S'more Peanut Butter Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (33)

Sally's Baking Addiction

Get the S'more Peanut Butter Cookies recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction

33

Deep Dish Snickerdoodle Skillet Cookie

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (34)

Foodie with Family

Get the Deep Dish Snickerdoodle Skillet Cookie Recipe from Foodie with Family

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34

Toffee And Caramel Mallow Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (35)

Bakers Royale

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35

Chocolate And Orange Cookies With Cream Cheese Filling

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (36)

Foodie Crush

36

Spiced Linzer Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (37)

My Baking Addiciton

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37

Chocolate-Chocolate Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (38)

Gabrielle Stabile & Mark Ibold

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38

Brown Butter Oatmeal Chunk Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (39)

How Sweet It Is

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39

Caramel-Filled Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (40)

Bakingdom

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40

Peanut Butter & Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (41)

Bakers Royale

41

Ganache-Stuffed Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (42)

Con Poulos/Food&Wine

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42

Chocolate Swirl Meringue Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (43)

Bakkers Royale

Get the Chocolate Swirl Meringue Cookies recipe from Bakers Royale

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43

Brownie Cookies With Salted Caramel Creme Filling

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (44)

Bakers Royale

44

Salted Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (45)

The Moveable Feast

Get the Salted Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies recipe from The Moveable Feast

45

Nutella Sandwich Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (46)

A Beautiful Mess

Get the Nutella Sandwich Cookies recipe from A Beautiful Mess

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46

Dark Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (47)

How Sweet It Is

47

Honey Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (48)

Pastry Affair

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48

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (49)

How Sweet It Is

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49

Cinnamon Roll Cookies

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Pastry Affair

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50

Flourless Chewy Cinnamon Sugar Peanut Butter Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (51)

Foodie Crush

51

Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

Every Cookie Recipe You'll Ever Need (52)

Bakers Royale

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FAQs

How to do the cookie challenge? ›

Have you heard of The Cookie Challenge? The rules are simple, but winning is difficult. To start, tilt your head back and place your favorite cookie on your forhead. In less than 60 seconds, can you navigate the cookie down your face and into your mouth - without using your hands.

What is the most important ingredient in a cookie? ›

Fat is a very important ingredient in cookies – it tenderizes, crisps and browns, adds color and a wonderful flavor that is impossible to duplicate. Butter, our fat of choice, ensures good baking results and adds the most desirable taste, texture and appearance.

What ingredient makes a cookie rise? ›

Baking Powder. The type of leavening you use in your cookies doesn't just help them rise while baking, it affects their texture and structure too. Baking soda in cookies yields a denser cookie with craggy tops, while baking powder causes cookies to rise higher during baking for a cakier texture.

What makes cookies fluffy? ›

Room temperature butter is just the right consistency to incorporate air when it's creamed with sugar. These trapped air pockets result in risen, fluffy cookies. If the butter is any warmer, it won't incorporate enough air and your cookies will have less rise.

Where is the Cookie Clicker cheat menu? ›

With Google Chrome on a Windows PC, you access the Cookie Clicker cheat menu by pressing Control, Shift and J. You can also simply press F12. For the MacOS version of Google Chrome, press Command, Option and J to bring up the Cookie Clicker hacking area.

What is the cookie game rule? ›

Place a cookie in the center of your forehead, not touching the eyebrows. Use only your face to move the cookie from your forehead to your mouth. The cookie must remain in contact with your face, so you can't try to toss it from your forehead and catch it in your mouth.

What is the oldest cookie? ›

Pizzelles are the oldest known cookie and originated in the mid-section of Italy. They were made many years ago for the “Festival of the Snakes” also known as the “Feast Day of San Domenico”.

What cookie sells the most? ›

Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.

How can I make my cookies fluffier instead of flat? ›

Try using baking powder instead of baking soda. Baking soda encourages spreading while baking powder puffs the cookies up. If your recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of baking soda, you would use 3 to 4 teaspoons of baking powder. Caution: This could result in an unwanted flavor shift.

What makes a cookie chewy instead of crunchy? ›

Well, the long and short answer to chewy cookies is it's all about the moisture content. Cookies that are dense and chewy incorporate more moisture into the batter. This can be achieved by making substitutions with wet and dry ingredients, or even just changing the way you incorporate certain ingredients.

Why put cookies in the fridge before baking? ›

The colder your dough is before it heads into the oven, the less it will spread during baking, which makes for loftier cookies. The chilling phase also gives the flour in your dough time to hydrate, just like pie dough, which translates into a cookie that's more chewy than cakey.

Should I use baking soda or baking powder in cookies? ›

Baking soda is typically used for chewy cookies, while baking powder is generally used for light and airy cookies. Since baking powder is comprised of a number of ingredients (baking soda, cream of tartar, cornstarch, etc.), using it instead of pure baking soda will affect the taste of your cookies.

What gives cookies more flavor? ›

Add more complex proteins, like malted milk powder and brown butter. Caramelizing the sugar beforehand brings bright notes to your cookies, but you can further expand your dessert's flavor profile by playing with proteins.

What does cornstarch do to cookies? ›

The science is simple: According to the flour authorities over at Bob's Red Mill, cornstarch can help “soften the rigid proteins of the flour, resulting in a light and chewy dessert.” “The cornstarch complements the flour in absorbing the liquids, but won't develop gluten structure like the flour will,” stresses ...

How does the Christmas cookie challenge work? ›

In Christmas Cookie Challenge, five confident and daring bakers compete to prove their holiday cookie-making skills. Tough-love judges are on hand to crown the holiday cookie master, who will go home with a $10,000 prize!

How do you complete cookie clicker? ›

The goal of the game is to produce as many cookies (by clicking on the Big Cookie and buying buildings to produce them) as you can. There is no end to the game, but some believe getting all the achievements is technically seen as "finishing the game".

How do I start playing cookie clicker? ›

Get Started:

Click on the big cookie in the center of the screen to produce cookies. Keep clicking until you have enough to buy your first building. You'll want to repeat this process until you have 10 cursors, which should be enough to get your first whole cookie per second!

What is cookie challenge? ›

Cookie Challenge, also known as Cookie Validation, is a type of web challenge that is used in DDoS mitigation to filter out attackers from legitimate clients.

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