Step one in researching cookie recipes is deciding which types of cookies you want to bake: Christmas cookies, classic cookies, small cookies, large cookies, no-bake cookies—the different kinds of cookies are nearly endless. Will they require using a stand mixer? Step one is easier said than done, right? So let's take it back a step: You know that you want delicious cookie recipes, and thanks to this collection of cookies, that's enough.
We've rounded up simple cookie recipes for almost every type of cookie, so you can find the one that speaks to you and start baking without too much time clicking around. Whether you're preparing for a cookie exchange or just itching to make some of the most popular cookies out there for yourself, consider this your starting point. With these delicious cookies as the result of your efforts, you'll be thanking yourself with every scrumptious bite. Now pull out those baking sheets!
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Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies
Buttery puff pastry forms the base of these simple cookies, which feature a cinnamon-sugar and pecan swirl throughout each bite. And don't be intimidated by that picture-perfect spiral—all you need is a well-rolled dough and a quick trip to the freezer.
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Gingerbread Cookies
Who says gingerbread is just for the holidays? Bake these cookies year-round and decorate with a simple icing.
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Chocolate Crinkles
Roll the dough in a generous dose of confectioners' sugar before baking to achieve this pretty snowy effect.
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Angeletti
Decorate these crumbly little bites with a light vanilla glaze and colorful sprinkles.
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Chocolate Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
There's melted chocolate in the batter along with chocolate chunks in the final product—a chocoholic's delight.
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Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
Chewy and crumbly, this favorite has an added bonus—the recipe is flourless, making it a great gluten-free sweet treat.
This timeless recipe for everyone's favorite cookie is loaded with chocolate chips; add chopped nuts for extra variety.
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Jam Sandwich Cookies
Sandwich any store-bought or homemade jam of your choice between two sugar cookies to make these sweet treats. Dust each cookie with powdered sugar for the perfect finishing touch.
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Chewy Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Use old-fashioned rolled oats to lend robust flavor and texture to these hearty cookies.
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Raspberry-Almond Linzer Cookies
Add ground toasted almonds to the batter to give these beautiful sandwich cookies a fragrant nuttiness.
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Easy Sugar Cookies
It doesn't get much more classic than this easy sugar cookie recipe. Use this easy-to-make dough to whip up Pecan Logs or Chocolate-Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies, or simply grab some colorful icing and decorate your own treats.
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Almond Biscotti
Biscotti are baked twice to make them extra crisp and dry—perfect for dunking in a cup of coffee.
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Glazed Lemon Cookies
A sweet lemon topping adorns these delightful citrus treats.
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Chewy Spice Cookies
Molasses helps keep these cookies—spiced with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves—moist and chewy.
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Shortbread Wedges
Buttery, crumbly shortbread is an ideal afternoon treat with a cup of tea.
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Pine Nut Drops
Crunchy pine nuts provide a satisfying contrast in these chewy cookies.
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Salty-Sweet Chunkers
These chewy cookies are loaded with mix-ins such as white chocolate chips, pretzels, oats, and mini marshmallows.
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Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons
To make chewy macaroons even more delicious, dip them in melted chocolate and let set before serving.
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Chocolate Linzer Cookies
This spin on a classic Linzer cookie adds cocoa powder to the dough, which chocolate fans will love. Fill each cookie with vibrantly colored jam to create an Instagram-worthy dessert platter.
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Chocolate Chip Meringue Kisses
Light and airy meringues have a hidden nugget of chocolate in each bite.
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Macaroon Thumbprints With a Surprise Nutella Center
If you love Nutella, these adorable bite-sized thumbprints are the perfect dessert for you. Chocolate hazelnut spread is dolloped in the center instead of jam, and it's all topped off with a sprinkling of coconut flakes.
Use my favorite tall cookie trick to reduce excess spreading. Roll your dough balls to be taller rather than wider. This doesn't necessarily mean using more dough per cookie– we'll simply shape the cookie dough ball to be nice and tall, with a firm solid bottom to ensure the cookie doesn't topple over as it bakes.
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.
This balanced protein level makes it versatile enough to produce both soft and chewy cookies as well as slightly crisp ones. If you're looking for a safe bet or are new to cookie baking, all-purpose flour is your go-to option.
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.
Using egg whites will give you a taller, drier cookie. More egg yolks will give you fudgy, dense cookies. Bringing eggs to room temperature beforehand will add more volume to the dough.
Hydrox cookies have a sweet filling and a crunchy cookie shell. The Oreo cookie, introduced in 1912, was inspired by the Hydrox. The Oreo eventually became more popular than Hydrox which resulted in Hydrox being thought of as a copy of Oreo.
What is the best-selling cookie in the world? Oreo cookies. Since the brand's inception in 1912, more than 450 billion Oreo cookies have been sold around the world, and are now available in more than 100 countries.
Nearly 93% of all American households serve and enjoy cookies as treats or after meals. However, it's the chocolate chip cookie that's the most popular in the U.S. and around the world. How much do youknow about chocolate chip cookies?
If the dough is chilled before baking then the cookies will be slightly more rounded, so if you want slightly flatter cookies then bake them as soon as you have mixed up the dough. But we would not recommend flattening the cookies completely as this will affect the texture.
As a general rule of thumb, you should refrigerate cookie dough for at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours. More than that, and you won't see a noticeable difference in the final product. Once the dough has chilled, let it warm up at room temperature until it's just pliable (about 5 to 10 minutes).
After you cut out shapes, allow the dough chill on the pan in the refrigerator to prevent over spreading as they bake. For drop cookies, use a scoop to ensure even amount of dough for each cookie—uniform sized cookies bake more evenly. Give about 2 inches of space between cookies on the pan for spreading while baking.
In that role, white sugar aerates the dough when creamed with butter for thick and puffy cookies. Brown sugar, meanwhile, is dense and compacts easily, creating fewer air pockets during creaming—that means that there's less opportunity to entrap gas, creating cookies that rise less and spread more.
Pastry flour is the middle ground between cake flour and all-purpose flour. Professional bakers love that it's finely milled with a protein content that hovers around eight to nine percent, striking the perfect balance between flakiness and tenderness while maintaining structure.
Pastry Flour: An unbleached flour made from soft wheat, with protein levels somewhere between cake flour and all-purpose flour (8 to 9 percent). Pastry flour strikes the ideal balance between flakiness and tenderness, making it perfect for pies, tarts and many cookies.
Tilt your head in the opposite direction from the way you want the cookie to go, to provide stability. Use repetitive motions with your face muscles to slowly but steadily move the cookie along. When you get the cookie close to your mouth, slowly and gently tilt your head to get it to its final destination.
Golden Brown Edges – Check the edges of the cookies for a golden brown colour. This indicates that the cookies have caramelized and are likely done. ...
Set Centres – Gently touch the centre of a cookie. ...
Light Cracking – Look for light cracks on the surface of the cookies.
Once you have enough cookies, you can buy anything in the game to increase the number of cookies that you earn per second. Buying things like the Antimatter Condenser will significantly increase the number of cookies per second that you generate.
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