Cookie Recipes

Oregon has an abundance of nuts, and these nutty cookies are popular with the ladies at my craft club. Growing...

Key limes don’t provide much peel, so sometimes I cheat and use regular limes—for the peel only—in these bites. If...

I was looking for a light cookie that would freeze and travel well and couldn't find one, so I created...

"A friend shared this delicious recipe with me," writes Jean Andrea from Burkesville, Kentucky. The crisp yet chewy cookies are...

The inspiration for this cute cookie came from my sister's description of a hazelnut cookie she tried in Italy. She...

I have had this recipe for about 40 years, and in that time I've made a few changes. These cookies...

There were nine children in our family and Mother had to stretch the budget, so she made these often for...

Cream cheese helps create the rich, melt-in-your-mouth taste of these perfect cookies. Forget any other sugar cookie recipe-this is the...

With only four ingredients, these cookies couldn't be easier for our son, Jacob, to help whip up. He thinks it's...

These cute meringues are a great addition to your table when entertaining at Easter. Enlist the kids to help shape...

These bar cookies travel well and feed a lot of people at potlucks and family reunions. Kids especially like their...

Of all the cookies I've baked over the years, these have remained one of my all-time favorite. The dough is...

This recipe came about by accident when I was making both my husband's favorite peanut butter cookies and my favorite...

Full of lemony flavor, these cookies are great for any time of year and always popular with family and friends.—Patricia...

Cutting fun shapes from sweet dough and decorating the cookies with icing and candies is a Christmas-time tradition many families,...

Light and crispy, these cookies melt in y our mouth, while the plump pecan perched on top provides a little...

Crisp on the outside and soft inside, these cookies are packed with oats, coconut, chocolate and tons of flavor. —Brittney...

The recipe for these rich, buttery cookies originally called for dates. Apricots have long been my favorite fruit, so using...

"Each of these buttery cookies has a chocolate mint candy inside," says Lorraine Meyer of Bend, Oregon. "They're my very...

“When visiting a friend, I helped organize her recipe collection into scrapbooks,” recalls Theresa Myslicki of North Fort Myers, Florida....

I won first prize in a recipe contest with these yummy swirl cookies. The taste of raspberry and walnuts really...

These rich buttery cutout cookies are pretty enough to star on any holiday buffet. They taste as good as they...

I've been making these cookies for years. My children and grandchildren gobble them up.

Out of all my cookie recipes, I get the most requests for this one. A friend gave the recipe to...

My best friend's grandmother frequently makes these old-fashioned cookies and was kind enough to pass the treasured family recipe on...

I was fortunate to inherit this recipe from my husband's great-aunt. They slice nicely and are easier to make than...

Fixing desserts is my favorite kind of cooking. I usually make these cookies for Christmas—their pale-white adds a special touch...

—Joan-Marie Gerth, Henderson, Nevada

These simple cookies are so crisp and buttery, it's hard to eat just one. I make them for special holidays,...