These 18 Delicious Cookie Recipes include everything from classic favorites to fun and simple cookies that are perfect for sharing with family and friends.
Whether you’re baking for an everyday treat, a party, or the holidays, there’s something for everyone!
Many of these cookies can be dressed up with festive sprinkles, colored sugar, or decorations to make them perfect for Christmas cookie trays and homemade gifts.
No Roll Sugar Cookies
These No Roll Sugar Cookies are soft, fluffy, and super easy to make! Just drop the batter, flatten slightly, sprinkle with sugar, and bake—no rolling pin needed. Totally customizable with colored sugar for any holiday or theme, and sturdy enough to send to school, pack in lunches, or bring to a party.
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Peach Thumbprint Cookies
Peach Thumbprint Cookies feature a buttery shortbread-style cookie filled with peach pie filling and drizzled with a tasty cinnamon glaze. Think of them as tiny peach pies. And yes, they’re just as delicious as they sound!
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies have a brownie like texture, are made with cocoa powder and powdered sugar. They look very impressive and are so easy to make!
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Toffee Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe (Starbucks Copycat)
Toffee Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe is a classic soft chewy cookie studded with Heath toffee bits, rolled in cinnamon sugar and then baked to perfection.
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Soft Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
These White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies are soft with sweet white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and hearty oats in every bite. This easy oatmeal cranberry white chocolate chip cookies recipe is perfect for Christmas cookie trays, holiday baking, or anytime you want a delicious homemade cookie.
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Glazed Sour Cream Cookies
Glazed Sour Cream Cookies are soft and fluffy cake like cookies that are sure to become a favorite for holidays and parties all year around.
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Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Polvorones de Canela)
Mexican Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Polvorones de Canela) are buttery, crumbly shortbread-style cookies flavored with cinnamon and topped with cinnamon sugar. Roll out the dough and cut it into your favorite shapes for an easy holiday cookie.
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Almond Joy Cookies (Chocolate Coconut Thumbprints)
This Almond Joy Cookies recipe starts with light and airy chocolate thumbprint cookies filled with coconut and sweetened condensed milk. Top each one with an almond and a drizzle of melted chocolate for that candy bar flavor in a homemade cookie! These chocolate coconut cookies are a delicious addition to holiday cookie trays, cookie exchanges, or an afternoon treat.
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Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies are fluffy and cake-like. I was inspired to change the traditional chewy cookies into cake-y cookies that are so delicious!
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – an easy, soft, fluffy, cake like cookie made with chunky peanut butter and milk chocolate chips.
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White Chocolate Chip Craisin Cookies
White Chocolate Chip Craisin Cookies feature sugar cookie dough with creamy white chocolate chipsand tart, sweet craisins. A delicious and satisfying treat!
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Double White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double White Chocolate Chip Cookies feature a chocolate cookie with white chocolate chips. A great twist on the traditional chocolate chip cookie!
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Old-Fashioned Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Looking for the ultimate peanut butter cookie? This classic peanut butter cookie recipe delivers perfectly tender, chewy cookies every time! Made in just one bowl with simple ingredients you likely already have on hand, it's an easy treat that comes together quickly. The best part? There's no chill time required, so you can enjoy these delicious cookies in no time!
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Graham Cracker & Frosting Sandwich Cookies
Have a little leftover frosting that you don't know what to do with? These easy graham cracker cookies, sometimes called icebox cookies, are the perfect way to use it up. They are also great for after school treat.
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Cowgirl Cookies
Cowgirl Cookies are a fun twist on classic cowboy cookies! These soft cookies are loaded with oats, coconut, macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries for a delicious cookie that's easy to make and perfect for sharing.
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Peanut Butter Cowboy Cookies Recipe
These Peanut Butter Cowboy Cookies are a peanut-butter-lover’s twist on the famous Laura Bush cookie recipe. They’re big, chewy, and loaded with flavor. This recipe for Cowboy Cookies is basically a chocolate chip cookie taken up a notch with the addition of peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips, chopped pecans, and coconut. They’re a cookie fan’s dream come true!
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Duncan Hines Cake Mix Cookies (3 Ingredients)
These Duncan Hines cake mix cookies are soft, fluffy, and made with just 3 ingredients. These easy cookies made from cake mix are ready in about 20 minutes and perfect for a quick dessert.
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Easy Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
These Funfetti cake mix cookies are soft, chewy, and made with just 3 ingredients. Using a box of Funfetti cake mix, eggs, and oil, they're ready in about 20 minutes for birthdays, parties, or an easy anytime dessert.
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About Mindy
Mindy has been cooking for over 30 years, starting as a young mother who learned how to create delicious meals on a budget. Today, she shares approachable recipes made with everyday ingredients that are easy, affordable, and family-friendly. Her goal is to show that great food doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive.