4th of July Cookies
Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies
Crunchy natural peanut butter gives these crisp and buttery cookies a deeply peanutty taste, but any peanut butter will work well in this recipe.
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Double-Ginger Sugar Cookies
F&W's Grace Parisi opts for baking soda instead of baking powder to create delectable holiday sugar cookies that are especially crispy.
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Cardamom-Oatmeal Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
These spiced-just-right oatmeal cookies are the perfect texture for ice cream sandwiches--chewy and soft.
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Swedish Butter Cookies
The recipe for these smor bullar–light, crumbly pecan cookies similar to Mexican wedding cakes–comes from the terrific Swedish cook Marge Peterson.
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Maple-Oatmeal Cookies
Use a good, pure maple syrup. The better the syrup the more the maple flavor shines in these cookies.
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Ginger Sandwich Cookies
Nick Malgieri adds a puckery note to his gingersnap cookies by sandwiching them with a fresh lemon cream.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookies
Tiffany MacIsaac of Buttercream Bakeshop in Washington, DC, tops her perfectly tender, sweet and nutty cookies with crunchy honey-roasted nuts, then sandwiches the cookies with silky peanut butter cream and tangy jam.
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Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
This holiday inspired oatmeal cookie has dried sweet cranberries and perfect for your next gathering.
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Chocolate-Pine Nut Cookies
These chewy, fudgy, almost flourless cookies have rich chocolate flavor and a great nutty crunch.
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Salt-and-Pepper Sandwich Cookies with Strawberry-Lemonade Jam
These sweet and savory cookies are terrific with their strawberry-jam filling and on their own. The recipe makes a little extra jam--it's also excellent on toast, muffins and angel food cake.