Recipes Desserts Cookies 35 Cookie Recipes to Put on Repeat By Food & Wine Editors Updated on July 29, 2021 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Chocolate chip. Crunchy peanut butter. Spiced gingerbread. Cookies can bring so much joy with just one bite, and in this roundup, we've gathered 35 (35!) different recipes for all kinds of occasions. Feeling celebratory? You can't go wrong with funfetti cookies. Read on for those recipes, and even more cookie recipes to try. 01 of 35 Matcha Tea Cake Cookies © CON POULOS These delicate cookies are made with oil, so they're moist and tender. Matcha gives them a light, toasty flavor and turns them a pretty green. Get the Recipe 02 of 35 Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies PHOTO © FREDRIKA STJÃRNE Should a chocolate chip cookie be chewy or crispy? This recipe, with its crisp crinkly top and chewy center, is both. We also give guidelines for anyone who demands a perfectly chewy or completely crisp version. Get the Recipe 03 of 35 Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies Bridget Hallinan These crowd-pleasing cookies can be on the table in less than 30 minutes. Get the Recipe 04 of 35 Fudgy Chocolate-Walnut Cookies © Quentin Bacon New York pastry chef François Payard's divinely gooey chocolate cookies are flourless, which makes them ideal for Passover baking. Get the Recipe 05 of 35 Sugar-Crusted Chocolate Cookies © Quentin Bacon This is Jacques Torres's recipe for sables, a classic French butter cookie with a sandy, crumbly texture (sable means "sandy")—though this fabulously dense version is actually more like shortbread. Get the Recipe 06 of 35 Spiced Gingerbread Cookies Baker Julianne Jones' wonderfully zingy gingerbread cookies have a tender and cakey texture, yet they're sturdy enough to decorate. As an alternative to the icing, you can sprinkle the tops of the cookies with demerara sugar before baking for a nice crunch. Get the Recipe 07 of 35 Pecan Sandies © Robert Rausch These cookies are unbelievably light, delicate, and crisp. The secret is to let the cookie dough chill overnight before slicing and baking. Get the Recipe 08 of 35 Green-Tea Fortune Cookies Chef Joanne Chang likes having fun with the fortunes she puts inside these large cookies. Shaping the tuiles while they're hot can be tricky, so consider using cotton gloves. Get the Recipe 09 of 35 Candy Cookies © Fredrika Stjärne These truffle-like cookies have an unexpected piece of candy in the centers. They're adapted from a traditional holiday cookie that Renato Poliafito discovered during his travels in Germany. Get the Recipe 10 of 35 Butterscotch Chocolate Sandwich Cookies © Nicole Franzen Be the star of a cookie swap with these gorgeous sandwich cookies, filled with homemade butterscotch. Get the Recipe 11 of 35 Slightly Chewy Ginger Cookies © John Kernick Unlike most shortbread cookies, these are made with whole wheat, which gives them a nice, toasty flavor. Get the Recipe 12 of 35 Lemony Butter Cookies Using confectioners' sugar in the dough in place of granulated sugar gives these lemony cookies a light deliciously crumb. Get the Recipe 13 of 35 Cardamom Thumbprints © Chris Court Adding cardamom to these crispy cookies gives them a subtle spiced flavor. If you don't have any of the jams listed, you can fill the thumbprint with other jams or with chocolate. Get the Recipe 14 of 35 Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Mug © Abby Hocking In less than 10 minutes, you go from raw ingredients to a warm, soft chocolate chip cookie thanks to this quick, customizable recipe. Serve the cookie with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt and a scoop of your favorite ice cream. Get the Recipe 15 of 35 Funfetti Cookies © Abby Hocking Chewy and absolutely jam-packed with rainbow sprinkles, these funfetti cookies will add a festive touch to almost any occasion. Place a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream between two of them to make a colorful ice cream sandwich. Get the Recipe 16 of 35 S'mores Linzer Cookies Greg DuPree Linzer cookies are descendants of the linzertorte, named after the Austrian city of Linz. Swapping graham flour and hazelnut meal for the all-purpose flour and almond meal gives these linzer-inspired cookies the flavor of s'mores. Get the Recipe 17 of 35 Triple-Ginger Rye Cookies Greg DuPree Hearty rye flour paired with three types of ginger—powdered, candied, and fresh—lends an earthy, lightly spicy flavor to these holiday cookies. The best part? You can store them in the freezer for up to three months, so you'll always have a snack at the ready. Get the Recipe 18 of 35 Cardamom–Poppy Seed Cookies Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christine Keely A generous ratio of butter to flour helps the dough spread in the oven, resulting in thin, crispy cookies with lacy golden brown edges. Chill the dough before baking to control spreading and concentrate the flavor of the cookies. Get the Recipe 19 of 35 Lemon-Buckwheat Shortbread Victor Protasio Lemon filling highlights the nuttiness of buckwheat flour in these shortbread cookie sandwiches from 2017 BNC Nina Compton. Get the Recipe 20 of 35 Thumbprint Cookies with White Chocolate-Espresso Ganache Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Christine Keely Baking legend Claudia Fleming based these melt-in-your mouth cookies on a recipe her mother used to make. They owe their texture to the perfect amount of cornstarch, which makes them exquisitely crumbly without being too dry. The buttercream-like filling is light in texture but stable thanks to the white chocolate. Get the Recipe 21 of 35 Melody Cookies © Abby Hocking Inspired by the Melody cookies of her childhood, legendary cookbook author Dorie Greenspan developed these crisp, chocolaty shortbreads. They are lovely eaten as-is, but also make for great sandwich cookies. The possibilities are endless: fill with speculoos, chocolate ganache, salted caramel, marshmallow fluff, or simple buttercream frosting. Also, if the dough becomes too soft while you're working with it, just put it back in the freezer until it firms up. Get the Recipe 22 of 35 Lemon-Tahini Cookies Gregory DuPree The dough for these cookies can be made and frozen up to three weeks in advance—just let it thaw for 30 minutes first before rolling it in the sesame seeds. Get the Recipe 23 of 35 Chocolate Pretzel Crinkle Cookies Greg DuPree By substituting flour with Glutino pretzels, this version of chocolate crinkle cookies is not only gluten-free, but also perfectly salty-sweet with the best-ever chewy center. Get the Recipe 24 of 35 Vanilla–Brown Butter Sablé Cookies Johhny Miller Pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz loves simple vanilla cookies like these. Vanilla, a notoriously difficult product to grow and source, really shines in this recipe, making the quality especially important. Pickowicz loves Heilala vanilla, which you can buy at heilalavanilla.com. Get the Recipe 25 of 35 Giant Chocolate Cookie with Cacao Nibs and Flaky Salt Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Rishon Hanners / Prop Styling by Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland To make this oversized cookie even more festive, bring it to the table topped with scoops of your favorite ice cream so that everyone can share. Get the Recipe 26 of 35 Gluten-Free Cacao Nib Meringues Justin Walker Made with chocolate, cacao, and cocoa, these intensely flavored meringues have a delicate, crispy exterior with a soft, chewy, marshmallow-like interior. Get the Recipe 27 of 35 Triple Chocolate–Peppermint Cookies Justin Walker The peppermint bark in this recipe is simple to make and adds a beautiful pop of color and flavor in each cookie, though store-bought bark will work well here, too. Get the Recipe 28 of 35 Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Christine Keely The secret to nailing these classic cookies is to bake them just until they're set but not browned. They'll finish cooking as they cool on the baking sheet, delivering a tender-chewy texture. Get the Recipe 29 of 35 Brown Butter-Cardamom Spitzbuben Photo by Caitlin Bensel / Food Styling by Rishon Hanners / Prop Styling by Christine Keely German for "cheeky boys," these Bavarian cookies will be the star of your holiday cookie platter, says Food & Wine deputy editor Melanie Hansche. Brown butter and cardamom make this simple cookie into a fragrant treat. Take the time to freshly grind the cardamom—the robust, citrusy flavor is worth it. Get the Recipe 30 of 35 Tortellini Dolci al Forno (Emilian Fruit-Stuffed Christmas Cookies) Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Christine Keely Not to be confused with the pasta of the same name, these classic Emilian Christmas cookies are made from a tender, flaky dough filled with a sweet-tart trio of fruit: cherry preserves, rich saba (cooked-down grape must), and candied citron. Get the Recipe 31 of 35 Salty Smoked Pistachio-and-Honey Shortbread Cookies Antonis Achilleos "Finishing the cookies with a lemony honey and a pinch of flaky salt creates a subtly savory edge that's delicious with steaming mugs of tea, a nip of single-malt Scotch, or vanilla bean ice cream," cookbook author Paula Disbrowe writes. Get the Recipe 32 of 35 Cardamom Shortbread Cookies with Dulce de Leche Peda Filling Andria Lo Adorned with edible flower petals and gold leaf, these spiced sandwich cookies, which blogger and cookbook author Hetal Vasavada makes for her Diwali celebration, are an occasion unto themselves. Store-bought dulce de leche enriches a filling inspired by peda, a creamy Indian milk fudge flavored with cardamom. For the toppings, be sure to seek out 24-karat gold or pure silver, which is safe for consumption. As for the flowers, Vasavada likes to use calendula and pansies, and notes that fresh petals from Whole Foods or other retailers will work as long as they are marked as "edible." Get the Recipe 33 of 35 Toffee-Apricot Oat Cookies Photo by Johnny Autry / Food and Prop Styling by Charlotte Autry These lacy cookies are studded with tart dried apricot, salty-sweet chunks of toffee, and sweet milk chocolate for the perfect combination of flavors and textures. Be sure to rotate the pans during baking to ensure evenly baked, perfectly crisp-chewy cookies. Get the Recipe 34 of 35 Brown-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Rishon Hanners / Prop Styling by Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland Most traditional chocolate chip cookie recipes start by creaming softened butter with sugar. Here, the butter is melted in a skillet until golden brown and nutty first. This simple step does require a bit of extra time (mainly for chilling the butter), but the result is an intensely toasty butterscotch note that makes these thin, chewy cookies irresistible. Get the Recipe 35 of 35 Double-Chocolate Rye Cookies Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Rishon Hanners / Prop Styling by Christine Keely A mix of unsweetened cocoa and bittersweet chocolate bars gives these fudgy cookies a deep chocolate flavor. Dark rye flour adds a lightly savory note that balances the sweet intensity of dark chocolate well and plays off the crunchy sea salt garnish. The addition of light brown sugar makes these cookies extra chewy and helps to extend their shelf life. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit