Best Cookie Recipes

Discovered that recipe in Better Homes & Gardens a few years ago. Like to toss in some chocolate or peanut butter chips to enhance the eating experience. You can also top them off with Hershey's kisses.

😊 Best and easiest PB cookies ever !

I've been looking at the recipes on youtube where there is one recipe but you can add something to it to make a different cookie. Usually 10 different cookies from the one recipe

Yes, R1! My next batch will include chocolate chips instead of the cross-hatch, I'm also thinking of cratering the center and adding a dollop of grape jelly. I don't know if it'll work though.

It should, R1, although the grape jelly might get kinda “rubbery”

Whole wheat, peanut butter & oatmeal cookies. I use butter instead of shortening.

Martha Stewart's Jamaretti cookie. The video makes it seem a little more complicated than is really is.

They are like thumbprint cookies but easier.

These chocolate chip-dried cherry-pistachio cookies are always popular when I make them. I usually substitute dried cranberries for the dried cherries because they're easier to find and just as good.

Thanks, R4. I usually bake my cookies 25 degrees less than what the recipe calls for to avoid overbaking. This seems to help minimize the rubberfication effect. Most of the time. 😕

Best selling biscuit in the UK, Chocolate Digestive

I just put a batch in the oven, and am waiting patiently.....

I've already poured the milk.

I made Chef John's Lace Cookies and they were very good and surprisingly easy.

I used macadamia nuts instead of almonds and milk chocolate.

If you don't have a silpat I believe parchment paper would also work.

R5, oatmeal peanut butter look great! I'm going to try it this week.

R6 jamaretti cookies look DELICIOUS. I I'll definitely give them a try!

R7, those look so mouth-wateringly decadent. I love the cranberry substitution idea. One of my favorites is a good orange cranberry cookie.

R8, British biscuits are so good. Those look wonderful!

Count me in !

So simple, so easy, and even a humble orphan can afford the ingredients.

R11, Chef John is amazing and he makes everything seems so easy. And I love his humor. Thanks for that recipe. I just bought a silpat not too long ago, so win-win!

You're welcome, r14.

I just have to share this parody of Chef John, this guy nailed it and Chef John even shared and commented on it, lol.

It's 23°F outside today, with gusty winds and light snow.

A perfect day for baking cookies and mug cradling.

My favorite cookie is the World Peace Cookie by Dorie Greenspan. Essentially a chocolate sable, but with intense chocolate flavor and a fantastic crumbly texture.

Throw in a bit of cannabis and I'm sold.

Peanut butter cookies are quite tacky. They're the trailer park trash of the cookie world.

These are very good. David Lebovitz's rosemary cookies with tomato jam.

I like to make peanut butter cookies with a chocolate wafer in the middle of the cookie. I get the wafers from a local candy maker/store. I roll the cookie into a ball and shove the wafer in the side and then shape the cookie so you can't see the wafer. The wafer stays soft in the cookie if not refrigerated.

Can anyone share a recipe for cutout cookies? I tried the store-bought cookie dough and it just melted into blobs in the oven despite their instructions on how to make the dough stiffer.

Did they recommend adding extra flour to the dough, R22? If not an extra 2 tablespoons may help. Don’t over mix when you incorporate it into the dough.

R22, was the dough refrigerated and cold beforehand?

[quote] Yes, [R1]! My next batch will include chocolate chips instead of the cross-hatch, I'm also thinking of cratering the center and adding a dollop of grape jelly. I don't know if it'll work though.

Sounds good, R3, but I'd use some other kind of jam or jelly, maybe apricot. Grape jelly just doesn't really taste like anything to me.

Chef John's food looks good, but I hate when he cuts into things for a bite. He just has no finesse and he destroys the food with the side of his fork or whatever he uses. He should use a knife to get a clean slice so we know what things look like before he destroys it.

At least he doesn't make smacking sounds when he eats.

My cookies always come out too dry.

My cookies are moist and delicious. Men love my cookies.

Smitten Kitchen is a goldmine of fabulous recipes, especially for baked goods.

Her crispy-chewy chocolate-chip cookies are my go-to recipe. I used chopped milk and dark chocolate instead of chips, and they are always DELICIOUS.

I also use that recipe as a base for more elaborate cookies with a ton of add-ins (nuts, Heath Bar bits, coconut, etc.).

Those 3-ingredient peanut butter cookies are the best.

Yes and yes R23 R24 but they still turned to blobs.

R15 that was hilarious! 😂

I like Peanut butter like my chocolate men - brown, smooth and EASY TO SPREAD

R17 I was looking for a good chocolate cookie. This looks like it'll be it!

I'm going to make a batch as written. Then I'm going to try a spicy version using Mexican chocolate (which has a unique semisweet taste), fresh ground cinnamon (grind a cinnamon stick using a spice grinder or, if not available, using a blender and then passing the cinnamon through a sieve), and some chili powder. A teaspoon of a Mexican vanilla blend might get tossed in there as well.

By the way, this same combination heated in a pot with whole milk or half & half makes a rich hot chocolate. Just don't overdo it with the chili powder! Add some brown sugar (to taste) to the pot to sweeten it. Off topic, but it pairs very nicely with fresh-baked cookies.

R20 those look and sound out of this world! I happen to have a rosemary plant so I'll be trying this recipe ASAP.

R29 that looks like a great chocolate chip cookie. "Crispy-chewy" is my favorite cookie consistency.

These are from Jacques Torres. It’s an amazingly fussy recipe, but oh my God are they good!

The BEST cookie I ever ate was Mrs. Fields Cookies at Bloomingdales FRESH out of the oven it was a large Milk Chocolate Macadamia cookie- ca. 1995.

R29 is the same recipe I got from Allrecipes many years ago and it really is the best.

R35, I enjoyed them very much -- they had a unique flavor. It's been awhile since I made them, but I may just make some this week!

OP, a recipe for Ginger Lace cookies from a local bakery that closed several years ago was printed in the newspaper. I wonder how it compares to the one you saw in a competition -- this one is outstanding, lots of molasses and spices. The newspaper now uses a paywall, so I could print the recipe instead of linking if that's necessary.

The best cookies are toll house cookies, only you need to use two teaspoons of vanilla instead of one.

Thanks, R41! I had found a similar recipe for soft molasses cookies (linked below) but I really like the addition of the raisins in the version you posted. Another good possibility might be chopped dates. I was able to copy the recipe despite the paywall. I will be trying these. Thanks again!

I just finished making a batch of the Bon Appetit Snickerdoodle recipe. They came out pretty good -- very cinnamon-y.

If you love The Doubletree Chocolate Chip cookies, here is a top-secret version. The secret is some lemon juice and ground oats.

Popcorn cookies are delish, but instead of chocolate chips, I use toffee chips.

Rosemary and tomato jam cookies? That is some gay shit.

Any good cookie recipes to use with cookie cutters?

r3 Don't add too much jelly(1/2 tsp. at most) or it'll add too much moisture to the center of the cookie. It can develop a hole and that portion always stays too wet, making storage difficult. Whenever I do this I just make the dough a bit stiffer(with some ground oatmeal), and that solves the problem.

Walnut/cranberry cookies are good. Just use a chocolate chip cookie recipe, omit the chips and add walnuts and dried cranberries, both chopped.

For hopelessly inept bakers, who still want homemade goodies, you can't beat Seven Layer Bars.

I use penis cookie cutters for a laugh

Has anyone used Betty Crocker gingerbread mix as the cookie option on the box?

[quote]For hopelessly inept bakers, who still want homemade goodies, you can't beat Seven Layer Bars.

Sure you can. These don't even need to be baked!

Have you made The Cookie? I made The Stew and it was gross. Don’t know why people rave about it? The Pasta has anchovies so that’s a pass.

R48, here's a basic sugar cookie recipe. Chill the dough to ensure the shapes hold up. The commentary is helpful.

R4 That cookie is actually called split seconds and was created by a Pillsbury bake-off finalist in 1954. Martha (or the people who work for her because I doubt she does much baking anymore) renamed them and calls them hers.

R49 thanks for the tip. I usually make cookies with jelly/jam/preserves at a lower temperature to control the baking process. It's a fine line between the jelly being set and the jelly turning to rubber.

I'm going to make those lace cookies @ R11. What nut/chocolate combinations would be best? I have walnuts, almonds, pecans, and pistachios.

r55 That recipe doesn't have any almond paste, so they wouldn't be like the Martha Stewart ones.

R44. Thanks! Snickerdoodles are awesome. And I'll add cinnamon to just about anything!

R46, those look SO good. The salty/sweet element must be amazing, like pretzel cookies.

R45, thanks for that tip. I never thought about adding lemon juice to a chocolate chip cookie, but it makes sense since even chocolate and orange pair will together.

Speaking of lemon, it's probably my favorite dessert base, especially in curd form (lemon meringue pie, lemon bars, etc). Here's a lemon cookie recipe.

Thanks for the help R54 I'm going to try them this weekend.

I just made a pleasant easy cookie. It can be sugar-free too.

82 g Lakanto (or white or brown sugar) (6 Tbsp) Couple squirts liquid sweetener like Stevia or Splenda 20 g cocoa (1/4 c) 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp soda 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 egg 250 g smooth no-stir peanut butter or other smooth no stir nut or seed butter (1 cup)

Mix dry ingredients together. Sift if cocoa is lumpy. Beat egg with vanilla and sweetener.

Stir peanut butter into dry ingredients. Add egg mixture and mix well. Roll into 1" balls. Flatten to about 1/2" high. Add a few chips or nuts to the tops of the cookie dough if you like before baking. Bake 350F for 9-11 minutes. Makes about 15.

R51, I've never made them, but they seem to turn out well according to the reviews (link). There are plenty of terrific homemade gingerbread cookies recipes out there too.

OK, so I started to make those lace cookies from R11. Followed the recipe exactly, except I used half corn syrup and half honey (the recipe said you could use either.) I used pecans instead of almonds (the recipe said you could use any kind of nut.) The batter/dough was MUCH looser than the video showed, and the cookies spread a lot and came out very thin and brittle--too thin and brittle to paint with chocolate to make a sandwich. They tasted OK (w/o the chocolate, of course) but were REALLY greasy.

Thanks, r59 for the lemon cookie recipe. I made them yesterday and they were delicious.

This is a really good recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Using better chocolate really makes a difference! His other recipes are excellent as well!

According to Betty Crocker, it should be spelled "Cooky"

[quote]Peanut butter cookies are quite tacky. They're the trailer park trash of the cookie world.

Things like Oreos and those frosted, sprinkled sugar cookies in the giant tub in your grocer’s bakery section are tacky, peanut butter cookies are delicious.

r66 Sunset magazine always used to spell it that way too. And See's Candies spells "lollipop" with a 'y.'

Why am I looking at this thread when I ate broccoli and asparagus for dinner?!

I love me some seven layer bars. I’m sure you can make them into a cookie shape.

Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies (Subway cookies copycat recipe)

There are a few different online recipes for this, but this one is fairly easy to make and the ingredients are easy to find if you live in the US. The cookies are very good.

Does anyone have a great recipe for blondies?

I like them chewy and moist, but some of the recipes I’ve tried yield more cake-y results.

Do they have a nice snap? I like a nice snap.

[quote] I'm linking my favorite flourless peanut butter cookie recipe.

Thanks Claire.

This one is tried and true. They are called "vanishing" because you put out a plate of them and they vanish.

I love Mud Cookies, they are no bake, so good in the summer because you don't heat up the kitchen.

I hate the time it takes to scoop and drop them, so I just pour the mixture into a pan and cut them up into squares after they cool.

This is a chocolate chip cookie recipe that produces comparatively mounded cookies with a smooth exterior and in interior that looks like the cake. The pic at link is for Hermits, which this recipe is adapted from. It's different but I grew up on them and to me they are chocolate chip cookies:

1 cup shortening (part butter) (I usually go half cup and half cup) 1 tsp vanilla 1 ½ cups brown sugar, packed 3 eggs well beaten 2 2/3 cups sifted velvet cake and pastry flour ½ teaspoons salt ½ teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon baking powder chocolate chips (as many as you would like)

Heat oven to 375 Degrees F. Cream shortening, butter. Add flavouring. Add brown sugar until creamy. Add eggs and beat until light. Sift flour, salt and soda, baking powder and spices. Add flour mixture gradually to creamed mixture. Then add fruit and or nuts. Drop batter from spoon on to greased baking sheet at lease 1 ½ ” apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Depending on oven temperature might be too hot. This recipe is good doubled.

Whenever I use a new oven I always do a test cookie to check the burn time. 375 was probably a necessary temp for ovens in the 1950s and 60s when my grandmother was baking. The spoon is regular place setting spoon, not a soup size spoon.

R71, I have to respectfully disagree that the cookies at Subway are good. IMO, do not go out of your way to recreate their soft, flaccid cookies.

How OBESE are you all?

If you don’t bake ‘em, they ain’t cookies.

These crispy oat cookies are great.

R76. I’ve got a smart dog because he left some of your mud cookies in my backyard.

My favorite!

I hate when a recipe calls for a small amount of milk. I end up pouring the rest out.

God. Flattened peanut butter puffs being called "cookies."

You people can't get anything right.

These cookies are good, but the frosting is insane. It tastes like pink sunshine.

Get some of those half and half single serve containers and use them instead of milk.

Has anyone tried the Ted Lasso biscuit recipe?