Made with orange food coloring, canned pumpkin, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, unsalted butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cookies For Every Occasion

The word cookie originates from the Dutch "koekje" which means "little cake". However, these baked goods can be traced all the way back to Persia, circa the 7th century.
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Halloween Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
French Lavender Sugar Cookies
Made with hard-boiled egg yolks, all-purpose flour, cake flour, confectioners' sugar, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, salt, dried lavender
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Zucchini Peanut Butter Drops
Made with baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour, shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, zucchini
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Fluffy Marshmallow Butterscotch Cookies
Made with nuts, flaked coconut, butterscotch chips, butter or margarine, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, powdered sugar, miniature marshmallows
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Minnesota's Favorite Cookie
Made with toffee baking bits, butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, milk chocolate chips, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Deluxe Peanut Butter And Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Made with vanilla extract, egg, all-purpose flour, baking soda, butter, cream cheese, brown sugar, sugar, peanut butter, banana
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Jam-Up Oatmeal Cookies
Made with pecans, butter flavor shortening, brown sugar, eggs, almond extract, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, quick oats
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Oreo Snow Balls
Made with almond bark, chocolate sandwich cookies, cream cheese
Time: under 30 minutes
Cardamom Shortbread Stars
Made with all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, cardamom, salt, confectioners' sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Butterscotch Haystack Cookies
Crunchy and sweet, these no-bake butterscotch cookies are always a hit. Store in an airtight container or in the freezer.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Dame Blanche
Made with almond flour or corn starch, powdered sugar, eggs, vanilla bean, cake flour, all-purpose flour, salt, raspberry jam
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cheddar Cheese Cookies
Made with margarine, sharp Cheddar cheese, flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cherry Surprise Balls
Made with butter or margarine, flour, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, water, nuts, bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, maraschino cherries
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Classic Butter Spritz Cookies
Made with baking powder, butter, sugar, egg, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easy Cherry Rum Balls
Made with butter, corn syrup, vanilla wafers, powdered sugar, candied cherries, pecans or walnuts, rum
Time: over 5 hours
Dirty Snowballs
Made with powdered sugar, flour, vegetable oil, sugar, unsweetened chocolate, eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Haystack Cookies
Made with chow mein noodles, butterscotch chips, peanut butter
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Soft Buttermilk Sugar Cookies
Made with soda, baking powder, flour, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, salt, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Fluffy Shortbread Cookies
Made with maraschino cherries, butter, icing sugar, flour
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Butterscotch Haystacks
Butterscotch and chocolate chips melted with chow mein noodles make a quick sweet-and-salty candy that everyone loves.
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Icebox Shortbread
Made with candied cherries, butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Savory Parmesan and Fennel Biscotti
Made with pine nuts, flour, cornmeal, salt, baking powder, baking soda, black pepper, cayenne pepper, Parmesan cheese, fennel seed
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Spritzgeback (Pressed Hazelnut Cookies)
Made with ground hazelnuts, all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Italian Sprinkle Cookies
Made with all-purpose flour, confectioners' sugar, baking powder, shortening, lemon extract, milk, almond extract
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
No-Bake Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies
Made with coconut, quick-cooking oats, miniature marshmallows, peanut butter, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Soft Molasses Cookies & Icing
Made with ground cinnamon, ground ginger, butter or margarine, sugar, egg, molasses, sour cream, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Honey Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, baking soda, baking powder, honey, applesauce, margarine, egg whites, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, quick-cooking rolled...
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
No Bake Apple Oatmeal Cookies
Made with powdered sugar, quick-cooking oatmeal, butter or margarine, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, tart apples, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Alabama Cookies
Made with rice krispies, shortening, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flour, salt, oats, pecans
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Chip Shortbread Sticks
Made with vegetable oil, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, flour, semisweet chocolate mini chips
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Torcetti (Little Twists)
Made with powdered sugar, eggs, butter, flour, milk, sugar, anise flavoring, dry active yeast
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Chocolate Drop Sugar Cookies
Made with buttermilk or sour milk, salt, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Fruitcake Biscotti
Made with sugar, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla extract, almond extract, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, dried cranberries
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
No Bake Penuche Drop Cookies
Made with vanilla extract, nuts, quick-cooking oats, brown sugar, butter, milk, salt
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Sun-Dried Tomato and Basil Biscotti
Made with sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, eggs, sugar, olive oil, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, black pepper, basil
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Honey-Spiced Pryaniki
Made with vanilla extract, honey, all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, cardamom, ground nutmeg, salt, eggs, sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Frosted Lemon Cookies
Made with salt, baking soda, all-purpose flour, sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, lemon peel, lemon juice, cream of tartar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Italian Easter Anise Cookies
Made with flour, vanilla extract, eggs, salt, sugar, baking powder, vegetable oil, anise seeds
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Sugar Cookies With Nutmeg
Made with salt, sugar, butter, nutmeg, vanilla extract, egg, milk, flour, baking powder, baking soda
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Boston Cream Pie Cookies
Made with vanilla extract, lemon zest, egg yolks, egg, buttermilk, whipping cream, unsweetened chocolate, butter
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Belgian Lace
Made with white chocolate, sugar, corn syrup, butter, all-purpose flour, pecans, nutmeg, semisweet chocolate
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cream Cheese Cookies With Apricot Filling
Made with apricot filling, flour, butter, cream cheese
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Short Stack Cookies
Made with butter, sugar, eggs, maple syrup, baking soda, salt, vanilla extract, flour
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Crisp Coffee Cookies
Made with shortening, butter or margarine, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, egg, all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Autumn Spice Cookies
Made with cinnamon, sugar, butter or margarine, eggs, spice cake mix, quick-cooking oats, raisins
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Buttercream Pound Cake Cookies
Made with milk, confectioners' sugar, golden pound cake mix, margarine or butter, almond extract, egg, shortening, margarine, vanilla
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Almond Praline Biscotti
Made with water, flour, baking powder, cornmeal, salt, espresso beans, butter, sugar, egg yolk
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Hawaiian Drop Cookies
Made with coconut, flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, almond extract, crushed pineapple
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Flat Crisp Snickerdoodles
Made with salt, soda, shortening, sugar, eggs, flour, cream of tartar
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
No Bake Bonbon Cookies
Made with shortening, chocolate chips, walnuts, vanilla wafers, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, corn syrup, Southern Comfort liqueur
Time: over 5 hours
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