Classic Cookie Recipes

Classic Cookie Recipes

How have these recipes earned a spot in our Cookie Hall of Fame? Beloved by generations of Americans, they cover a wide range of flavors and cookie styles — and at the end of the day, they're just plain GOOD.

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
Drop cookies

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

4.6 out of 5 stars 182 Reviews
Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies

Sugar Cookies

4.7 out of 5 stars 184 Reviews
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

4.6 out of 5 stars 437 Reviews
Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

4.7 out of 5 stars 195 Reviews
Bars of shortbread dipped in tempered chocolate and sprinkled with salt and pistachios
Shortbread

Shortbread

4.6 out of 5 stars 182 Reviews
American-Style Vanilla Biscotti
Biscotti

American-Style Vanilla Biscotti

4.8 out of 5 stars 189 Reviews
Holiday Butter Cookies
Sugar cookies

Holiday Butter Cookies

4.6 out of 5 stars 272 Reviews
Gingerbread Cookies
Roll-out cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

4.4 out of 5 stars 295 Reviews
Gingersnaps
Drop cookies

Gingersnaps

4.7 out of 5 stars 202 Reviews
Snickerdoodles
Sugar cookies

Snickerdoodles

4.2 out of 5 stars 32 Reviews
Chocolate Crinkles
Drop cookies

Chocolate Crinkles

4.6 out of 5 stars 129 Reviews
Lemon Snowball Cookies
Other

Lemon Snowball Cookies

4.5 out of 5 stars 92 Reviews
Chocolate-Raspberry Thumbprints
Filled

Chocolate-Raspberry Thumbprints

4.7 out of 5 stars 12 Reviews
Flourless Fudge Cookies
Drop cookies

Flourless Fudge Cookies

4.2 out of 5 stars 321 Reviews
Brown Butter Stamp Cookies
Other

Brown Butter Stamp Cookies

3.7 out of 5 stars 22 Reviews
Almond Cloud Cookies
Drop cookies

Almond Cloud Cookies

4.5 out of 5 stars 226 Reviews