Cookies, cookies, cookies. There’s really nothing better than a tray of fresh and warm cookies, straight from the oven. This list has something for everyone–we’ve got simple and fuss-free to packed with ingredients like potato chips, toffee, and pretzels. They’re also perfect for sharing or swapping . We guarantee everyone will want the recipe.
Crisp Peanut Butter Cookies
: Frankie Frankeny
1/16
These uncannily crisp, seemingly shortbreadish cookies from San Francisco's Miette are--and we mean this--unlike any you've ever encountered.
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Potato Chip Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
: Sally McKenney
2/16
Here's what to bake when you don't know exactly what you're craving but you know it needs to be indulgent. And indecently good.
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Vanilla Bean Oatmeal Cookies
: Ryan Szulc
3/16
A classic that's loved by nearly everybody. A chewy center and delicate flavor of vanilla give them an appeal beyond your everyday oatmeal biscuits. Perfect for sharing, too.
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Sugar Cookies
: Sally McKenney
4/16
Exactly like those soft, puffy, cakey frosted sugar cookies found in the bakery of your local grocery store that the kids beg you to buy—minus the scary artificial ingredients.
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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
: fahrwasser
5/16
Crisp at the edges, chewy in the center, and (sorta) wholesome through and through, these are a revelatory riff on the classic.
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Tahini Cookies
: Lisa Cohen
6/16
Chewy and nutty and salty and subtly sweet and guaranteed to be a little more exotic than any other cookie you've ever had. Also gluten-free as well as dairy-free and egg-free and, yes, paleo-friendly.
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Compost Cookies®
: Momofuku Milk Bar
7/16
The curious name of these insanely can't-stop-eating-these sweet and salty cookies hints at how you toss in whatever this and that you have on hand to create awesomeness.
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Coconut Lime Cookies
: Ty Mecham
8/16
Think sugar cookie meets margarita. Or something like that. And just as difficult to stop at a single taste.
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Chewy Molasses Cookies
: Ekaterina Smirnova
9/16
The holidays incarnate. That's what these cookies are to us. They're magnificently and traditionally spiced and are crinkly and chewy. All in the best possible sort of way.
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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
: Alexandra Rowley
10/16
Subtly sweet and slightly crumbly, these chocolate cookies are indulgent through and through yet in a sorta sophisticated way. Tasting is understanding.
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Homemade Milano Cookies
: Dan Goldberg
11/16
Forget Pepperidge Farm. Where’s the satisfaction in just ripping the bag open? Where's the longing that comes with anticipation? Right here with these homemade Milanos.
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French Butter Cookies
: Guillaume Czerw
12/16
Call them whatever you will. Breton butter cookies. French biscuits. Sables. We call them simply impossible to stop noshing.
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Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies
: Ellen Silverman
13/16
Certainly you've heard the story behind this $250 recipe. But have you tasted the cookies? That's what we thought. Let's remedy that.
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Wheat-Free Butter Cookies
: Hélène Dujardin
14/16
Believe it. Wheat-free, slice-n-bake cookies that taste like the real deal without fuss or crazy ingredients. You're welcome.
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Salted Caramel and Pretzel Cookies
: Johnny Miller
15/16
Sweetly salty. Crunchy tender. Unexpectedly familiar. Simply complex. We confess, we're dumbstruck by these little contradictory lovelies.
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Vegan Chocolate Chip Brownie Swirl Cookies
: Ciarra Siller
16/16
For those days when you can’t choose between fudgy brownies and classic chocolate chip cookies. (A typical day for us!) Here's how not to do without.
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