Cookies

Christmas eating is mostly about the cookies, we think. Pull out your favorite cookie cutters and sparkliest sprinkles because it's that time of year!

Cookies with a tangy sourdough twist, a brown butter base, and big chunks of chocolate are a terrific update on a classic. You're gonna love 'em.

Cookie dough that can be made in advance and then sliced and baked whenever you want? And they taste like Key lime pie? Yes, please!

This seemingly simple little biscuit from France will wow you with its flaky, buttery perfection. Fantastique!

If world peace was possible just from chocolate, cocoa nibs, and bits of raspberry in a sablé biscuit, well, things would be a lot different. Start baking and change the world.

A more exotic take on the traditional thumbprint, the addition of fig jam takes these beauties to an even better place. Sweet, warm, and gorgeous.

Creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky. But not at all ooky--they're delicious little mummy themed treats that come together in a snap. And kids can help, too.

Great big chewy, chocolatey cookies so fantastic that our testers absolutely raved about them—try 'em and see for yourself.

How many ways are there to love chocolate chip cookies? So far, we've found 24. With apologies to those of you who are indecisive types.

Froufrou, fancypants, yet fuss-free, these thumbprint cookies with white chocolate ganache and chopped hazelnuts are, in a word, lovely.

Subtly sweet and slightly crumbly, these chocolate cookies are indulgent through and through yet in a sorta sophisticated way. Tasting is understanding.

Sure, you could say it with flowers. Although if novelty is what you're after, these sweet little somethings that are crisp at the edges and chewy in the center are the ideal answer.

Using bacon drippings in place of butter makes these can't-stop-at-just-one cookies both frugal and indulgent at the same time. And let's not overlook their salty, smoky, sweetly lovely taste.

Can't wait for your boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mints to arrive? No worries. We got you with this trusty gluten free recipe.

Expect a slightly ginormous, squat, thin cookie that's chewy in the center, crisp at the edges, and uncommonly good through and through.

Crisp edges. Chewy center. Caramelized awesomeness that defies words. And a marginal healthfulness from oats that makes it entirely too easy to justify having another one.

This graham cracker recipe has it all over store-bought crackers. No contest. And a glass of milk on the side doesn't do any harm.

The classic cookie benefits enormously from a hit of ginger here with these surprise sleeper hits of your Christmas season.

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.

A welcome collision of all the expected goodness of classic pecan pie and rugelach but with the unexpected hint of bourbon and cayenne.