Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough1/49
Grab your spoons. Whether you crave sweetness or sustenance of a different sort, this simple childhood pleasure may at least bring you a little pleasure in the moment at hand.
Salted Caramel and Pretzel Cookies2/49
Sweetly salty. Crunchy tender. Unexpectedly familiar. Simply complex. We confess, we're dumbstruck by these little contradictory lovelies.
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies3/49
A classic. And it's even better than we remembered. And we mean that in the best possible way, moms.
David Leite’s Chocolate Chip Cookies4/49
We're bewitched, thanks to this aged cookie dough--yes, aged COOKIE DOUGH--that indulges us in an adult cookie with notes of rich butterscotch and bitter dark chocolate.
Ultra-Thin Chocolate Chunk Cookies5/49
A theatrical departure from the norm, these diaphanous beauties shatter dramatically as they deliver untold caramelized, bittersweet chocolate goodness.
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies6/49
Crisp at the edges. Chewy within. Peanutty through and through. A classic perfected. Pass the milk, please.
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies7/49
We pinky swear these whole wheat chocolate chip cookies don’t taste healthy. Not even remotely. Quite the contrary. Experience why folks are calling this their new go-to cookie recipe.
Pistachio Shortbread Cookies8/49
Tender and crumbly like shortbread, yet subtly flavored and sweet like cookies, these beg the question, which are they?
Best Oatmeal Cookies9/49
These oatmeal cookies are like the baking version of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, which means your cookies end up exactly the way you like them.
Peanut Butter-Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies10/49
One part oatmeal cookie, one part peanut butter cookie, one part chocolate chip cookie, and all parts irresistibly awesome.
Crisp Peanut Butter Cookies11/49
These uncannily crisp, seemingly shortbreadish cookies from San Francisco's Miette are--and we mean this--unlike any you've ever encountered.
Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies12/49
Happiness can be found in this recipe that ended our search for the perfect small-batch chocolate chip cookie. Insanely perfect for when you need—need, not want—just a dozen.
Tahini Cookies13/49
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.
Compost Cookies®14/49
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.
Homemade Milano Cookies15/49
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.
Linzer Heart Cookies16/49
Baking a batch of these cinnamon-scented, hazelnut-inflected, raspberry-jamwiched Linzer cookies is nothing if not a testament to your heart most definitely being in the right place.
Breakfast Cookies17/49
Think granola bars but in soft, crumbly cookie form. That's what you get with these sorta virtuous, sorta naughty little lovelies.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies18/49
Expect a slightly ginormous, squat, thin cookie that's chewy in the center, crisp at the edges, and uncommonly good through and through.
Potato Chip Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies19/49
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.
Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich20/49
This isn't a recipe. It's a reminder. You know, of summer and laziness and the magic of ice cream sandwiches for dinner.
Birthday Cake Cookies21/49
All the good stuff from a birthday cake--sprinkles and a creamy buttery frosting--incorporated into soft, tender sugar cookies. That's something to celebrate.
Toffee Cookies with Dark Chocolate Glaze22/49
These toffee cookies are sorta like shortbread but richer, thanks to the inclusion of brown sugar. Plus, they're gilded with dark chocolate, pecans, and a sprinkle of fleur de sel.
Chocolate Cookies23/49
Sometimes cookies are so amazing your instinct is to keep 'em all to yourself but you find yourself simply not being able to resist sharing them with loved ones. These are them.
Thin and Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies24/49
What's so twisted about this twist on Toll House cookies? Guess you'll have to try these chipper champs to find out.
Espresso Chocolate Chunk Cookies25/49
Just like Tollhouse cookies but with the amp turned up. Way up. Think of them as a more mature version of a classic. (Finally, something you don't have to share with the kids!)
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies26/49
Subtly sweet and slightly crumbly, these chocolate cookies are indulgent through and through yet in a sorta sophisticated way. Tasting is understanding.
Cream Cheese Rugelach27/49
"Transcendent" is how the author describes these rugelach. We'd like to add "flaky," "tender," and "perfect" to the list of apt adjectives.
Sugar Cookies28/49
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.
Valentine’s Sugar Cookies29/49
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.
Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies30/49
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.
Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies31/49
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.
Pistachio Oatmeal Cookies32/49
Not your classic oatmeal raisin cookies, these boast golden raisins, maple syrup, and cardamom in addition to pistachios. Definitely healthy. Practically paleo. Entirely good.
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies33/49
Shauna James Ahern, aka Gluten-Free Girl, divulges her decadent take on a childhood classic. You won't miss the gluten. Trust us.
Peanut Butter Sandies34/49
New York Times' reporter Julia Moskin divulges the recipe for City Bakery's Peanut Butter Sandies. You're welcome.
Thousand-Layer Chocolate Chip Cookies35/49
Okay, these cookies may not contain literally a thousand layers, but they're sufficiently flaky to make us stop counting. As one of our recipe testers exclaimed, "This is a very special cookie."
Fig Rugelach36/49
A traditional Hanukkah recipe that you're going to want to borrow for your every cookie craving throughout the year.
Coconut Macaroons Dipped in Chocolate37/49
Sweet, moist, tender, can't-stop-at-just-one coconut macaroons that are reminiscent of what's found at the loveliest bakery in town.
Fig, Apricot, and Pistachio Biscotti38/49
This beauty of a biscotti may seem a descendant of sorts from fruitcake, though it boasts a heck of a lot more allure than its stodgy ancestor.
Change Your Fortune Cookies39/49
Try your hand at homemade fortune cookies that you can stuff with you own zany fortunes. Feel your luck changing already?
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies40/49
Crisp at the edges, chewy in the center, and (sorta) wholesome through and through, these are a revelatory riff on the classic.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisps41/49
Crisp as a cracker. Less sweet than a cookie. And certain to be safe from the kids as they have a distinct adult dark chocolate allure.
Classic Shortbread Cookies42/49
Tender and delicate and buttery and spectacularly simple, just as classic shortbread cookies ought to be.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies43/49
You shouldn't have to choose between your two competing cravings. The only disappointing thing about these? That we didn’t discover them sooner.
Confetti Cookies44/49
Cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. That's our forecast for anyone who wishes to recreate the sugar cookies of their childhood.
Alfajores ~ Dulce de Leche Cookies45/49
We know many who've fallen for these dulce de leche-filled shortbread cookies while in Latin America. Few have recovered. Rightly so.
Soft Peanut Butter Cookies46/49
We’ll demolish almost any version of peanut butter cookies. But these, with their slightly crisp edges and oh-so-soft, melt-in-your-mouth center, are among the best we’ve ever experienced.
Cookie Dough Buttercream Frosting47/49
This cookie dough buttercream frosting is easy to make, insanely indulgent, and ridiculously perfect for slathering atop cakes and cupcakes, and, natch, snitching straight from the bowl.
Frozen Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough48/49
Sometimes what you need isn't so much a recipe as a strategy. Like this frozen cookie dough balls magic that's ready at a moment's craving.