Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
Fudgy, chewy oatmeal cookies that set on the counter instead of in the oven. The whole thing hinges on one minute of hard boiling, so have your oats measured before you turn on the stove.
25 min
GF
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Classic Italian Pizzelle
Thin, snappy anise-vanilla wafer cookies pressed in a hot iron in under a minute each. The batter comes together in one bowl, and while they're still warm you can roll them into cannoli shells or ice cream cones.
40 min
GF
Springerle (German Anise Stamped Cookies)
Pale, chalk-white German cookies pressed with a carved mold, dried overnight so the picture stays razor-sharp, then baked low and slow until they grow their signature puffy feet. They taste faintly of anise and lemon and only get better after a week in the tin.
64 min
GF
Almond Florentines
Thin, lacy almond cookies built on a boiled honey-caramel base, baked until they bubble into golden webs and finished with a sheet of dark chocolate on the underside. They shatter when you bite them.
65 min
GF
Classic Crisp Meringue Cookies
Three egg whites, a cup of sugar, and a very patient oven turn into a tray of weightless, shatter-crisp cookies. They look like something from a pastry case but cost about a dollar to make.
110 min
GF
Toasted Almond & Orange Biscotti
Properly crisp twice-baked Italian cookies, studded with toasted whole almonds and perfumed with orange zest. Sturdy enough to dunk in coffee, tender enough to eat straight off the rack.
73 min
GF
Classic Scottish Shortbread Fingers
Four pantry ingredients bake into pale gold fingers with crisp edges and a sandy crumb that collapses the second it hits your tongue. The low oven and a spoonful of cornstarch are what separate great shortbread from merely good.
67 min
GF
Classic Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Buttery shortbread cookies with crisp golden edges, a tender sandy center, and a glossy pool of jam in the middle. One dough, endless fillings — jam, curd, caramel, or ganache.
44 min
GF
Vanilla Bean Sandwich Cookies
Two thin, snappy vanilla butter wafers pressed around a thick swirl of vanilla bean buttercream. They taste like the cookie aisle, only better, because you controlled the butter.
57 min
GF
Slice & Bake Cookies
One buttery vanilla dough, rolled into logs and parked in the fridge until you want cookies. Slice off as many rounds as you need and bake — crisp sugared edges, tender sandy centers, zero last-minute mixing.
39 min
GF
Rolled & Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
A sturdy, buttery dough that rolls like a dream and bakes up with edges sharp enough to read a snowflake's points. Soft in the middle, flat on top, and built for decorating.
40 min
GF
Chewy Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies
All the pleasure of a chocolate chip cookie with none of the scooping — one bowl, one pan, thick chewy middles and crisp golden edges. They cut into 24 tidy squares, which makes them the easiest thing in the world to bring somewhere.
41 min
GF
French Macarons
Crisp, glossy shells with ruffled feet and a soft, chewy center, sandwiched around vanilla buttercream. Fussy, yes — but entirely doable in a home kitchen if you weigh everything and trust the folding cues.
67 min
GF
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Deeply caramelized brown butter and a heavy hand with dark brown sugar give these cookies crackly edges, a dense chewy middle, and pools of melted chocolate. A rest in the fridge is what turns them from good to unforgettable.
42 min
GF