Christmas Cookies

Tried-and-true classic cookies for the holiday season, plus the tips, tricks, and techniques you need to get them just right every time.

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Baking

Brown Butter Shortbread Cookies

A brown-butter twist on French sablés, with toasted sugar and malted milk powder for extra richness and complexity.

Chocolate

Cocoa Butter Cookies With Chocolate Chips

Fragrant, chocolaty, and rich (but just a little playful, too).

Cookies

Hazelnut Cookies With Milk Chocolate

Soft and chewy hazelnut cookies with a light drizzle of milk chocolate.

Baking

BraveTart's Cookies 'n' Cream Cookies

A scoop of cookies 'n' cream in...cookie form?

Cookies

Crispy Lemon-Ginger Sandwich Cookies

Crunchy lemon-ginger cookies with a refreshing creme filling.

Pastry

Homemade Fig Newtons

Fig cookies that taste as cakey and soft as you remember.

American

BraveTart: Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

A fast and easy recipe for old-school chocolate chip cookies.

Chocolate

BraveTart: Homemade Oreo Cookies

Chocolate and vanilla, together forever.

No-Bake Cookies With Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Chewy Oats

Simple, fast, and foolproof.

Pastry

One-Bowl Homemade Ladyfingers

Classic ladyfingers, simplified

Cookies

Homemade Biscoff (Belgian Speculoos Cookies)

How to make the world's best caramelized biscuits.

Baking

E.L. Fudge-Style Chocolate and Vanilla Sandwich Cookies

Cookies so good, they're almost magic.

How to Perfect Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies, One Ingredient at a Time

Cookies so good, they don't even need eggs or butter.

A Royal-Icing Tutorial: Decorate Christmas Cookies Like a Boss

Forget the North Pole—the magic of Santa's workshop is right in your kitchen.

Cookie Science: How Do Eggs Affect My Cookies?

What are those eggs doing in your cookie dough?

Cookie Science: The Real Differences Between Brown and White Sugars

Different sugars do very different things in cookie doughs.

Ingredient Guides

How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?

Answers to all your baking powder questions.

Cookie Science: How Baking Soda Works

The mysteries of baking soda explained.

Cookie Science: Why Cream Butter and Sugar?

The science behind creaming butter and sugar.

Step-by-Step: How to Make Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies

The keys to making soft, chewy sugar cookies.