155 cookie dough recipes

Hazelnut shortbread with toasted ground hazelnuts pressed into a buttery dough and drizzled with melted semi-sweet chocolate. A simple, elegant cookie with a Nutella-like flavor combination.

Nancy's ice cream kolacky: a three-ingredient Eastern European-style cookie where vanilla ice cream replaces liquid and eggs, creating a tender pastry dough filled with jam and dusted with powdered sugar. A Christmas cookie-tray favorite.

Ginger icebox cookies with molasses, three teaspoons of ground ginger, and a slice-and-bake method. Make the dough ahead, chill, and bake crisp rounds whenever you want fresh cookies.

Raisin pineapple drop cookies with brown sugar, crushed pineapple, and seedless raisins in a soft, cake-like dough. A fruity, old-fashioned cookie that stays moist for days.

German chocolate pretzel cookies (Schokoladenpretzel) hand-shaped from cocoa dough and topped with cocoa frosting. A fun baking project that makes about 2 dozen pretzel-shaped cookies.

Four-in-one oatmeal cookie base that yields 4 different cookies by adding raisins, peanuts, chocolate chips, or coconut. One dough, four flavors, great for batch baking.

Chocolate roll-out cookies with cocoa in the dough and a tinted decorator's frosting. Cut into holiday shapes and decorate for Christmas cookie trays and gift boxes.

Double chocolate cookies studded with candy-coated chocolate pieces, perfect for holiday cookie trays. Rich cocoa dough baked soft and chewy with colorful candy pressed on top.

Marji's fudgies: dense fudgy chocolate drop cookies with cocoa, powdered milk, and a stiff dough that bakes into a brownie-cookie hybrid. Foil-pan baking trick included.

Mocha mint crisps roll buttery cocoa-coffee dough in sugar before baking into crackle-topped chocolate cookies with a cool peppermint finish. A holiday cookie tin essential.

Old-fashioned icebox cookies with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon juice, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that refrigerates overnight or freezes for weeks. Paper-thin and crispy.

Lincoln log cookies shaped from cocoa-chocolate chip dough into two-inch logs, then drizzled with white and chocolate icing stripes. A fun, chocolatey bake for kids and adults.

Deluxe chocolate chunk walnut cookies with semi-sweet chunks and milk chocolate morsels in a chewy brown sugar dough. Bakery-style thick cookies with two kinds of chocolate.

Cinnamon sugar butter cookies rolled in spiced sugar and baked low for a soft, chewy center. Brown sugar dough gives these drop cookies deep caramel notes with a crackly cinnamon coating.

Old-fashioned looped jumble cookies with cinnamon dough rolled into ropes, shaped into loops, and topped with a poured chocolate glaze. A charming heritage cookie with a fun shape.

Miniature cookie houses: a sturdy vanilla cookie dough built for construction. Roll, cut, bake, and decorate into tiny Christmas houses. The classic holiday project for kids and crafty bakers.