Cookie recipe collection

Molasses whoopie pies: cake-like ginger molasses cookies sandwiched with a sweet ginger-molasses buttercream filling. The Pennsylvania Dutch lunchbox classic with a warm-spice twist on the chocolate original.

Molletes are traditional Mexican cookies made with cornmeal, butter, egg yolks, and pine nuts. Lightly sweet with a sandy, crumbly texture from the cornmeal.

Mom's apple cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies with grated fresh apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts. Old-fashioned spiced bakery flavor from a lunchbox-friendly batch of three dozen.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

Buttery spritz-style cookies flavored with vanilla, lemon and almond extracts. Tender, golden and ready to be pressed, cut, or tinted for holiday cookie trays. A family classic with a triple extract twist.

Mom's chocolate chunk cookies with chunky semi-sweet chocolate, toasted pecans, and a butter-margarine blend that gives crisp edges and chewy centers. Bakery-sized scoops.

Cookie press shortbread with brown sugar, butter, cornstarch, and powdered sugar for an ultra-tender crumb. Baked low until barely golden. A big-batch holiday recipe.

Mom's easy drop sugar cookies: no rolling or cutting, just scoop, flatten with a fork, and sprinkle with sugar. A butter-and-oil dough with a splash of vinegar keeps them tender and lightly crisp at the edges.

Classic thumbprint cookies with brown sugar dough rolled in egg white and chopped nuts, indented mid-bake, then filled with icing, cherries, or chocolate kisses.

Deep-fried choux pastry bites with pecans and maple extract, tossed in powdered sugar. A crispy, nutty treat using classic pate a choux dough ready in 15 minutes.

Banana monkey bars: a one-bowl banana bread baked thin into chewy bars, studded with walnuts and finished with a chocolate sugar drizzle. Lunchbox sweet, ready in under an hour.

Vegan peanut butter oatmeal cookies with semi-sweet chocolate chips, made with soy milk and canola oil. Chewy, pressed flat, and loaded with crunch and chocolate.

Chocolate diamond cookies with unsweetened chocolate, pecans, and vanilla. A fudgy, brownie-like holiday cookie baked in one pan and cut into festive diamond shapes.

Old-fashioned coconut meringue kisses with shredded coconut, vanilla, almond extract, and a cherry half on top. A naturally gluten-free holiday cookie with a crisp exterior and chewy center.

Filled butter ring cookies sandwich apricot preserves between two shortbread rounds, the top one cut with a thimble window, dusted with powdered sugar. Linzer-style holiday classic.

Scotch shortbread is a 5-ingredient buttery Christmas cookie cut into festive shapes. Powdered sugar gives a melt-in-the-mouth crumb; tender, sandy, and made for sprinkling with colored sugar.