586 cookie dough recipes

Swedish ginger cookies (pepparkakor) made with dark corn syrup, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. A spiced roll-and-cut dough that bakes thin and snappy for the holidays.

Swedish pepparkakor with molasses boiled and mixed into a spiced butter dough, chilled overnight, rolled thin, and baked crisp. A classic Scandinavian holiday cookie making 10 dozen.

Old-fashioned hickory nut drop cookies with sour milk, raisins, and chopped nuts in a soft, cakey dough. A heritage Midwest recipe with buttery, wild nut flavor.

Crisp cocoa-almond cookies filled with white chocolate ganache. Slice-and-bake dough makes shaping simple, and the thin, snappy wafers pair beautifully with the creamy filling.

Chunky white chocolate macadamia cookies scooped by the 1/3 cup for thick, bakery-sized rounds. Buttery dough with brown sugar, white chocolate chunks, and halved macadamias.

Anise-scented raisin biscotti with walnuts, lemon zest, and orange zest. Butter-based dough double-baked until crisp. A traditional Italian dunking cookie with citrus and spice.

Lebkuchen German Christmas cookies blend honey, molasses, cardamom, and clove into a dense spiced dough rolled and cut into shapes. Family tradition, ages and keeps for months.

Buttery drop cookies with crushed frosted flakes for crunch and melted chocolate swirled through the dough for wild tiger stripes. A fun baking project kids will love.

Slice-and-bake walnut refrigerator cookies with brown sugar and toasted walnuts in a buttery dough. Roll into logs, chill overnight, slice thin, and bake fresh whenever the craving hits.

Moravian sand tarts are thin, buttery Pennsylvania Dutch cookies rolled paper-thin and topped with a pecan half. The dough chills overnight for easy rolling and crisp results.

Almond crisps topped with amaretto-glazed slivered almonds in a flower pattern. Buttery press cookies with amaretto in both the dough and the topping for a sophisticated double almond flavor.

White chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies made with both butter and shortening for a chewy-crisp texture. Loaded with chopped macadamias and white chocolate in a brown sugar-vanilla dough.

Halloween black cat cookies: chocolate cake mix and peanut butter dough shaped into cat faces with M&M eyes, candy noses, and fork-tine whiskers. The Halloween party treat kids will line up for.

Buttery hazelnut shortbread cookies with maple syrup sweetness and a semi-sweet chocolate drizzle. Slice-and-bake from a chilled dough log for crisp, nutty edges every time.

Halloween cookies built on a classic chocolate cocoa drop dough: butter, sugar, eggs, and cocoa powder make a tender base ready for spooky frosting, sprinkles, or candy eyes.

Kolache cookies with a cream cheese pastry dough folded around fruit jam and dusted with powdered sugar. A three-ingredient Czech-style pastry that melts in your mouth.