Cookie recipe collection

Vintage sugar cookies leaning heavy on brown sugar over white with shortening for tender texture and a three-finger ridge press. Makes 48 chewy, caramel-toned cookies.

Twice-baked chocolate biscotti loaded with Dutch-process cocoa and toasted hazelnuts or walnuts. Crisp, sturdy, and dunkable, with a deep cocoa flavor and no butter or oil. The classic Italian coffee cookie, made dark.

Old-fashioned buttermilk gingerbread with a streusel-style crumb topping built from the same dough. Molasses, ginger, and cinnamon meet a tangy buttermilk batter for a soft, warm-spiced cake. Serve warm with whipped cream or baked apple.

Scottish Empire cookies: buttery shortbread rounds sandwiched with raspberry jam, topped with a thin sugar glaze and colored sprinkles. A classic tea-time biscuit.

English rocks cookies packed with candied cherries, candied pineapple, dates, and pecans in a spiced brown sugar-buttermilk batter. A dense, fruity holiday cookie baked low and slow.

English toffee bars with a buttery shortbread crust, pecan halves, bubbly toffee topping, and melted milk chocolate pressed on top. Three layers of crunch, caramel, and chocolate in every bar.

No-bake chocolate oat cookies rolled in powdered sugar. Just 6 ingredients mixed together and chilled overnight for fudgy, truffle-like bites with zero oven time.

Espresso chocolate chunk cookies with cocoa, coffee liqueur, and dark brown sugar. Rich, fudgy mocha cookies baked low and slow for a dense, chewy center.

Chocolate espresso macaroons with coconut, walnuts, and almond extract, held together by sweetened condensed milk. No flour, no eggs, chewy and intensely coffee-flavored.

Espresso nut cookies with a slice-and-bake shortcut. Buttery dough loaded with real espresso and chopped pecans or walnuts, chilled and sliced thin for crisp, coffee-scented edges.

Espresso-hazelnut shortbread cookies with real coffee grounds, toasted hazelnuts, and cold butter baked low and slow. Sandy, crumbly, and deeply aromatic with a bold coffee bite.

Esther's Purses: folded, filled cookies with a tender orange juice dough, stuffed with date-orange or nut filling, baked, then rolled warm in powdered sugar. A heritage Purim-style treat.

Loaded oatmeal cookies packed with bittersweet chocolate chunks, raisins, and pecans. Chewy centers with crisp golden edges from a brown sugar butter dough.

Eye Love Mom cookies are peanut butter thumbprints filled with raspberry jam and decorated with chocolate eyes and royal icing. Crafty Mother's Day cookies kids can help decorate.

Chocolate crinkle cookies with their signature snowy white powdered-sugar crackle. Made with melted unsweetened chocolate and vegetable oil for a fudgy, brownie-like center. Yields 48 holiday-perfect cookies.

Classic roll-and-cut sugar cookies with a simple dough of margarine, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Crisp edges, soft centers, and ready for decorating.