1,839 sugar cookie recipes

Fudgy cocoa brownie cookies packed with chocolate chips, baked just until set for a soft, chewy center. Brown sugar and cocoa powder deliver intense chocolate flavor in every bite.

Double chocolate walnut biscotti with cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate chips baked twice for a crisp, crunchy cookie. Dusted with powdered sugar and perfect for dunking in coffee.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with brown sugar and rolled oats for a chewy, hearty texture. Crisp edges and soft centers loaded with semi-sweet chocolate chips in every bite.

Ginger crinkle cookies with molasses, cinnamon, and cloves, rolled in sugar and baked until crackled on top. Chewy centers with crisp, sugary edges that shatter on the first bite.

St. Louis-style peanut butter cookies with both brown and white sugar for a chewy center and crisp edge. Classic fork-pressed crosshatch pattern and deep roasted peanut flavor.

Carmelita bars layer a buttery oatmeal-brown sugar crust with melted caramel, chocolate chips, and pecans, then top with more oat crumble. Classic bake-sale and potluck cookie bar.

Old-fashioned slice-and-bake butterscotch cookies loaded with brown sugar and chopped nuts. Chill the dough in a log, slice into rounds, and bake in just 10 minutes.

Chewy peanut butter cookies loaded with ground and whole sesame seeds, brown sugar, honey, and a warm ginger kick. Rolled in raw sesame seeds for a nutty, crackly coating.

Classic snickerdoodles rolled in cinnamon sugar with a tangy cream of tartar dough. Soft, chewy cookies with crinkled tops and a sparkly cinnamon crust that flatten as they bake.

Traditional Norwegian anise syrup cookies made with honey, dark corn syrup, and star anise, finished with a warm powdered sugar glaze. Soft, fragrant, and sweetly spiced. Makes 4 dozen.

Oatmeal cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and 3 cups of rolled oats. Bake 8 minutes for chewy or 11 for crispy, a simple spiced classic you can customize.

Old-fashioned drop cookies made with lard, brown sugar, and eggs. Just five ingredients, a big batch of 5 dozen, and that tender crumb only lard can give you.

Slice-and-bake butterscotch cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, and a make-ahead frozen dough. Press into loaf pans, freeze, then slice thin and bake whenever the craving hits.

Chocolate chip cookie bars with a show-stopping marble swirl on top. Brown sugar, vanilla, and chopped nuts in a chewy base with melted chocolate dragged through for a bakery-worthy finish. Pan to plate in 30 minutes.

Homemade fig newtons: a tender brown sugar and sour cream cookie dough wrapped around real homemade fig jam, baked in logs and sliced into soft bars. So much better than the boxed kind.

Pfefferneusse are traditional German pepper cookies with molasses, star anise, cinnamon, allspice, and black pepper, rolled in powdered sugar. This old-world recipe mellows for weeks in stoneware for the best flavor.