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Linzer Cookies
By The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Scotcheroos
A Midwestern dessert most easily described as peanut butter Rice Krispies Treats layered with chocolate and butterscotch, scotcheroos are practically impossible to dislike.
By Jesse Szewczyk
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39 Valentine’s Day Cookies to Spread the Love Far and Wide
Skip the Conversation Hearts and bake a batch of Valentine’s cookies.
By Zoe Denenberg
Hamantaschen
These triangular cookies—traditionally stuffed with poppy seed filling, but often with jam or jelly—are a signature of Purim.
By Zoe Denenberg
Caffeinate Your Cookies With Any Coffee or Tea
Coffee grounds, tea leaves, matcha powder? The choice is yours.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Any Tea or Coffee Shortbread Cookies
Pick any sort of coffee or tea to turn this moreish cookie into a caffeinated treat fit for breakfast or dessert.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Blondies
Everyone needs an irresistibly buttery back-pocket blondie recipe in their toolbox. This is ours.
By The Epicurious Test Kitchen
Choose Your Own Holiday Adventure With Mix-and-Match Biscotti
One recipe, endless possibilities.
By Jesse Szewczyk
For the Shiniest Cookie Icing, Meringue Powder Is a Must
Thanks to this shelf-stable ingredient, you’ll have the prettiest cookies at the swap.
By Zoe Denenberg
Brandied Almond Biscotti
This almond biscotti recipe gets oomph from a splash of brandy.
By Tony Oltranti
Anything Goes Biscotti
Think of this flexible biscotti recipe as a formula for whatever flavor of crunchy cookie you’re craving.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Peppermint Bark Brownies
Deep, rich dark chocolate, milky white chocolate, and sharp peppermint come together in a gift-worthy brownie.
By Zoe Denenberg
Light Up Your Cookie Swap With Tutti-Frutti Thumbprints
Using an array of freeze-dried fruits and jams creates a striking mix-and-match palette of colors and flavors.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Tutti-Frutti Thumbprint Cookies
These shortbread-like cookies are tossed in a mixture of freeze-dried fruit pulverized with granulated sugar, coating the outsides in a fun blanket of fruity flavor.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Cuccidati
Buttery cookie dough and brandy-soaked dried fruit make these Italian fig cookies a holiday must-have.
By The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Italian Rainbow Cookies
Store-bought versions are rarely as good as you want them to be. Take matters into your own hands with this step-by-step recipe.
By Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez
Butter Cookies
Remember that tin of Danish butter cookies you used to love? These are better.
By The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Whoopie Pies With Whipped Marshmallow Filling
Nobody knows exactly where whoopie pies came from, but we guarantee these marshmallow-stuffed chocolate cakes will go fast.
By Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez
Coconut Cookie Bark
Part chewy macaroon, part crispy shortbread, this big ol’ cookie has it all. The coconut extract is optional but adds lots of delicious flavor.
By Yossy Arefi
Banana Nut Blondies
These blondies have all of the flavors of your favorite banana bread in a more compact form, with lots of toasty walnuts inside and on top.
By Yossy Arefi