13 Must Have Cookie Recipes

Essential Chocolate Chip Cookies

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This chocolate chip cookie recipe is for the true chip lover. A whopping 3 cups of chocolate chips are stirred into the dough. This recipe has a prep time of 40 minutes and makes 60 cookies.

Cookie Balls

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Chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs are combined with cream cheese and dipped in white candy coating. Only 3 ingredients! You can decorate with chocolate jimmies or colored sprinkles if done immediately after dipping. This recipe takes 1 hour and makes 3 dozen cookies.

Giant Ginger Cookies

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Chewy, delicious, and aromatic, these cookies stand out as giants in both size and zippy ginger flavor. Roll them in coarse sugar for a touch of sparkle and a little crunch. This recipe makes twenty-five 4-inch cookies.

Pfeffernusse Cookies

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This traditional German Christmas cookie features molasses and honey with a variety of spices. This recipe has a prep time of 15 minutes, a cook time of 15 minutes and ready in 3 hours. This recipe makes 3 dozen cookies.

Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

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An easy Turtle Thumbprint Cookies recipe. Decadent chocolate cookies rolled in pecans and filled with soft caramel. This recipe makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies.

Butter Pecan Cookies

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You’re not going to believe how delicious these pecan cookies are! These butter pecan cookies are so delicate and will melt in your mouth. This recipe has a prep time of 20 minutes, cook time of 15 minutes and a total time of 35 minutes.

Florentine Cookies Recipe

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These lacy cookies may appear difficult to make, but they are actually very quick and easy. With plenty of orange zest to balance out the buttery caramel-nut flavors. This recipe has a total cook time of 50 minutes and makes about 36 cookies.

Cashew Cookies

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Soft sour cream cookies with cashews and burned butter frosting. This is the world’s best cookie! This recipe has a total cooking time of 45 minutes and makes 3 dozen cookies.

Pistachio-Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

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Cream cheese adds moisture to these delightful sugar cookies; pistachio nuts add satisfying crunch. This recipe has a prep time of 35 minutes, a chill time of 1 hour and makes about 44 cookies.

German Chocolate Cookies

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Love German Chocolate Cake? This cookie is a smaller version of the double-chocolate bakery favorite, complete with pecans and shredded coconut topping. This recipe has a prep time of 25 minutes and makes about 35 cookies.

Chinese Almond Cookies

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A traditional Chinese cookie. These little almond cookies symbolize coins and will give you good fortune in the new year. This recipe has a prep time of 10 minutes, a cook time of 15 to 17 minutes and a chill time of 2 hours. This recipe makes 3 dozen cookies.

Earthquake Cookies

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These cookies are so easy to make, you’ll probably crumble! You can use any flavor cake mix you like for these cookies. The possibilities are endless! This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.

Jello Cookies

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Tangy, sweet, soft & yummy. Beautifully colorful and delightfully different from the usual favorites. This recipe has a prep time of 6 minutes, a total cooking time of 54 minutes and makes 40 to 48 cookies.