Cookies

Bake the Best Cookies Ever! Explore our collection of easy & delicious cookie recipes, such as Chocolate Chip Cookies, Stuffed Cookies, Brownies and Bar Cookies. Impress your friends with homemade treats, such as Foolproof Brownies, Double Chocolate Chip Cookies, Salted Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies and my favorite Easy Soft Sugar Cookies (for cut-out cookies). Have fun!

Brown Butter Classic Blondies Recipe with Chocolate Chips


I posted my first blondie recipe more than a decade ago (see these Salted Caramel Blondies that are TO DIE for!!) and it’s taken me this long to give us just a pared-down, classic Brown Butter Blondie Recipe that’s buttery, chewy, fudgy, loaded with caramel flavor, easy to make and just 10 ingredients. Yes, sometimes we can have it all.…

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Homemade Soft & Chewy Iced Oatmeal Cookies


The very first time I made Homemade Iced Oatmeal Cookies was when I was recipe testing for The Cookie Book. We always had Mother’s Iced Oatmeal Cookies in our house growing up. They are one of my dad’s favorites, so I knew I needed a copycat recipe in my cookbook! I’ve created this adaption of that recipe for my website…

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An overhead shop of brownies with sea salt flakes over the tops.

The Best Ever Fudgy Brown Butter Brownies Recipe


Everything that browned butter touches is pretty magical, but these Brown Butter Brownies are SPECTACULAR. I’m talking beyond, toe-curling magical. They have so much flavor. I was worried that the chocolate would overpower the brown butter (and make the effort worthless) and WOW, was I surprised. These fudgy brownies are perfectly chewy, perfectly fudgy and just honestly, my new ultimate…

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The Best Chewy Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies


I’ve been in love with adding hard caramel (also called ‘burnt sugar’ in some of my recipes) to desserts since I first came across it in the Ovenly cookbook. I was so taken with it (because it’s so good!), that I created the Burnt Sugar Ginger Cookies for The Cookie Book (I took these cookies to every book signing!). To…

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Easy Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe (for Cut-Out Cookies)


So many things to swoon about these Easy Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe for Cut-Out Cookies! These soft sugar cookies have a texture that is melt-in-your-mouth soft and perfect. The flavor is buttery, sugary vanilla goodness. This is a streamlined version of the sugar cookie recipe in The Cookie Book and has been my go-to recipe for years!! So let’s get right to…

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Chocolate Lover’s Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe


I set out to create a really delicious, classic Chocolate Lover’s Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe and I’m so happy to *finally* deliver it to you! I promise these will satisfy any chocolate craving you’re having! This easy cookie is LOADED with pure chocolate flavor and has a soft, chewy-around-the-edges, cookie texture. I wanted it to have all of the…

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Incredible Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (Vegan)


I’m SO EXCITED to share these Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Cookies with you! There are no eggs or butter in them, and the cookie base is an easy peasy, one-bowl, no rest cookie dough (LOVE).  These vegan peppermint cookies use chocolate chips, cocoa powder and melted chocolate, as well as a chocolate glaze, for the ultimate chocolate experience! The peppermint candy cane bits…

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Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles (One Bowl)


So excited to share these one-bowl, super soft Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles with you! Imagine your favorite snickerdoodle cookie but loaded with a heap of fall flavor from the spices, brown butter, vanilla and pumpkin! I love making cookie recipes, especially seasonal ones. I worked on this one for weeks because I wanted it to be perfect. It’s more substantial…

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The Best Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies


These are THE BEST Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies! I promise, you will love them! These homemade oatmeal cookies are a one-bowl wonder that is ready in 25 minutes (YAY!). There are lots of delicious, classic oatmeal cookie flavors in here: think cinnamon, brown sugar and vanilla with lots of old-fashioned oats and perfectly chewy centers.  I love cinnamon and…

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Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies


You are going to absolutely love these Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies. This genius recipe comes from Heather Mubarak‘s debut cookbook, Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book. Heather is also the creator of the blog Browned Butter Blondie. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us Heather and congratulations on your beautiful cookbook! What Makes These Cookies Fabulous? Let’s make some brownie cookies!…

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The Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe


Can I say these are The Best Small Batch Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies? Yes, yes I can. To say I love chocolate chip cookies is the great understatement of the century. I LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. I devoted an entire chapter of The Cookie Book to chocolate chip cookies and there are over a dozen Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes…

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Crinkly Fudgy Brownie Cookies


I fell so in love with my Shiny Crinkly Brownie recipe that I had to create Shiny Crinkly Fudgy Brownie Cookies — and I AM IN LOVE. These are chewy around the edges, fudgy near the center, with a gorgeous shiny, crinkle top. Just like brownies but in cookie form–SO GOOD. Similar to my latest brownie recipe, these are mixed…

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Secrets to Perfect Cookies: My 10 Favorite Tips For Better Cookies Today


I’m spilling the secrets on all of my favorite perfect cookie tips so you can bake better cookies starting today! When writing The Cookie Book I had an entire section dedicated to helping you bake perfect cookies every time. Unfortunately, that section was cut by my editor (as often happens in publishing: it was either that or cut some recipes…

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Foolproof Crinkly Fudgy Brownies


These are my absolute FAVORITE Foolproof Crinkly Fudgy Brownies (with a shiny top!)! This brownie recipe is mixed and baked in under an hour and will without fail give you that beautiful, glossy, paper-thin top. The texture of the edge brownie pieces is more chewy and they get more fudge-like the closer you get to the center — so good.…

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Ultimate Skillet Brookies


Are we ready for the Ultimate Skillet Brookies or what? Picture the most delicious brown butter chocolate chip cookie dough (inspired by my fav Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie dough) you’ve ever had (go ahead, imagine it) and it’s mingling right next to some rich, fudge-like brownies and that my friends, that is exactly what this ultimate brookie recipe is.…

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close up of cookie stacks

Soft & Chewy Chocolate Brownie Vegan Cookies


These Soft & Chewy Chocolate Brownie Vegan Cookies are so delicious, no one will know that they’re vegan cookies (I promise)! I have created so many cookie recipes (hello The Cookie Book!) and I have two requirements no matter what the type or flavor of the cookie: it must taste absolutely delicious *AND* it must be pretty. This vegan chocolate…

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close up shot of a vegan brownie

Vegan Peppermint Brownies


These brownies are one-bowl, loaded with holiday flavor (and flair) and secretly vegan! Made with pantry staples and minimal fuss, I was able to partner with my friends, my favorites: CA Prunes to bring you these festive brownies. I have some other fun vegan and/or gluten-free recipes for you to check out: Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Cookies, Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip…

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Slices of delicious cake

8 Irresistible Fresh Strawberry Recipes (Desserts)


A collection of my most favorite strawberry desserts! Strawberries can be grown year round in California, making them one of the berries that we tend to see most consistently on our grocer’s shelves (blueberries are up there as well!). I love to use fresh strawberries in scones, cookies, buttercream, cakes and especially, overnight strawberry jam buns. Fresh Strawberry Recipes Scroll…

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