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Cream Cheese Cookies

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These Cream Cheese Cookies are soft and chewy little treats that melt in your mouth! The cream cheese and almond extract make them stand out and shine on your cookie platter.

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Cream Cheese Cookies

Cream cheese is one of those ingredients I always have on hand. I use it to make my Perfect Cheesecake or the frosting for my Moist Carrot Cake. But if you happen to have extra cream cheese on hand and crave cookies at the same time, this recipe will check both boxes! These Cream Cheese Cookies are so delicious, you won't be able to resist them. They are easy to make with basic pantry ingredients. They make for a perfect addition to your holiday cookie platter or for your next holiday cookie swap! The combination of cream cheese and almond extract makes them special among others. Soft, sweet, and delicious!

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Coconut Cookies

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These Coconut Cookies are thick and chewy and packed with sweet coconut! This cookie will be a favorite among coconut fans. 

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Coconut Cookies

Do you happen to have sweetened coconut in your pantry? If so, and you just happen to love desserts with this ingredient, I have just the cookie recipe for you! These cookies are very easy to make, thick, chewy, and absolutely delicious. Filled with coconut goodness, they are a real treat! Use coconut extract if you can to really amplify the flavor of this star ingredient.

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Classic Snowball Cookies

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These Classic Snowball Cookies are buttery, sweet and just melt in your mouth! A perfect easy treat to make for the holidays.

Along with traditional sugar cookies and gingerbread man cookies, these cookies are equally fun to make!

Snowball cookies on a small plate.

Classic Snowball Cookies

These round, bite-size cookies add just the needed variety to your holiday cookie platter. The dough requires only butter, sugar, and flour. There are no leavening agents (baking powder or soda) so they do not spread while baking. Yet, they are buttery and sweet! This classic version can be made without nuts or using other flavor extracts.

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Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

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These Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are festive and delicious! The classic peanut butter and chocolate combo makes them a favorite for everyone.

I always bake them for the holidays, to serve along with my Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies and Gingerbread Bars.

Cookies with chocolate candy on a plate.

These soft peanut butter cookies with Hershey's Kisses candies have been a classic and loved treat by everyone for decades. I start with my trusted soft and chewy peanut butter cookie dough because it makes the best cookies. Then I top them with milk chocolate candy but dark chocolate or even almond works great too! These cookies are a must for the holiday platter!

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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies - easy and festive crinkle cookies made from scratch! They will be perfect for your Christmas cookie plate!

Your Christmas platter will be beautiful and festive with these cookies. Don't forget to add Sugar Cookies and Molasses Cookies too!

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies on a plate.

These cookies are also very easy to make. There is no chilling of the dough required so you can make a batch in under 30 minutes. They are super fun to make and kids love rolling the dough in powdered sugar. They have a delicate chocolate flavor, thanks to the cocoa powder. Absolute cookie success! These Red Velvet Crinkle cookies simply have to appear on your Christmas cookie plate. They look festive and are absolutely delicious! Everyone will be reaching for them! [Read more...] about Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Christmas M&M Cookies

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Christmas M&M Cookies - my favorite chocolate chip cookie gets all dressed up for the holidays! The addition of bright red and green M&M's makes them Santa's favorite cookie! No chilling required, which is a bonus if you make them with kids! 

These cookies need to show up on your Christmas platter. Don't forget the Rocky Road Fudge and Gingerbread Bars too!

Christmas M&M Cookies stacked on white plate.

December is here and it's time to decide what cookies will Santa find on the plate by the fireplace this year. For my kids, this is a very important decision. Reindeer - that's easy. They love carrots and oats. But Santa - he needs a special treat. After all, he spends the whole night in cold, flying all over the world, delivering presents. That needs to be appreciated. That's exactly what these Christmas M&M Cookies are. We all know that classic chocolate chip cookie is always a winner. Especially one that is soft and chewy and packed with gooey, melty chocolate. But add red and green M&M's and bam! Santa didn't expect that!

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Molasses Cookies

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These Molasses Cookies are classic Christmas cookie that everyone loves! They are thick and chewy. No special ingredients and no chilling the dough required!

These chewy ginger molasses cookies are a must on our holiday cookie platter alongside my Gingerbread Bars and Oreo Fudge.

Molasses cookies on a white plate.

One of my favorite things about the holiday season is baking cookies. Ginger cookies are one of my favorites! I love to bake them, share them and eat them. Molasses and ginger combo to me is a classic one when it comes to holiday cookies. These cookies are chewy, perfectly spiced with ginger, cloves and cinnamon and have a slight crunch from the sugar coating. The smell and the taste of it make me so happy and excited for Christmas!

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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

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These Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are filled with mint chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips. No mixer needed and no long chilling the dough needed!

These cookies are a must for the holidays, along with my Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies top the list and the Perfect Sugar Cookies are right behind them.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies stacked on each other.

Warm, gooey cookies loaded with chocolate in every bite is what I am craving right now. One look at these beauties and you will too! This is my favorite recipe for cookies with the chocolate and mint flavor combo. It's perfect for any time of year, but certainly for the holidays. These cookies are filled with Andes chocolate chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips all mixed in a chocolate cookie dough. Simply irresistible! This recipe comes together really quickly because we are using melted butter so no mixer is needed. Just a mixing bowl and a whisk.

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Perfect Sugar Cookies

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Perfect Sugar Cookies - the best chewy sugar cookies with vanilla cream cheese frosting and festive sprinkles!

These cookies are great for any holiday, just like my Chewy Snickerdoodles and Molasses Cookies.

Sugar Cookies on a white plate.

Perfect Sugar Cookies with sweet vanilla cream cheese frosting make an appearance on our holiday table each year. This is the cookie we leave for Santa ( along with oats for the reindeer! ). They are chewy, with slightly crispy edges and can be dressed up for any theme and occasion. I adapted my ginger molasses cookies recipe to get the same perfect texture and look. These cookies are bound to become a family favorite!

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Apple Oatmeal Cookies

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These Apple Oatmeal Cookies are packed with chunks of sweet apples and spiced with cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Perfect fall dessert for apple fans!

Oatmeal cookies are always a hit here. We love Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies as well as the Chewy M&M Oatmeal Cookies.

Apple Oatmeal Cookies on a plate.

Let's take a break from pumpkin desserts and turn to apples! These Apple Oatmeal Cookies with cinnamon and ginger are the perfect fall treat. They are thick, chewy and perfectly spiced. These cookies just taste like fall! Add chopped nuts or raisins (or dried cranberries) to the dought to jazz it up even more. These cookies are bound to become a hit!

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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

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Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies - a classic cookie made from just 3 ingredients! The recipe is so easy, you will remember it after making it for the first time.
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Nothing beats a classic cookie, loved by everyone. Especially one that you can whip up in minutes! This peanut butter cookie recipe requires only 3 ingredients and no flour. Everyone needs to know it and enjoy it when a craving for a peanut butter cookie hits. My Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies are irresistible too!

These cookies are a family favorite and our kids request them quite often. They love to dip them in chocolate and decorate with sprinkles. So much fun!

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Oatmeal Carrot Cookies Recipe

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These Oatmeal Carrot Cookies are soft, delicious and taste like carrot cake! Serve plain or with cream cheese frosting!

These cookies are one of our favorites, just like my Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies.

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OATMEAL CARROT COOKIES

Oatmeal cookies are my favorite to make. They are so versatile, you can have a different one every day. This new version with shredded carrots is joining the ranks. These Oatmeal Carrot Cookies are soft, moist and taste like carrot cake! You can make these cookies with zucchini or apples as well.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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These soft and chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are thick and filled with melting chocolate morsels. It's peanut butter blossoms and chocolate chip cookies made into one!

If you love my Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with the crunchy sugar exterior, you will love this chocolate-filled version.

Side shot of 5 peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies, stacked up on each other, the top one broken in half.

Peanut butter cookies with melty chocolate chips or chunks, fresh out of the oven and still warm will always make me swoon. They are soft, chewy and have the perfect balance of peanut butter and semi-sweet chocolate. These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are a combination of peanut butter blossoms and soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies. They are very easy to make and perfect for peanut butter chocolate combo fans.

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Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

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Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies that taste like roasted peanuts and have slightly crunchy exterior thanks to being rolled in sugar before baking. Easy cookies that will quickly become your favorite!

If you love peanut butter cookies, you will love my Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies as well or the Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies with craisins.

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It's all the cookies in our house recently! I think I've made several different kinds last weekend and even shared some with our new neighbors! I have my list of cookies I will make for Christmas and these Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies are on top of the list. These cookies taste like roasted peanuts and literally melt in your mouth! They have a slightly crunchy exterior, thanks to being rolled in sugar just before baking. The center is gooey and chewy and so delicious!

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Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies - easy, chewy oatmeal cookies with pumpkin, spices and chocolate chips. No mixer needed!

If you have leftover pumpkin puree, you can also make my Pumpkin Pie Crumb Bars and of course, the Easy Pumpkin Butter.

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies stacked up on each other.

Raise your hand if you would love a still-warm, freshly baked, chocolate chip loaded, pumpkin pie spiced oatmeal cookie. Glass of milk on the side if desired. If your hand is up, you need to try this recipe. It's easy and makes delicious pumpkin oat cookies with plenty of chocolate. These Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are a fall version of my favorite Chewy Oatmeal Cookies. I adapted the base recipe to make soft, chewy and perfectly spiced cookies to bring you the flavors of fall. You don't need a mixer to whip up the dough, just a couple of mixing bowls and a spatula or wooden spoon.

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3 Ingredient Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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3 Ingredient Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies - healthy cookies made with sweet ripe bananas, oats and chocolate chips. No sugar, eggs, flour or oil added!

If you enjoy baking with oatmeal, you will love these cookies! They are always a hit, just like my apple oatmeal version.

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One of our favorite cookies to make are my 3-Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies. They are perfectly crunchy and chewy and so quick and easy to make. However, sometimes I want easy treat AND healthy in the same time. Enter these 3-Ingredient Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies! These cookies are naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar and oil-free. So tasty! If you love oatmeal with bananas and chocolate - you will love these cookies!

These 3-Ingredient Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect for lunchboxes, great packed for road trips, and make for a satisfying treat without the guilt. They are chewy, naturally sweet and filled with chocolate chips.  Make sure to use vegan chocolate to keep them 100% vegan. You can use dried fruit in place of chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

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Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies - flourless cookies made with 3 ingredients, dipped in chocolate and chopped peanuts. Soft, chewy and delicious!

Another favorite is my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies recipe. You have to try it!

Peanut butter cookies with chocolate and peanuts on a baking sheet.

Peanut butter and chocolate is one of our favorite dessert combos. You can't go wrong with it! These Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies are a spin off on my Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies. This time I used brown sugar that made the cookies ultra soft and chewy. Dipping them in melted semi-sweet chocolate is the perfect finishing touch. That and the chopped peanuts that add a nice crunch.

These Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies could not be easier to make! They also disappear fast so maybe consider making a double batch.

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Spiced Shortbread Cookies Recipe

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Spiced Shortbread Cookies Recipe - classic shortbread cookie made with half the sugar and spiced with cinnamon, cloves and ginger.

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Shortbread cookies are one of my favorites to make for the holidays. They require basically only 3 ingredients ( plus add-ons ) and the flavor combinations are endless. I love a good crunchy shortbread with a cup of latte for an afternoon break.

These Spiced Shortbread Cookies have less calories than classic shortbread because half of the sugar is replaced by Stevia In The Raw®, a zero calorie sweetener made with extracts from the sweet leaves of the stevia plant, that is perfect for baking. They are absolutely delicious!

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Spice Cake Butterscotch Cookies Recipe

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Spice Cake Butterscotch Cookies are easy and soft cookies that taste like spice cake! Only 4 ingredients needed to make these!

If you enjoy baking with cake mix, you will also love my Birthday Cake Mix Cookies! They are super fun, dressed up with sprinkles.

Spice Cake Butterscotch cookies on plate

Fall is here and I am jumping into baking with fall flavors! Starting with a great recipe if you are craving cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and butterscotch but you are short on time or don't want to make the dough completely from scratch. Box of cake mix to the rescue!

These Spice Cake Butterscotch Cookies are soft and full of fall flavors. They are so easy to make, my kids love to whip up the dough and stir in the chips. The final result is fall flavors and scents spreading through our house while these cookies bake. Delicious!

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Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Recipe - sweet and delicious cookies made with peanut butter and packed with oats and dried fruit. Perfect after-school snack!

Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies stacked up on each other on white plate.

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FLOURLESS PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL COOKIES

The classic peanut butter cookies made with just three ingredients and no flour in sight are one of my family's favorites to make. My daughters know the recipe by heart and can easily make them together. I love baking and cooking with my kids and seeing how much fun they have and how excited they get to see the final outcome.

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Cake Mix Cookies

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Cake Mix Cookies - each cookie tastes like a slice of cake and white chocolate chips taste like vanilla frosting! You will love these cake mix cookies made with butter instead of oil.

These cookies are super fun to make, just like my Lemon Burst Cookies and Perfect Sugar Cookies.

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I've seen cake mix cookies ideas floating around the internets (thanks, Pinterest!) and always wondered how they taste. The idea of using oil in a cookie dough just never sounded good to me. So I decided to try the cake mix recipe but with melted butter in place of oil. You guys!! These are CRAZY DELICIOUS! The yellow cake mix gives them a vanilla cake flavor, the sprinkles add pizzazz and make them festive and the white chocolate tastes like sweet and creamy vanilla frosting! It's such an easy treat for celebrating little wins or sweet moments.

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Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

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Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe - chewy oatmeal cookies filled with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips! It's quick and easy to make a batch and enjoy with a glass of milk!

 

Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies stacked up.

It's this time of year again! A free pass to bake cookies every day! Ginger molasses cookies, red velvet crinkle cookies, double chocolate M&M cookies and while we are all in, let's pour a tall mug of hot chocolate and turn up the Christmas music! Decorating the Christmas tree and the fireplace mantel is so much more fun when there is a big plate of cookies on the table.

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