From Better Homes and Gardens

With morsels of semisweet chocolate nestled in rich butter cookie dough, these drop-and-bake cookies have become a longtime favorite.

Essential Chocolate Chip Cookies

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The simple combination of savory but sweet peanut butter incorporated into a smooth, buttery dough gives this cookie its signature nutty flavor.

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

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These crackly topped sugar cookies are a perennial favorite with a whimsical name. Kids can help shape the dough and roll them in cinnamon-sugar.

Snickerdoodles

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The cream cheese adds rich flavor to these classic cookies. Enjoy them year-round or serve on special occasions.

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

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Kids of all ages will enjoy these malted-milk flavored shaped cookies.

Raisin Men Cookies

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Make these animal-shape cookies for children's birthday party treats or plan a party activity for kids to shape cookies and take them home as party favors.

Crazy Critters

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Make this chocolate flavored cookie recipe to serve two ways. Leave some of the cookies plain, and spread some with frosting to make mini sandwich cookies. Also, pack them for school and work lunches.

Milk Chocolate Mini Cookies

From Parents

No time to bake? Buy Dutch-cocoa cookies and all you need to make is the fluffy filling for this dessert.

(Let's Make) Whoopie Pies

From Better Homes and Gardens

Rugelach, a delicate sour cream cookie filled with nuts, raisins, and cinnamon, offers the perfect light dessert with tea.

Rugelach

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For a doubly delicious treat, a creamy chocolate chip filling is tucked inside chocolate cookies before baking.

Envelope Cookies

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After grilling hot dogs and burgers, make this grilled dessert pizza. It's a fun, easy party idea that kids will love.

Peanut and Banana Cookie Pizza

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Pudgy cocoa cookies topped with roly-poly marshmallows, crisp pecans, and a decadent drizzle of caramel form an intriguingly ingenious treat. The cookie recipe can be made and frozen up to three months.

Marshmallow Snappers

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Rich and buttery, these melt-in-your-mouth cookies make a delicious snack or dessert.

Golden Butterscotch Icebox Cookies

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Chili powder is the surprise ingredient that transforms devil's food cake mix into these flavorful chocolate cookies.

Chili Powder and Pecan Crackles

From Better Homes and Gardens

Homemade cookie crust, topped with chocolate frosting and chopped nuts, is one dessert pizza recipe creation that appeals to the entire family.

Pizza Pan Cookie Wedges with Fudgy Frosting

From Family Circle

Crystallized ginger gives extra bite to these crisp Christmas cookies.

Ginger Stars

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If you don't have a cookie stamp, flatten the cookie dough with a glass or a small dish that has a pattern cut or etched on the bottom.

Stamped Honey Cookies

From Better Homes and Gardens

Fun cookies to make for St. Patrick's Day--or any day. Kids like the color o-green, sparkle o-green sugar, and flavor o-mint.

Shamrock Cookies

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Especially for kids, or for assembling a cookie bouquet, these peanut butter pops are served on pretzel sticks.

Peanut Pretzel Pops

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A final drizzle of sweet butterscotch sauce makes an eye-catching presentation on these rich, buttery cookies.

Butterscotch Tassies

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Peanuts and chocolate are a most favored special treat. Cookie lovers of all ages will adore these candy- and peanut-studded delights.

Chocolate-Peanut Blowouts

From Better Homes and Gardens

Serve these nutty, Southern-style wafers with a generous scoop of your favorite ice cream.

Sesame-Pecan Wafers

From Better Homes and Gardens

A touch of fresh lemon zest adds another tart dimension to these whole wheat and cranberry cookies.

Cran-Crazy Cookies

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These almond cookies are pretty enough to give as a holiday gift.

Almond Galettes

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This cookie recipe uses layers of refrigerated gingerbread and sugar cookie dough to make two-tone treats.

Gingerbread-Espresso Spirals