Were featuring the best Better Homes & Gardens cookie recipes from the past 100 years.
We reach for them after school and after dinner.
Theyre essential to holidays and casual gatherings.
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Homemade cookies are always a welcome treat.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft and chewy, this kid-favorite cookie recipe is a classic you cant beat.
This way, the peanut butter cookies are easier to handle and they wont spread too much.
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So you know its delicious.
Melt-in-Your-Mouth Sugar Cookies
Combining butter and sugar doesnt get much better than this.
These popular homemade cookies are perfectly soft and chewy in every bite.
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To change up the flavor a bit, try using brown sugar or maple sugar.
Weve perfected our recipe forcut-out sugar cookiesas well if you want to break out the festive shapes.
Test Kitchen Tip:Lookandlisten to determine when your favoritecookies are done.
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These cookies should darken slightly and crackle audibly when nearing the finish.
Classic Snickerdoodles
Why mess with perfection?
These classic snickerdoodle cookies are the warm, cinnamon-sugar treats you know and love.
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Keep watch as the end of the baking time nears to achieve deliciously golden cookies.
Try makinggluten-free snickerdoodlesfor your friends and family with allergy restrictions.
To amp up its homey aroma, we laced these oatmeal cookies with cinnamon and brown sugar.
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Pumpkin-Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Got acan of pumpkinyou need to finish?
This pumpkinchocolate chip cookierecipe is here to help!
The cookies are moist and oh-so-soft.
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Its going to be the perfect accompaniment to a cup of coffee on a cool fall day.
The result is a crisp,buttery treatthat will have everyone reaching for seconds.
Giant Ginger Cookies
Giant cookies?
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These popular homemade cookies feature molasses, which gives them that deep golden color and flavor.
The warm ginger, cinnamon, and cloves provide the perfect amount of spice in each delicious bite.
If you prefer bite-size cookies, this top cookie recipe can make up to 120!
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Just make them into small, one-inch balls instead of the larger size.
Press a chocolate star into each cookies center as soon as they come out of the oven.
The result: part sweet, part salty, and completely irresistible.
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Triple-Chocolate Cookies
Warning: Chocolate coma may occur from consuming these triple-chocolate cookies.
Not only do we bake them with rich dark chocolate but we also dress them up with warm chocolate.
And theres no need for fancy cookie decorating skills.
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Swirl a spoon ofmelted chocolateover the cookies to achieve the pretty drizzled look.
Double-Almond Macarons
These delicate French cookies make the top favorite cookie list for people across the globe.
Youll love every light, chewy, and slightly crunchy bite.
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Chocolate Crinkles
Another one that goes hand-in-hand with theChristmas cookielist is none other than classic chocolate crinkles.
ensure to move these from thebaking sheetsto a cooling rack after just a few minutes out of the oven.
Leaving them on the hot pan might cause the powdered sugar to dissolve.
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Pecan Tassies
Both pie lovers and cookie lovers will enjoy this popular homemade cookie.
The butter- and cream-cheese cookie base serves as the crust for these adorable mini pecan pies.
For a fruity take on tassies, you could make key lime or cherry variations.
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With 700+ reviews, these pumpkin delights have enough butter to really drive home the melt-in-your-mouth cookie experience.
This is a kid-approved cookie recipe that everyone in the family will love.
The dough for these cookies is dense.
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The combination ofmolasses and warm fall spicesmakes this delicious cookie recipe a fragrant addition to your cookie jar.
Roll the dough in coarse or turbinado sugar before baking for an extra touch of sweetness and texture.
These chocolate-peanut butter gems come together on the stovetop.
The resulting cookie is soft, sweet, and will be virtually impossible to stop after eating just one.
Line your baking sheets with waxed orparchment paperbefore scooping out the cookies for easy removal and less cleanup.
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