Whip up these simple and delicious cookie recipes that come together quickly with minimal ingredients and effort. Perfect for when you want a sweet treat in no time—whether you’re short on time, don’t want to heat up the kitchen, or just crave something easy and satisfying.

A man is using an embossed rolling pin to roll out dough on a table.
Easy Sugar Cookie Recipes. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Butter cookies and sugar cookies are essentially the same, except that the butter-to-sugar ratio changes slightly. Both are delicious.
Get the Recipe: Easy Sugar Cookie Recipes

Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies

Pecan cookies on a white plate, surrounded by pecan halves.
Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget.

These Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies are easy to make, and full of a buttery and nutty flavor that make them out of this world delicious.
Get the Recipe: Butter Pecan Cake Mix Cookies

Cut-Out Chocolate Chip Cookies

Heart-shaped chocolate chip cookies with red candy pieces cooling on a black wire rack—easy cookies that come together in minutes. A pink flower and heart-patterned cloth complete this sweet, charming scene.
Cut-Out Chocolate Chip Cookies. Photo credit: One Hot Oven.

Turn the classic Chocolate Chip Cookies into cut-out cookies and make your favorite shape.
Get the Recipe: Cut-Out Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cherry Chocolate Blossoms

A cherry cookie topped with a hershey kiss.
Cherry Chocolate Blossoms. Photo credit: Baking Beauty.

herry sugar cookies topped with a Hershey’s Kiss. Tastes like a chocolate covered cherry, and looks gorgeous on Christmas cookie trays!
Get the Recipe: Cherry Chocolate Blossoms

Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe: With Oatmeal

A plate of pecan cookies stacked together, showcasing a rough texture and visible pecan halves on top.
Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe: With Oatmeal. Photo credit: Sassy Chopsticks.

Peanut butter pecan cookies combine nutty pecans with creamy peanut butter. They’re easy to make and require only a few simple ingredients.
Get the Recipe: Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe: With Oatmeal

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cookies

Red velvet cookies topped with swirls of white frosting and red sprinkles on a white surface.
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget.

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cookies are soft and chewy cookies that are topped with a rich and creamy cream cheese frosting. They are a beautiful dessert for any time of the year.
Get the Recipe: Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cookies

Peppermint Mocha Cookies

A peppermint chocolate cookie broken in half.
Peppermint Mocha Cookies. Photo credit: Baking Beauty.

Soft and chewy chocolate cookies bursting with rich chocolate chips and cool peppermint crunchies. Your favorite coffee house beverage in cookie form!
Get the Recipe: Peppermint Mocha Cookies

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chocolate cookies on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. Photo credit: One Hot Oven.

Are you a chocolate lover? This easy Dark Chocolate Cookies recipe is full of rich dark chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips in every bite. These cookies are the ultimate chocolate treat.
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Four peanut butter cookies on a white doily-patterned plate, with a pink cloth in the background on a wooden surface.
Peanut Butter Cookies. Photo credit: Real Life of Lulu.

Craving some peanut butter? These Peanut Butter Cookies are ridiculously easy to make with stuff you probably already have on hand. They’re soft, chewy, and perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth!
Get the Recipe: Peanut Butter Cookies

Eight embossed round cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. The cookies feature intricate floral and leaf patterns.
Easy Butter Cookie Recipe. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Truthfully, with a really good butter cookie recipe like ours, you won’t need to dress them up with any decorations. The flavor will speak for itself.
Get the Recipe: Easy Butter Cookie Recipe

Fast and Easy 4 Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies

A plate of chocolate chip cookies is displayed. The cookies have a soft texture with visible chocolate chips embedded in them.
Fast and Easy 4 Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies. Photo credit: Recipes From Leftovers.

These fast and easy 4 ingredient chocolate chip cookies are perfect when you’re craving something sweet but don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen. With just butter, powdered sugar, flour, and chocolate chips, this easy recipe is great for last-minute treats or baking with kids.
Get the Recipe: Fast and Easy 4 Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies

Easy Matcha Cookies Recipe: With White Chocolate

Soft and chewy matcha cookies with sweet white chocolate chips on a plate.
Easy Matcha Cookies Recipe: With White Chocolate. Photo credit: Sassy Chopsticks.

These matcha cookies have an earthy flavor paired with white chocolate and a nutty topping, creating an unforgettable dessert!
Get the Recipe: Easy Matcha Cookies Recipe: With White Chocolate

Strawberry Pie Cookies

A plate of small lattice-topped strawberry pies sits on a white napkin, surrounded by fresh strawberries and a glass of milk—perfect inspiration for quick cookies or easy cookies recipes with a fruity twist.
Strawberry Pie Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget.

These Strawberry Pie Cookies deliver all the sweetness of strawberry pie in the form of convenient, hand-held cookies. Made with a flaky pie crust and sweet strawberry filling, these cookies are as easy to make as they are delicious.
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Pie Cookies

Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies

A stack of three easy cookies with strawberry flavor, separated by parchment paper, sits on a table, with fresh strawberries and more cookies in the background.
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget.

These Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies are soft and chewy cookies that are stuffed full of a cheesecake center. It’s the best cookie you’ve ever tried.
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies

Cadbury Mini-Egg Cookies

Closeup of Cadbury mini egg cookies on plate.
Cadbury Mini-Egg Cookies. Photo credit: Recipes From Leftovers.

Make these easy Cadbury mini egg cookies for a fun and colorful batchof Easter cookies your whole family will love!
Get the Recipe: Cadbury Mini-Egg Cookies

Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chips on a marble board.
Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies. Photo credit: One Hot Oven.

There’s nothing quite like the aroma of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies filling your home. When you want a few chewy cookies to satisfy your cookie craving, try this Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
Get the Recipe: Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chipless Cookies

A stack of golden-brown cookies on a white plate with a yellow and white cloth in the background.
Chocolate Chipless Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget.

These Chocolate Chipless Cookies taste just like the classic cookie without the chocolate. It’s a chewy cookie with a crispy exterior. It’s a great way to change up a favorite.
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Chipless Cookies

Hershey kiss cookies in rows on a cooling rack.
Hershey Kiss Cookie. Photo credit: Savoringthegood.

A classic Christmas cookie in my house are the Hershey kiss cookies. You may know them as a peanut butter blossom cookie but we all know them as the cookie that disappears first at the cookie exchange. It takes just under an hour to make these freezer friendly cookies.
Get the Recipe: Hershey Kiss Cookie

Victory Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pile of chocolate chip cookies on marble plate with glass of milk in background.
Victory Chocolate Chip Cookies. Photo credit: Real Life of Lulu.

Victory Chocolate Chip Cookies are similar to Nestle Toll House Cookies but have shortening instead of butter. They are gooey inside and crispy on the outside, the perfect chocolate chip cookie!
Get the Recipe: Victory Chocolate Chip Cookies

Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal cookies drizzled with white icing are surrounded by raw oats, with cinnamon sticks as decoration.
Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Nevermind pumpkin spice, pass me some maple oatmeal when fall rolls around. Thus, our recipe for easy maple oatmeal cookies. It’s the perfect cookie to add to your collection of fall desserts, and I think you’re going to love it.
Get the Recipe: Easy Maple Oatmeal Cookies

Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies

A plate of peanut butter cookies and shelled peanuts, with a textured design on the cookies, are placed on a white dish.
Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies. Photo credit: Mama’s on a Budget.

These Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies are a delicious combination of rich, nutty flavors. Made with browned butter and creamy peanut butter, they are soft, chewy, and perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth.
Get the Recipe: Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies

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