26 Easy Cookie Recipes You Can Bake Anytime

Whether you seek something gooey, chewy, ultra-chocolatey, loaded with fun sprinkles, or just want to eat straight-up cookie dough, these easy recipes are the solution whenever the dessert craving hits. You’ll find creative ideas (mug cookie, anyone?) as well as plenty of the classics — chocolate chip cookies included — all of them so tempting you’ll be running to the kitchen to preheat the oven. Best of all, none of these recipes are difficult to make. Some are no-bake, some come together with limited ingredients or equipment and others are simply un-fussy. No matter what kind of baker you are, there’s something in this roundup for you! Craving a full-on chocolate overload, packed with cocoa powder and semisweet chips? Try Sunny’s rich and tender treats that taste just like a slice of German chocolate cake.

Leave the sheet trays and pans in the cabinet. Don’t crank up the oven. Instead, pull out a coffee cup and clear your microwave because we’re making a mug cookie. This single-serving decadence earns a tender, gooey dough from a single egg yolk (save the whites for a morning omelet!) and it forms the base for whatever mix-ins – chocolate, rainbow sprinkles, nuts, dried fruit — your sweet tooth desires.

These cookies are brilliantly baked in the air fryer, the end product being a treat that, in less than 10 mins per batch, hits the bliss point between crisp edges and a gooey center. They bake up in a flash — and they're a blast to eat. Keep a few dough balls in the freezer so you can make dessert at any moment!

Seeing as how rainbow sprinkles bring a smile to so many of our faces, it's no surprise that Molly transformed round sugar cookies into a crunchy, sprinkled, easy-to-make biscotti. A generous amount of confetti sprinkles are folded into a fragrant coconut-vanilla dough. Big slabs of biscuits are baked on a sheet tray, then they are cut into thick pieces and baked once more for extra crispiness. Molly says, “I love these because the texture is so satisfyingly crunchy!” Us too, Molly. Us, too.