The Best Cookies and Bars
A cookie by any other name is still a crowd-friendly finger food that's perfect for birthday parties, bake sales and everyday snacking.
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Chocolate Chunk Blondies
Is there anything better than a freshly baked batch of cookies or cookie bars? We don’t think so. Not only do we enjoy eating everything from chocolate chip cookies to brownies equally, but we really love perfecting our craft: utilizing different types of flour, knowing how butter affects baked goods and playing around with the results, focusing on the right way to measure ingredients so that we get photo-worthy results every time — the list of fascinating things you can learn in the kitchen goes on and on. Whether you share our passion for the science behind it all or would rather just rely on a few simple baking tips, there’s one thing we all have in common: we need some great recipes to get us started! These chewy blondies are an excellent option; they’re not overly chocolatey and have just enough texture thanks to the addition of crunchy, buttery walnuts.
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Compost Cookies
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My Big, Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Jam-Filled Almond Macarons
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Peanut Butter Cookies
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Giant Chocolate Chip Party Cookie
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Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies
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Lemon Squares
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Dutch Stroopwafels
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Mini Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies with Flaky Sea Salt
The ground oats in this crispy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside cookie add interesting depth of flavor, while the use of sea salt and bittersweet chocolate creates nice sweet-and-salty contrast.
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Blackberry-Pecan Linzer Cookies
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Chewy, Salty, Peanutty Caramel Brownies
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Tropical Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Golden Rugelach
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
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Molasses Cookies with Boiled Marshmallow Frosting
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Apple Crumble Bars
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Whole-Grain Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Mocha Fudge Brownies
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Snack Bar Madness Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Fudgy Brownies
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Thick and Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
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Maple Walnut Shortbread Bars
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New York Cheesecake Cookies
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8-Flavor Sheet Pan Brownie-Cookie Bars
When you need a dessert that will truly offer something for everyone, look no further. This sheet pan treat has everything you and 30 of your closest friends could ever want.
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
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Oatmeal, Cranberry and Chocolate Chunk Cookies
When you want oatmeal cookies, but you also really want chocolate chip cookies, why choose? We know exactly how you can satisfy both cravings at once.
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Fudgy Marbled Cheesecake Brownies
Combine two favorite desserts in these super-fudgy hybrid bars. A wooden skewer makes the marbled effect easy, but you could also use a toothpick or the probe end of a digital thermometer instead.
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Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Snickersdoodles
No, that's not a typo. We made snickerdoodles even better, and we did it the only way possible: by stuffing each cookie with a gooey Snickers bar.
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Chocolate-Coconut Bars
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Sourdough “Discard” Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you refresh your starter often, finding ways to use it can be a challenge. Does anyone ever complained when you make chocolate chip cookies? Probably not! The sour starter combined with dark brown sugar makes for a softer, chewier cookie with a complex flavor that develops as the dough chills.
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Oatmeal Chocolate-Chip Peanut-Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies
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Grown-Up Apricot Newtons
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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich
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Edible Gift Boxes
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Dried Cherry, Macadamia and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Coconut-Peanut Cookies: Galletas Maria (Costa Rica
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Walnut Cookies (Polvorones)
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Coffee Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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Platinum Blondies
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Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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Chinese Sesame Cookies
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Banana Bread Brownies
When you swirl banana bread together with fudgy brownies, it's a mashup that takes these two homey favorites to the next level.
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Maple Granola To-Go Breakfast Cookies
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Ginger Spice Cookies
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Vegan Vanilla Cookies with Walnuts
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Espresso Chocolate Chip Biscotti
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Blueberry-Coconut Breakfast Cookies
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Vegan Chocolate Cookies
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Gluten-Free Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Gluten-Free Vanilla Cookies
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Apple-Cinnamon Breakfast Cookies
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Chocolate Message Cookies
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B and W Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Cookies
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Chocolate Amaretti Cookies
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Chocolate-Peppermint Pizzelle
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Cranberry-Pecan Biscotti
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Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
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Butterscotch Blondies with Macadamia Nuts and Chocolate
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White Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
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Popcorn Sandwich Cookies with Salted Caramel
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Chocolate-Dipped Banana Sandwich Cookies
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Cookies
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Coconut-Apricot Macaroons
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Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
These soft, chewy cookies are studded with little morsels of chocolatey heaven. They are also completely gluten-free and grain-free thanks to the almond flour.
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3-Ingredient Cookie Butter Cookies
Cookie butter is a creamy nut-free spread that's usually made from spiced Belgian cookies called speculoos. It's sold in jars in the peanut butter aisle. Here, we mix it with oats and eggs to make possibly the quickest, tastiest and most satisfying three-ingredient cookie ever.
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Miso Rice Cereal Cookies
I dreamed about these cookies before I first baked them, which makes perfect sense because people who try them dream about them too. What makes these cookies so unique? Let's start with the miso--a fermented bean paste common in Japanese cooking that lends a generous dose of salty umami. Here, the miso not only adds some savory depth to a sweet cookie, but also contributes to the cookie's cakey, chewy texture. Another unique component? They're made not just with white flour, but with corn flour and crispy rice cereal dust, making for layers of mildly toasted flavor in every bite. For the grand finale, these tasty treats are glazed in a spoon-licking blend of sour cream, miso and confectioners' sugar and topped with a sprinkling of more rice cereal.
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Almond and Raisin Biscotti
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Brookies
A brookie is everything you love about a brownie and cookie rolled into one decadent dessert. The brownie layer is both fudgy and bittersweet, while the cookie dough is tender and chewy. And because they bake in one pan and are cut into bar-shaped cookies, you’ll have two dozen brookies with minimal effort and cleanup. We love the clean, straight edges that a metal 9-by-13-inch baking dish provides, but a glass baking dish also works well in this recipe. Lining the pan with parchment makes it easy to lift out and cut.
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