Cookie recipes
Cookies make the perfect afternoon treat, and we have a selection of recipes to please all the family. Try the top 20, as rated by our bbcgoodfood.com members.
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Chocolate chunk pecan cookies
- Ready in 27 mins
You can't beat American-style cookies with big chunks of chocolate and nuts. The perfect grown-up biscuit
24
ratings
Easy
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Gooey chocolate cherry cookies
- Ready in 30 mins
If you like American-style cookies, you’ll love these pale, chewy delights. Plus, they can be baked from frozen
27
ratings
Easy
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Chocolate crinkle cookies
- Ready in 40 mins
These cookies have an almost brownie-like texture and will keep well for about 5 days - if you can resist them for that long
50
ratings
Easy
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Bumper oat cookies
By Good Food
- Ready in 50 mins
Oaty, chewy, spicy cookies - ready in under an hour and great for tea time
17
ratings
Easy
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All-American chocolate chunk cookies
- Ready in 50 mins
Irresistible All-American chocolate chunk cookies
13
ratings
Easy
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Forgotten cookies
By Good Food
- Ready in 8 hrs
What's in a name? Pop these in the oven, forget about them overnight, and you'll have crumbly cookies in the morning
12
ratings
Easy
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Sparkling vanilla Christmas cookies
- Ready in 22 mins
Hang these from a Christmas tree or pack them into boxes as end-of-term gifts for teachers and friends.
8
ratings
Easy
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Toffee apple cookies
- Ready in 45 mins
These are truly delicious – crunchy round the edges, chewy in the centre
7
ratings
Easy
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Red Nose Day raspberry cookies
By Good Food
- Ready in 42 mins
Raise some money for Comic Relief with these cheeky cookies.
5
ratings
Easy
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Black & white pinwheel cookies
- Ready in 1 hr 45 mins
Truly delicious by themselves or served with ice cream or chocolate mousse
7
ratings
Easy
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Chunky chocolate cookies
- Ready in 1 hr
Finish off your picnic with a little sweet treat that everyone will love
6
ratings
Moderately Easy
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Fruity cookies
By Good Food
- Ready in 45 mins
This easy yet delicious recipe was whipped up by the Year 7 pupils from the Priory School in Suffolk
3
ratings
Easy
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Orange pumpkin face cookies
- Ready in 55 mins
Great fun biscuits for trick or treaters - make a day or two ahead, then fill in before your spooky guests arrive
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ratings
Moderately Easy
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Star cookies
- Ready in 1 hr
Get creative and use this master dough to make any shape or colour of cookies for Christmas
1
rating
Easy
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Anzac biscuits
By Good Food
- Ready in 35 mins
These iconic biscuits were originally made to send to the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli
49
ratings
Easy
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Blueberry & pecan oaties
- Ready in 35 mins
Make double the quantity of this fruity cookie dough and freeze, so delicious home-baked biscuits are always close at hand
11
ratings
Easy
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Sugar-dusted vanilla thins
By Good Food
- Ready in 40 mins
Great for keeping the biscuit tin topped up over Christmas, these sweet thins make a perfect treat
7
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Easy
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Freezer biscuits
- Ready in 30 mins
Everyone needs a treat now and again, and these biscuits are packed with oats, which takes away some of the guilt
10
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Easy
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Chocolate & vanilla melting moments
- Ready in 55 mins
These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits are truly irresistible, and the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea
2
ratings
Easy
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