Cookies

15+ crinkle cookies recipes with cracked sugar tops, from classic chocolate to pistachio and orange. Easy crinkle cookie recipes for any holiday tray.

Buttery almond thumbprint cookies filled with raspberry jam. An easy shortbread cookie recipe with a nutty almond flavor, perfect for any holiday tray.

These cream cheese thumbprint cookies are an extra-soft, tender shortbread made with cream cheese in the dough, filled with bright raspberry jam. They take about 50 minutes start to finish including a chill, make 24 cookies, and the cream cheese is what keeps the wells from cracking even on the first bake. Cream cheese does…

These twix thumbprint cookies are a buttery shortbread base baked twice, filled with gooey melted caramel, and finished with a dark chocolate drizzle, a candy-bar twist on the classic. They take about 55 minutes start to finish including a freeze, make 20 cookies, and the second bake is what keeps the caramel from bubbling over…

These chocolate thumbprint cookies are a rich, fudgy cocoa cookie baked twice and filled with glossy cherry jam, a chocolate-cherry twist on the classic. They take about 50 minutes start to finish, make 20 cookies, and the double-bake step is what gives the wells their clean, deep shape. Chocolate and cherry is one of those…

These raspberry thumbprint cookies are a buttery almond shortbread with a bright, jammy raspberry center, no eggs and no mixer required. They take about 55 minutes start to finish including a chill, make about 22 cookies, and the dough comes together with just a pastry cutter or your fingers. Raspberry and almond are one of…

Buttery classic thumbprint cookies filled with sweet jam, baked until golden at the edges. An easy holiday cookie tray favorite.

These peanut butter thumbprint cookies are soft, nutty peanut butter cookies baked twice and filled with warm strawberry jam, a classic PB&J pairing in cookie form. They take about 45 minutes start to finish, make 22 cookies, and the dough is baked plain first so the indent holds its shape. Peanut butter and jam together…

These lemon thumbprint cookies are a buttery, lemon-zest shortbread filled with bright lemon curd and finished with a simple icing drizzle. They take about 60 minutes start to finish including two chills, make 20 cookies, and the double chill is what keeps the wells from spreading shut in the oven. Lemon desserts have a way…