Author: Marian Burros
Like turtle bars with a twist, these squares are gooey, crunchy and salty in all the right places. If you can, use chopped bar chocolate as called for...
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
Blondies are made for those of us that love chocolate chip cookies, but don't have the time or energy to bake tray after tray of scooped sweets. They have...
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
Popular all over Latin America, dulce de leche confections called alfajores come in many varieties. In this popular version, delicate, crumbly butter cookies...
Author: Melissa Clark
These tender, jam-filled confections, adapted from "Rose's Christmas Cookies" (William Morrow, 1990) by Rose Levy Beranbaum, have a flaky, cream cheese-spiked...
Author: Melissa Clark
These cookies offer a terrific blend of salty and sweet, with the crunch of the peanuts lending a bit of texture to a chewy treat. They are also very easy...
Author: Nigella Lawson
These soft and buttery cookies get dressed up with a thin layer of salted caramel and a dusting of flaky sea salt for good measure. Using store-bought...
Author: Erin Jeanne McDowell
This tricorner pastry is as closely linked to Purim, a Jewish holiday which celebrates the Jews' deliverance from a plot to kill them by Haman, as matzos...
Author: Joan Nathan
Everyone needs a good sugar cookie recipe. If you can master the very simple technique behind this one dough, you have several variations at your disposal,...
Author: Alison Roman
Why just eat a chocolate chip cookie when you could marry it with a dense, fudgy brownie? You do have to make two different batters, but each is whipped...
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
These crisp butter cookies incorporate blitzed toffee in place of some of the sugar and butter for a rich caramel flavor. To really amplify that almond-toffee...
Author: Sohla El-Waylly
In this vibrant holiday dessert, cocoa shortbread is pressed into an even layer, baked, then topped with swoops of peppermint meringue (optionally swirled...
Author: Sohla El-Waylly
Some say that a Key lime's juice is slightly more floral than that of its more well-known cousin, the Persian lime, the kind you can find in every supermarket...
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
These provocatively named cookies came to The Times in a 1999 Sunday Magazine article about Mrs. London's Bake Shop, a husband and wife owned bakery in...
Author: Molly O'Neill
You like chocolate chip cookies. You like pizza. What could be better than a giant chocolate chip pizza cookie? If your answer is, "pretty much nothing,"...
Author: Margaux Laskey
Pecan tassies are bite-size pecan pies disguised as cookies. With a simple crust that's both tangy and rich, thanks to cream cheese and butter, and a not-too-sweet...
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
For as long as anyone can remember, wedding receptions in Pittsburgh have featured cookie tables, laden with dozens of homemade old-fashioned offerings...
Author: The New York Times
Everything about these biscotti tends toward crunch - their signature double bake, of course, but also the addition of almonds and some cornmeal, which...
Author: Dorie Greenspan
The original recipe for these buttery, basic toffee bars belongs to Maida Heatter, the great American dessert maven of the 20th century. It was adapted...
Author: Julia Moskin
No one knows how or why the cookie table became a wedding tradition in Pittsburgh. Some believe the Italians started it, others the Europeans and many...
Author: Ron Lieber
These bars are perfect for when you're craving a peanut butter cup, but can't quite get to them. Inspired by buckeyes, they have that same fudgy-salty-sweet...
Author: Melissa Clark
In 2012, The Times invited readers to submit their favorite cookie recipes. Amy Casey of Sparta, N.J., submitted this unusual recipe for shortbread that...
Author: Melissa Clark
In 1994, Lofthouse Cookies hit American grocery store shelves like a frosted meteorite. If you grew up in the suburbs, then you may have had one: soft,...
Author: Eric Kim
Reminiscent of creamy, honeydew-scented Korean ice cream bars, this no-bake cheesecake leans into a fruit flavor that hasn't had enough time in the sun:...
Author: Eric Kim
Sprinkling flaky sea salt on brownies makes their bittersweet nature pop; it's the kind of flavor contrast that keeps you coming back for more (as if the...
Author: Melissa Clark
These tender, spiced pumpkin cookies with browned butter icing were adapted from Pat Young, the winner of the best pumpkin recipe at the 83rd Pumpkin Show...
Author: The New York Times
With a chewy chocolate chunk-studded base and heaps of gooey peanut-laden caramel, these bars are part candy bar and part brownie with cookielike edges....
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
Fragile and supremely buttery, these cocoa-flavored shortbread cookies are dunked partway in melted chocolate and sprinkled with an optional topping of...
Author: Melissa Clark
This peanut butter sandwich cookie is a smaller version of the gargantuan homemade Nutter Butters served at Bouchon Bakery, Thomas Keller's restaurant...
Author: Frank Bruni
These pillowy, festive cookies are great to have in your back pocket when you're in the mood for a quick holiday treat. Rum extract, widely available during...
Author: Vaughn Vreeland
This pecan shortbread - crumbly, salty and buttery, with a touch of cardamom - is delicate in flavor but sturdy enough in structure for a dessert on the...
Author: David Tanis
Author: Molly O'Neill
This delightful recipe, a veganized version of the legendary Times's chocolate chip cookie, is the result of hours of research and more than 50 batches...
Author: Erin Jeanne McDowell
The egg whites in the batter keep these buttery shortbread-like cookies crumbly and light (and provide a place for all those spare egg whites you accumulate...
Author: Melissa Clark
These cookies were the result of a happy accident. (The best things always are, aren't they?) When the peanut butter ran out, similarly creamy white miso...
Author: Krysten Chambrot
Semolina flour gives these rather plain-looking but delicious cookies, adapted from "Dorie's Cookies" by Dorie Greenspan, a delightfully sandy texture....
Author: Melissa Clark
The only thing better than a plate of cookies is one big cookie meant to be shared by everyone around the table. It's the kind of dessert that will encourage...
Author: Dorie Greenspan
Inspired by two recipes in Maida Heatter's "Book of Great Cookies," these crisp treats are the best peanut butter cookies I've ever tasted.
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
You do not have to be a chocolate person to love this perfect, unfussy, snacky dessert, which is like the edge of a chewy brownie but in cookie form. Adapted...
Author: Alison Roman
This is a recipe for the classic icing used to decorate cut-out sugar cookies and gingerbread houses. It hardens quickly, so be sure to cover any you're...
Author: Melissa Clark
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich in cookie form, these nostalgic treats are just as appealing to grown-ups as they are to kids. Using a combination of...
Author: Melissa Clark
Coconut dream bars. Magic cookie bars. Hello Dolly bars. You've seen these classic treats at bake sales, holiday parties and potlucks over the years. But...
Author: Samantha Seneviratne
With a crisp graham cracker crust, lemony cream cheese filling and a sweet peach topping, these bar cookies are like a cross between cheesecake and juicy...
Author: Melissa Clark
Generous swirls of chocolate-hazelnut spread put these super decadent brownies straight over the top. Take care to fold the flour in gently and bake them...
Author: Yossy Arefi
In the world of Sandra Lee, a cookbook author and self-proclaimed "lifestylist," life is hectic and people are busy, so she cooks semi-homemade food. "The...
Author: Amanda Hesser
Pleasantly bitter tahini and rich, sweet dulce de leche make a perfect pair in these charming little cookies. The tahini gives the baked dough a fudgy,...
Author: Yossy Arefi
Think of these cookies as a cross between a gingerbread man and a chewy molasses cookie. Adding molasses gives them a softer texture with a decidedly adult,...
Author: Alison Roman
These are the cookies that stopped me in my tracks. I was wandering along a side street in Paris's 11th Arrondissement, saw these cookies on a counter...
Author: Dorie Greenspan
You could think of these cinnamon squares as the wintry brother of tangy, summery lemon bars, but what they really are is shortbread topped with a cinnamon-infused...
Author: Nigella Lawson
Flecked with sea salt on the outside, buttery and supremely crunchy within, this pretzel shortbread leans to the savory side, both salty and sweet. This...
Author: Melissa Clark