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A close-up of large, thick and chewy oatmeal raisin cookies on a circular rack.

Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

A small, white cupcake pedestal with 3 stacked date and walnut bars on it.

Date Nut Bars with Citrus Glaze

A cut s'mores bar on a wooden riser.

The Best S’Mores Bars

Five Linzer cookies, three dusted with powdered sugar and two with coarse sugar.

Linzer Cookies

Ginger cookies cooling on a round, wire rack with an aluminum container or more cookies in the background along with a jar of honey and one of molasses.

Chewy Ginger Cookies

A stack of plain sugar cookies on a wooden surface with holiday decorations in the background. Around the stack of plain cookies are 3 frosted sugar cookies with red and green sprinkles on them.

Soft, Chewy Sugar Cookies

A stack of snickerdoodle cookies with a ceramic spoon of ground cinnamon in the foreground. There are more cookies cooling on a rack in the background.

The Best Snickerdoodles

Cookies cooling on a wire rack on a butcher block countertop. There is a jar of peanut butter and a half bottle of vanilla in the background along with stacks of baked cookies.

Peanut Butter Cookies with Brown Butter

Three square yellow bar cookies on a small white pedestal with a bouquet of pink peonies in the background with a pale green cloth wrapped around the vase.

Perfect Lemon Bars

Small round cookies covered with powdered sugar on a peach tile background with a floral kitchen towel.

Lemon Cooler Cookie Recipe (Copycat)

Elephant ear shaped palmier cookies embedded with sugar on a black grid cooling rack.

Palmier Recipe (Elephant Ears)

Several piped whipped shortbread cookies on a bright pink surface.

Whipped Shortbread Cookies

A glass of milk with chocolate cookies and a blue napkin shot on a wooden surface with a brown and blue mottled backdrop behind.

Crispy Chocolate Cookies

Three soft chocolate cookies stacked on a silver cooling rack.

Soft Chocolate Cookies

overhead shot of rectangular bar cookies with cinnamon glaze drizzled on top. The tops have blobs of oatmeal dough baked on top and you can see plumped, dried fruit peeking through.

Mom’s Oatmeal Raisin Bars

Halloween sable cookies, each with a different Halloween decoration in the center, shot on a black backgroun with a gray plastic, skeletal hand in the foregound.

Halloween Sable Cookies Recipe

A plate of strawberry swrirl brownies on a brown plate.

Strawberry Swirl Brownie Recipe | Strawberry Balsamic Swirl

A stack of five homemade pecan sandies on a blue plate with pecans.

Pecan Sandies Recipe | Delicious Pecan Shortbread

A blue plate with a stack of five chocolate chip cookies on it.

Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vertical image of 3 raspberry pink sandwich cookies with chocolate filling stacked on a white plate with more stacks of cookies in the background.

Raspberry Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

An overhead shot of triangles of chocolate chip shortbread on a cutting board with a blue napkin.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Shortbread

A stack of gooey, fudgy brownies.

Fudgy Cocoa Powder Brownies

cookie on a plate with a basket of cookies and a glass of milk

Chocolate Chunk Bourbon Honeycomb Cookies

The Best Triple Peanut Butter Cookies in the World

The Best Triple Peanut Butter Cookies in the World

Stacks of sandwich cookies on a white plate.

Copycat Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies

Stacked angel slices with thin, white glaze, dark pecan-coconut filling, and sable crust.

Angel Slices (Pecan Slices)

white plate of peppermint bark brownies with a Christmas stocking and decorative snowman in the background

The Best Peppermint Bark Brownies | Delicious Christmas Brownies!

Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

stack of Graham crackers on a plate

Homemade Graham Crackers

Breakfast Popcorn Treats | Maple Bacon Popcorn Goodness

Breakfast Popcorn Treats | Maple Bacon Popcorn Goodness

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