Favorite Cookie Recipes
From smelling the aroma to taking the first warm bite, cookies have long been a comforting food. Here are some of our favorite cookie recipes.
By Cathryn McCann
Apr 20 2018
Favorite Cookie Recipes | Toll House Cookies
Photo Credit : Adam DetourWhether you like them soft and warm, cool and crispy, sweetened with chocolate chips, or spiced with molasses and cloves, there are countless kinds of terrific cookies out there. Some, like Ruth Wakefield’s Original Toll House Cookies, are tried-and-true classics, while others, such as maple pecan refrigerator cookies, are a little more unusual. Either way, we think you can’t go wrong with any of these favorite cookie recipes from the Yankee archives.
FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPES
Ruth Wakefield’s Original Toll House Cookies
Today the most popular cookie in America, the Toll House Cookie was invented right here in New England by Ruth Wakefield at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, during the 1930s. Here’s the official recipe!
Photo Credit : Adam Detour
Joe Froggers Cookies
This classic New England treat flavored with molasses, rum, and fresh nutmeg is a chewy and delicious option.
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Fragrant and buttery with crackled tops and slightly crisp bottoms, these cinnamon and sugar snickerdoodles are an old-fashioned favorite.
Photo Credit : Aimee Seavey
Coffee Chocolate Chunk Cookies
A great way to get your chocolate and caffeine fixes in one place, these crispy chocolate chip cookies have coffee blended right into the batter.
Earthquake Cookies
What makes these chocolate crinkle cookies so good? Intensely rich chocolate flavor and a texture that’s the perfect mix of crisp exterior and chewy, brownie-like interior.
Photo Credit : Amy Traverso
Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
These sugar cookies are based on a recipe that ran in December 1939. With small adjustments, we ended up with delicious cookies perfect for cutting and decorating — and eating.
Hermit Cookies
Spicy, sweet, and studded with raisins and currants, hermit cookies are a classic New England treat. This recipe was a first-place winner in our August 1952 issue.
Photo Credit : Aimee Tucker
Molasses Ginger Cookies
These chewy cookies get their spicy boost from chopped crystallized ginger.
Soft Pumpkin Cookies
We love this recipe for tasty, spicy, soft cookies made with pumpkin puree and packed with nuts, raisins, or chocolate chips.
Photo Credit : Aimee Tucker
Gluten-Free Cornmeal Thumbprint Cookies
We love the texture of these tender cornmeal-based cookies, as well as the way the raspberry flavor complements the corn.
Nutty Oatmeal-Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Photo Credit : Howard L. Puckett
Maple Pecan Refrigerator Cookies
With their maple goodness, these treats are very New England — but with a Southern twist, thanks to the pecans’ nutty flavor. Use grade B maple syrup if you can find it, or else grade A dark amber will do.
Molasses Clove Cookies
These richly spiced cookies get their sparkle from a quick dunk in sugar before baking.
Photo Credit : Amy Traverso
What are your favorite cookie recipes to make?
This post was first published in 2017 and has been updated.