36 best cookie recipes

Easy cookie recipes

Chocolate chip cookies

Check out our best chocolate chip cookie recipe, soft and chewy in the middle with a perfectly crisp outside. Packed with oozing dark chocolate and topped with sea salt flakes, these quick cookies make an easy weekend treat.

Triple chocolate cookies

These decadent bakes combine dark, milk and white chocolate into a satisfyingly chewy cookie. Simple to make with maximum reward, these freshly baked cookies are sure to be a hit

Breakfast oat cookies

These healthy breakfast cookies are easy to make and full of wholesome ingredients including fibre-packed oatmeal and fruit – ideal for a breakfast or mid-morning snack. Try our other on-the-go breakfast ideas here.

Peanut butter cookies

Nutty, buttery and quick to make, these crisp peanut butter cookies are gluten-free and great for baking with kids. Have them ready in just under 30 mins.

Double chocolate chip vegan cookies

Wow your friends with these gooey double chocolate chip cookies, that just happen to be vegan. Made with dark chocolate and coconut oil, they are both dairy-free and egg-free.

Biscoff cookies

Chewy, golden cookies with crunchy biscuit crumbs and a melting biscoff middle – no one could resist a nibble of these moreish treats.

Miso chocolate cookies

Wickedly chewy and super chocolate-y, check out these miso cookies with a subtle umami note for the ultimate sweet treat.

Sourdough cookies

Put your leftover sourdough starter to good use by making a batch of these moreish chocolate chip cookies. The starter gives the cookies a tangy twist, plus we've added rye flour for a nutty depth of flavour

Pandan cookies

Pandan is a signature for many sweet and savoury Southeast Asian dishes. Here, it’s mixed with white chocolate to make these chewy, moreish cookies. Enjoy on their own or sandwiched with ice cream.

Sugar cookies

These vanilla-flavoured biscuits are topped with a light frosting made from egg whites and icing sugar. They take just 30 minutes to make and are perfect for a weekend baking activity. You can easily customise them with food colouring and edible sprinkles.

Porridge oat cookies

Don't let your leftover porridge go to waste – transform it into these great cookies with juicy raisins for the following morning instead. They're ideal for breakfast on the go

Nutella cookies

If you love Nutella then you'll love these seriously moreish malted chocolate cookies with walnuts and sea salt. These chewy, salty sweet treats go perfectly with your mid-morning tea. Get even more Nutella recipes here.

Fistikli un kurabiyesi (pistachio shortbread cookies)

These crumbly, buttery biscuits are a Turkish national favourite – this version features pistachios in the dough for extra flavour and texture.

Sesame cookies

Made by Macedonian families for special occasions, finish these braided biscuits with an egg glaze and a scattering of sesame seeds for an elegant touch.

Halva cookies

These crumbly, shortbread-like tahini biscuits just melt in the mouth. Plus they only take a few minutes to make.

White chocolate, tahini and pretzel cookies

Tahini gives a lovely sweet/salty kick to these crisp, grown-up cookies, while pretzels add extra crunch. With toasted sesame seeds and ground cinnamon, these are the perfect after-work snack.

Dark chocolate and olive-oil cookies

Check out our easy olive oil dark chocolate cookies. With extra sweetness from the combination of light muscovado sugar and golden caster sugar, and a crisp, crunchy edge from the olive oil, these cookies are the perfect balance of sweet and bitter.

Edible cookie dough

Homemade edible cookie dough is totally irresistible and safe to eat. You could swap the dark chocolate for white or milk, toffee pieces, walnuts or even add a shot of espresso to the dough.

Muesli cookies

For a healthier spin, look no further than our nutritious muesli cookies. They’re quick and easy to make but more importantly, taste just as good.

Chocolate crinkle cookies

This recipe from baking legend Edd Kimber makes some seriously good dark chocolate cookies. We call them volcanoes because as they bake, they erupt and spread into fabulous, fudgy cookies.

Fig cookies

Fresh figs are the start of these impressive autumnal bakes. Fashion the fruits into fan shapes to top these pretty oat cookies. They are so easy to make and only take 25 minutes – ideal for feeding last-minute visitors.

Chocolate chunk cookies with pecans

Chunky, nutty and extremely moreish, these dark chocolate pecan cookies are the perfect after dinner treat or edible gift. Make them in just 20 minutes

White chocolate florentines

Ready in just 20 minutes, these quick and easy florentine biscuits are the perfect accompaniment to your morning coffee. White chocolate can be very sweet, so caramelising gives it a toffee-like dimension – think posh Caramac bars.

Caramelised white chocolate cookies

How do you make a classic cookie even better? By studding it with caramelised white chocolate, that's how! Try these traditional biscuits with a twist. Use your leftover white chocolate in these easy recipes.

Peanut butter thumbprint cookies

How cute are these cookies?! Our peanut butter thumbprint cookies use the classic peanut butter and jam (or jelly) combination in a fun new way. A great baking activity for kids at the weekend. They're best eaten the day they're made. More peanut butter recipes right here.

Cereal cookies

Put honey nut cornflakes to delicious use in this speedy biscuit recipe that combines golden syrup, rolled oats and desiccated coconut. Perfect for an on-the-go breakfast or snack.

Chocolate and tahini cookies

Jazz up your cookie repertoire and try these chocolate and tahini cookies for an irresistible biscuit recipe. Our version of the classic American Oreo biscuit teams crisp, dark cookies with a creamy tahini buttercream. Click here for more chocolaty recipes.

Double chocolate walnut meringue cookies

A really impressive cookie recipe that's super easy to make. These dark and white chocolate meringue cookies are an easy afternoon treat, crisp on the outside and soft and gooey in the middle. Check out our expert meringue tips.

Double chocolate Toblerone cookies

Fancy a fun twist on a cookie recipe? No one will be able to resist these double chocolate Toblerone cookies. They're easy to make but make a great special treat. Try our other baking recipes that will transform your favourite chocolate bars, biscuits and spreads.

Apricot and white chocolate cookies

Our apricot and white chocolate cookies are really easy to make but taste delicious. They are ideal for a bit of festive baking and only take 40 minutes.

Ed Kimber's cookie recipes

We've got plenty more of original Great British Bake Off winner, Edd Kimber's baking recipes

Tahini cookies

These cookies are made with black tahini, which is slightly more rich and bitter in flavour than regular tahini. It pairs a treat with white chocolate too – as these cookies prove.

Christmas sandwich cookies

Not sure how to use up your dried fruit? Try this new take on the classic fruit and nut combo. Use your festive ingredients to make these impressive cranberry cookies, held together with a decadent pistachio buttercream.

Easter cookies

Loaded with Maltesers Mini Bunnies, Galaxy Golden Eggs and M&M’s Eggs, these easy cookies make a fun Easter baking project for the whole family

Stem ginger cookie sandwiches

These stem ginger cookie sandwiches with caramelised white chocolate ganache from Edd Kimber make the perfect tea time snack. Many people find white chocolate too sweet but cooking it slowly in the oven gives it lots of caramel flavour.

Maple pecan cookies

Dot pecan nuts into these maple cookies and serve with a cup of coffee for a moreish afternoon nibble.

Chunky chocolate chip cookies

Our best ever chocolate chip cookie recipe with chunks of dark chocolate and walnut. Porridge oats give the cookie a soft and chewy texture that everyone will love.