We’re not exactly doing office holiday parties and cookie competitions this year—which is just another bummer in a year full of bummers, if you ask us. But we sure are eating plenty of them in the privacy of our own homes: According to a recent report, American cookie consumption has gone up 25 percent since the start of the pandemic, and even Campbell, which makes Pepperidge Farm cookies, is facing supply shortages.
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Clearly, if there was ever a time to try out some new cookie recipes or to perfect the old classics, it’s now. Even if you can't find your go-to store-bought treats, you can make some, and fill your home with good cookie smells while you’re at it. These are our favorite holiday cookie recipes to keep you merry all season long.This simple sugar cookie gets a little lift with the help of the humble candy cane. The result is like a scented candle aroma designed specifically to trigger nostalgia, and it'll send you straight to Netflix in search of It’s a Wonderful Life.This chocolate chip cookie is triply foolproof. First, it’s a recipe from Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi, queen supreme of excellent sweets. Second, it’s the kind of perfectly gooey you think you can only find in a bakery. Third, she made it on camera with us too, in case you’re feeling uncertain of your recipe reading ability.Romance novelist Lynn Hubbard gave us this recipe for gingerbread cookies, as inspired by her erotic e-book in which a lost young woman stumbles upon the cabin of a well-endowed anthropomorphic gingerbread man. You can keep their salacious backstory to yourself at the office holiday party, though.
Candy Cane Cookies Recipe
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The Perfect Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe
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White Chocolate Eggnog Cookies Recipe
This eggnog-inspired cookie has all of the flavors of the festive holiday beverage, but without any of the icky reservations about drinking a room-temperature beverage with raw eggs in it.
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Chocolate Chunk Sprinkle Cookies Recipe
Cocoa-Almond Uglies Cookies Recipe
Snickerdoodles Recipe
Did you know that you can make snickerdoodles, and that they don't just magically appear as a treat from Mom? Well, now you do. This snickerdoodle recipe is simple, classic, and irresistible.
Chewy Ginger Snap Cookies Recipe
Who says a ginger snap cookie has to have a "snap" at all? We prefer them soft and chewy and perfectly spiced. If you do too, this recipe's for you.
Miso Brown Butter Cookie Recipe
With miso for a savory kick, white chocolate for sweetness, and ground coffee for just enough bitterness to round it all out, these unconventional cookies will be the talk of the swap.
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Vegan Chocolate Cookies Recipe
Toasted Walnut Shortbread Recipe
A shortbread cookie dough is the perfect blank canvas for adding whatever other mix-ins your little heart desires—fruit zest, herbs, spices—but we suggest starting with toasted walnuts.
Black Cardamom Molasses Cookies Recipe
These kinda-like-a-gingersnap molasses cookies get a sophisticated lift from black pepper, black cardamom, and enough warming spices to keep you cozy on even the most cold and dreary winter days.
Chocolate Hazelnut and Pretzel CBD Cookies Recipe
Hazelnut spread and salty pretzel chunks seriously level up what's otherwise a standard chocolate chip cookie, while a little bit of non-psychoactive CBD oil kicks your whole vibe down a notch. CBD might be all the rage right now, but give your buds a heads up when you bring this to the cookie swap just in case it's not their thing.Get recipes like this and more in the MUNCHIES Recipes newsletter. Sign up here.