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10 Easy Cookie Recipes

Nuts to you

Pecans and chocolate. Brown sugar and vanilla. Need we go on? These pecan chocolate chip cookies should only cook until the centre is set and the edges are brown.

The Smartie cookie move

These cookies can be prepared for a summer birthday party or just because you want to spoil your kids.

No-bake cookies

When you make cookies, always plan to have a few extra if the chef needs a bit of a reward for their work.

This recipe is no lemon

With these glazed lemon cookies, she suggests zesting the lemons before juicing them.

No flour power

No flour, no butter – yet these peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are thick and delicious, with strong peanut butter flavour coming through.

Healthy Oreos

Without trans fats or artificial flavours, these whole-grain, low-sugar “healthy Oreos” are good alternatives to your favourite chocolate sandwich cookie.

When you’re in a jam

These “jam thumbprints” combine sugar cookies with apricot or strawberry jam. You use your thumb to create a depression in the dough balls – hence the name.

The Italian Job

Inspired by the classic Italian cookie, these almond biscotti are twice baked for extra crispiness. The biscotti can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.

The best way to show your love

Even if Valentine’s Day has passed, you can bake up these light, heart-shaped shortbread cookies with royal icing now.