Homemade Cookie Recipes

Welcome to Homemade Cookie Recipes

Everyone loves cookies. When you offer a plate of sweet, buttery cookies to a group of people, barriers break down, and formality fades away. Cookies have an universal appeal, a sort of magic quality that transcends age, background, and anything else that separates people.

If you’re an experienced baker, this site will introduce you to new cookie recipes. If you’re a beginner, this website can act as a “Cookie Baking 101″ - everything you need to know to get started to make these easy “little cakes”.

Homemade Cookie Recipes is organized in easy to understand categories.

Drop Cookies are the best-known, most popular, and easiest of cookies. They are made by dropping a soft dough onto a baking sheet from a spoon or small ice cream scoop. Many familiar cookies are found here, including the mighty chocolate chip, in many versions.

Rolled Cookies require some extra handling. The dough generally must be chilled, then rolled out and cut, usually with cookie cutters. The extra care results in beautifully shaped cookies, such as Classic Gingerbread Cookies.

Bar Cookies are made from soft dough baked in a baking pan. After baking, the “cake” is cut into squares or rectangles.

Hand-Formed Cookies are defined, in part, by the technique and, in part, by their shape, everything from spheres and rectangles to more complex shapes such as pretzels.

Piped and Molded Cookies are formed by piping rich, buttery dough out through a pastry bag or by placing it into special molds.

Refrigerator Cookies are make-ahead specialties. The dough is formed into a log, then refrigerated or frozen. When it’s time to make cookies, disk-sized portions of dough are sliced off as needed and baked.

Filled and Sandwich Cookies are familiar to us all, through store-bought classics like the Oreo. Most people don’t think of making these at home, but they’re not at all difficult.

Decorator Cookies are for holidays and festive occasions such as weddings, for hostess gifts, or for extra-special bake sale items. They call for more sophisticated decorating procedures than most of the other cookies.

Baking cookies is a fun activity to do with your family or loved one, have fun and enjoy these tasty cookie recipes!