30 delicious cookie recipes with chocolate, coconut, nuts and more

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

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Take classic cookie recipes as a basis, change some ingredients and get new flavors.

1. Classic shortbread cookies

Ingredients

• 230 g butter;
• 50 g sugar;
• 60 g icing sugar;
• 250 g flour;
• 1 teaspoon of salt.

Preparation

Grind the iced butter, sugar and powdered sugar in a food processor. Add flour and salt and stir until smooth. Roll out the shortcrust pastry into a thin layer, cut out the cookies and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Another way to cut cookies: roll out the dough in a thin layer, pierce diamonds, triangles or squares with a fork, send them to the refrigerator for half an hour, and after baking, break them along the puncture lines.

Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15–20 minutes. Use a spatula to gently move the cookie to check that the cookie is done. If it is easy to move and does not break, it can be removed. Ready cookies can be dipped in melted chocolate and allowed to harden.

Variations

If the description does not indicate the cooking time, then it coincides with the time in the classic recipe.

1. Shortbread cookies with oatmeal and walnuts

Instead of 250 g flour, take 120 g. Add 100 g of ground oatmeal and 120 g of ground walnuts to the dough. Decorate the finished cookie with melted chocolate.

2. Shortbread with parmesan and pepper

Add 50 g of grated Parmesan, 1 tablespoon of lemon zest and 2 teaspoons of ground black pepper to the classic dough. Bake cookies at 150 ° C for 8-12 minutes.

3. Shortbread cookies with marmalade

Cut a core of any shape from half of the blanks. For example, in the form of a circle, heart or star. Cover the rest of the cookies with these cookies, seal the edges with a fork, and place the marmalade in the middle. Bake until the marmalade is melted.

4. Lemon shortbread cookie

Add 1 teaspoon lemon zest to the dough. To decorate, mix 250 g of icing sugar with zest and juice of 1 lemon. Spread this mixture over the cooked cookies and sprinkle with sugar.

2. Classic gingerbread cookie

Ingredients

• 170 g butter;
• 50 g brown sugar;
• 100 g white sugar + a few teaspoons for sprinkling;
• 1 egg yolk;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 170 g honey;
• 270 g flour;
• 1 ¼ teaspoon baking soda:
• ground black pepper - on the tip of a knife;
• 3 teaspoons of ground ginger;
• ½ teaspoon of ground cloves;
• ½ teaspoon mustard powder;
• ½ teaspoon of salt.

Preparation

Whisk together the butter and two types of sugar. Add yolk, vanillin and honey and stir. Add flour, baking soda and spices and stir until smooth. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into small balls and roll them into circles. Sprinkle sugar over the cookies. Bake in an oven preheated to 190 ° C for 15–20 minutes.

By the way, you can make gingerbread men from this dough.

3. Classic sugar cookies

Ingredients

• 230 g butter;
• 100 g sugar + a few tablespoons for sprinkling;
• 90 g icing sugar;
• 2 egg yolks;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 1 teaspoon orange peel
• 280 g flour;
• ½ teaspoon baking powder;
• ¼ teaspoon of salt.

Preparation

Whisk in the butter, 100 g sugar and powdered sugar. Add yolks, vanillin and zest and stir. Add flour, baking powder and salt and knead to a smooth dough. Put the mixture in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into small balls and roll them into circles.

The dough can also be rolled out in a layer and the cookies can be cut out using molds or a glass.

Sprinkle sugar over the cookies. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15–20 minutes.

Variations

If the description does not indicate the cooking time, then it coincides with the time in the classic recipe.

1. Sugar sandwiches

Eliminate the baking powder from the classic recipe and put the dough in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Then roll the mass into a thin layer, cut out the circles and send it back to the refrigerator for half an hour. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 8-10 minutes. Then brush the cookies with jam, chocolate paste, or other filling of your choice and cover with another cookie.

By the way, you can give the liver a different shape. For example, do not cut out circles, but mold hemispheres.

Then you get a kind of stuffed balls. You can also add some chopped nuts to the cookies.

2. Lime cookies

Just use lime zest instead of orange zest. And for decoration, mix 180 g of powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons of lime juice and green food coloring (it all depends on the color you want to get). When the frosting is ready, spread it over the cooled liver.

3. Peanut Butter Sugar Cookies

Eliminate the zest from the classic recipe and add 250 g of peanut butter. Use a fork to pattern the cookies before sending them to the oven. Bake at 180 ° C for 12-15 minutes.

4. Lemon cookies

When making the dough, replace the powdered sugar with 100 g of sugar, and the orange zest with lemon and do not add baking powder. Grind 50 g sugar and 1 tablespoon lemon zest in a blender and sprinkle on cookies before baking.

5. Cookies rolls

The dough remains unchanged, just the filling is added. Grind in a blender 100 g of dried apricots, 50 g of dried dates, ½ teaspoon each of cinnamon and orange peel, 1 ½ teaspoon of orange juice and 1 tablespoon of butter. You can add sugar to taste.

Spread this mixture over the rolled dough, roll it up and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Then cut into small circles and bake at 190 ° C for 12-15 minutes.

4. Classic chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• 250 g sugar;
• 115 g butter;
• 1 egg;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 180 g flour;
• 60 g cocoa;
• ¾ teaspoon of salt;
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder.

Preparation

Whisk sugar and butter. Add egg and vanillin and stir. Add flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder and stir until smooth. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into small balls, press them lightly with your hands or roll them into circles. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 12-15 minutes.

Variations

If the description does not indicate the cooking time, then it coincides with the time in the classic recipe.

1. Chocolate peanut butter sandwiches

Mix 250 g peanut butter, 90 g butter and 90 g icing sugar until smooth. Spread the chilled chocolate chip cookies over the filling and top with a second cookie.

2. Chocolate gingerbread cookie

Substitute brown sugar for white sugar and ¾ teaspoon baking soda for baking powder. Add 80 g honey, 1 tablespoon ground ginger and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and mix well. Do not refrigerate the dough.

Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 8-12 minutes.

3. Chocolate marshmallow sandwiches

Instead of 1 egg, take 3, instead of ¹⁄₄ teaspoon of baking powder - ¾. Along with the eggs, add 170 g of melted chocolate to the dough. Bake at 190 ° C for 6-8 minutes.

Cool the cookies slightly. Flip half of them, place a slice of marshmallows or marshmallows on top and bake for another 2 minutes. Then cover with other cookies and press lightly.

4. Chocolate chip cookies with coconut and nuts

Eliminate baking powder from the recipe. Add 90 g of coconut, 80 g of chopped nuts (such as cashews) and 180 g of chopped chocolate to the dough. Bake at 180 ° C for 20-25 minutes.

In addition to coconut flakes, candied fruits or chopped dried fruits can be added to cookies.

5. Classic oatmeal cookies

Ingredients

• 200 g sugar;
• 200 g butter;
• 2 eggs;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 180 g flour;
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• 240 g of ground oatmeal.

Preparation

Whisk sugar and butter. Add eggs, vanillin and cinnamon and stir. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture and stir. Then pour the oatmeal into the dough and achieve a uniform consistency.

Divide the dough into small balls, press them lightly with your hands or roll them into circles. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 10-15 minutes.

Variations

If the description does not indicate the cooking time, then it coincides with the time in the classic recipe.

1. Oatmeal cookies with honey and chocolate drops

Eliminate cinnamon from the recipe. And instead of white sugar, add 50 g of brown sugar to the dough, as well as 150 g of honey and 300 g of chocolate drops.

2. Oatmeal cookies with raisins and nuts

Oatmeal cookies are especially tasty if you add 150 g of raisins and nuts to them. The nuts can be lightly chopped or left intact, depending on your preference.

6. Classic biscuits with chocolate chips

Ingredients

• 230 g butter;
• 150 g brown sugar;
• 150 g white sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 300 g flour;
• ¾ teaspoon of baking soda;
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 300 g chocolate drops.

Preparation

Whisk together the butter and two types of sugar. Add eggs and vanillin and stir. Add flour, baking soda and salt and knead to a homogeneous dough. Then add chocolate drops to it and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into small balls and roll out slightly. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 8-12 minutes.

Variations

If the description does not indicate the cooking time, then it coincides with the time in the classic recipe.

1. Toffee cookies

Replace butter with 230 ml vegetable oil and use 300 g of white sugar only. And instead of chocolate drops, take 300 g of chopped toffee. Bake at the same temperature as the classic recipe for 14-16 minutes.

2. Cookies with peanuts and salted straws

Add not ¾, but ½ teaspoon of baking soda, 100 g of broken salted straws and 70 g of peanuts to the classic dough. Spread the dough over a rectangular baking dish, sprinkle with straws and bake at 180 ° C for 40–45 minutes. Then cut into rectangular cookies.

3. Cupcakes with M & M's

Instead of chocolate drops, use 200 g of raisins or chocolate covered nuts and 100 g of M & M's. Place the dough into muffin tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

4. Cookies with raisins and oatmeal

Melt and cool before adding butter. Also add 70g oatmeal and 100g raisins to the dough instead of the chocolate drops. Bake for 12-15 minutes.

7. Classic curd biscuits

Ingredients

• 230 g butter;
• 220 g of cottage cheese;
• 270 g flour;
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder;
• a few tablespoons of sugar.

Preparation

Mix the softened butter and cottage cheese well. Add flour and baking powder and knead the dough. If it sticks to your hands, add a little more flour.

Roll out the dough and cut out circles. Pour the sugar into a bowl. Press the blanks into it, and then fold each in half with sugar inward. Dip the future cookies again in sugar and fold in half again. You will end up with sugar envelopes, or so-called ears.

You can add cinnamon to the sugar for flavor.

Place the cottage cheese cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 25-30 minutes. It should take on a golden hue.

8. Classic puff pastry

Ingredients

• 240 g flour;
• 1 egg yolk;
• ¼ teaspoon of salt;
• 200 ml of water;
• 100 g butter;
• a few tablespoons of sugar.

Preparation

Add yolk and salt to the sifted flour. Pour in water and mix well. Roll out the dough into a thin layer and place the butter slices in the middle. Wrap the dough in an envelope and roll it out again with a rolling pin to distribute the butter evenly. Roll up again with an envelope and roll out. Repeat these steps several times. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.

Roll out the dough again in a thin rectangle, sprinkle with sugar and roll on both sides. Then cut into cookies about 1.5 cm thick.

Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 180 ° C for 20 minutes.

Variations

If the description does not indicate the cooking time, then it coincides with the time in the classic recipe.

1. Puff pastry with jam

Cut the puff pastry into small squares. Put jam or jam in the middle. Connect two opposite ends of the dough and bend the other ends slightly. Sprinkle the finished cookies with icing sugar.

2. Puff pastry with cottage cheese and raisins

For the filling, mix 200 g of cottage cheese grated through a sieve, 50 g of raisins, 2 eggs and 30 g of sugar. You can increase the amount of sugar to taste. Spread the filling over the classic dough, roll up and cut into a wide cookie. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 15 minutes.

9. Classic coconut cookies

Ingredients

• 130 g sugar;
• 2 egg whites;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• 210 g coconut flakes.

Preparation

Whisk the sugar, egg whites, vanillin and salt until smooth. Add the coconut flakes and mix thoroughly. Shape the cookies into pyramids and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15–20 minutes.