Make-Ahead Cookie Recipes

 

Have a sweet tooth for homemade cookies, but don't like to wait? These recipes will help you satisfy your craving in minutes.

 

This classic peanut butter recipe is always a hit - it's a great kid-friendly recipe.

An old fashioned favorite with a convenient new twist--refrigerate the dough then just slice and bake as needed.

The base for these treats is a pineapple cake mix, topped with a cherry-pecan mixture and prepared fluffy white frosting mix.

When someone asks you about these sugar cookies, make sure you give Cathy credit.

These crisp, twice-baked, sliced cookies are good "keepers." They're flavored with anise seed, lemon peel and almond, and have almonds folded into the dough.

Santa will be coming down the chimney for these cookies.  Ginger and cranberries embody the flavors of Christmas.

These cookies must be refigerated for at least 12 hours prior to baking--that's the secret to these soft and chewy treats.

Traditional peanut butter cookies with a twist--semi-sweet, white chocolate and peanut butter chips. Cookies freeze well.

Packaged sugar cookie mix makes these cookies quick & easy. Swirled mint chocolate chips are added, and the dough is shaped & frozen until needed.

These chocolate cookies should be refrigerated so the dough can be handled easily, so they're great make-ahead cookies.

Baked sugar cookies are frosted and decorated with chocolate "nests," jelly bean eggs, and marshmallow Peeps "chicks" for this Easter treat.

Swirled cookies with apples and cinnamon that look like cinnamon rolls. Easy to make because of the premade sugar cookie dough.

Mounds of egg whites, brown sugar, & flavoring, with nuts, coconut, oats & toffee bits, are baked in an oven that's preheated--then turned off.

Shape these peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies into balls and pop into the freezer--then just place on a cookie sheet and bake as needed.

Who can resist chewy, chocolatey brownies? These classic bars are favorites for all ages.

This colorful treat makes a great addition to any spread. The red, yellow and green cake cookies are layered and covered in chocolate.

These baked from scratch sugar cookies are perfect for any occasion. Just use your favorite cutout and frost accordingly.

These no bake holiday cookies have vanilla wafer crumbs, coconut, nuts, raisins, and powdered sugar, plus the flavors of cinnamon and spiced rum.

 

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