For a dose of butter, sugar, and nostalgia.

Simply Recipes / Aaron Hutcherson

Homemade cookies and childhood memories are inextricably linked, at least for me.

Sara Bir, Contributor

Sand Tarts

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

“So why the name?

Hershey’s Peanut Butter Blossoms in a Plate and in the Background, More ona Cooling Rack

Simply Recipes / Aaron Hutcherson

The ingredient list is short, easy to memorize, and hard to mess up.

The cookies can be baked in any oven, including a dorm toaster oven.

Plus, they are delicious enough to be worth becoming a family tradition.”

Side view of a stack of grandma’s cookies.

Simply Recipes / Eliezer Martinez

These skillet cookies are little no-bake wonders that could almost qualify as confections.

It is believed that enslaved Africans brought benne seeds to Colonial America sometime in the 17th century."

A pinch of salt and a splash of vanilla will make them even better but arent required."

Pile of classic thumbprint cookies on a platter.

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

Molly Allen, Recipe Developer

Plate of 5-Ingredient Pudding Mix Cookies (With 4 Variations)

Simply Recipes / Sara Bir

Overhead view of a beige platter of sand tart cookies topped with a pecan halves resting on a green napkin

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

Overhead view of a blue and white plate with a stack of potato chip cookies

Simply Recipes / Molly Allen

Old-fashioned hermit cookies on a cooling rack

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

Reddit 3-Ingredient Sugar Cookies

Simply Recipes / Meghan Splawn

Overhead view of Oatmeal Raisin Cookies cooling on a rack.

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Simply Recipes / Emma Christensen

Date skillet cookies on a baking pan

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

Benne Wafers

Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer

Overhead view of a blue plate of eight macaroon cookies on a wooden table background

Simply Recipes / Coco Morante

Plate of no-bake m&m cookies next to a glass of milk

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm