20 of Grandma’s Best Cookie Recipes

Cornbread in a cookie? Leave it to Grandma to make the magic happen. These tender cornbread cookies are topped with a honey butter frosting and are perfect for any occasion.

This classic cookie is like a warm hug from Grandma or anyone else who loves baking. Cinnamon is warm and inviting. The cream of tartar adds a tangy touch but also keeps the cookies soft.

As if warm chocolate chip cookies couldn’t get any better, this recipe incorporates a next-level ingredient: browned butter. When you brown the butter, wait until it turns a golden brown, giving these cookies a classic chewy and crunchy texture. It will stand out in a bake sale filled with chocolate chip cookies.

Because grandma knows how to create a little magic in the kitchen and, for a child, colorful cookies that you can ice yourself are just that. Make this recipe your base, then decorate it for any occasion. The key to perfectly baked cookies is to spread the dough to an even thickness.

We always had the honor of pressing chocolate kisses to these bite-sized beauties while cooking with Grandma. This cookie recipe uses just pantry basics, perfect for whipping up a quick dessert. Coat peanut butter cookie balls evenly with sugar before baking.

These cookies topped with maraschino cherries should look very familiar. This recipe has long been a crowd pleaser during the holidays. After baking, transfer the cookies to a rack and gently press the tops, leaving a small indentation, before allowing the cookies to cool completely.

Memaw’s peanut butter cookies are legendary. We didn’t know you only need four ingredients to whip up a huge batch of perfection. If you want to add more flavor to these cookies, try incorporating chocolate chunks, caramel pieces, or chopped peanuts into the cookie dough.

This cookie is a classic example of making lemonade from lemons. In this case, the lemon is a boxed cake mix, which isn’t too bad to start with. Red Velvet cake mix and other ingredients help create moist cookies studded with white chocolate.

His famous recipe won over the readers of Family Circle magazine in 2000 and is still talked about and is still cooked today. This treat is a chocolate chip cookie stuffed with pecans, oats and coconut. With all these mix-ins, they are sure to be a crowd pleaser.

This vintage recipe gives essential buttery cookies a fun chocolaty twist. Allow plenty of time for the cookie dough to cool, at least two hours. Using food coloring to dye cookie dough makes a classic festive cookie for the holidays.

What’s unique about these “famous” chocolate chip cookies? The secret lies in the recipe. A Texan at heart, Barbara knows how to go big or go home. Any Southern grandmother appreciates this cookie mentality.

You won’t believe these cookies are flour-free and gluten-free. Leaving out the flour will make room for more pockets of melted chocolate and toasted chopped pecans. Whipped egg whites make these cookies airy and crispy on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside.

This recipe is a timeless Southern classic. Make these cookies all year round by changing the decoration colors. Although they are beautiful and complicated to make, these cookies are essentially sliced ​​and baked.

The very first bar cookie recipe never featured in Living in the South, This seven-layer cookie recipe is a favorite among Southern cooks. It’s easy to make and transport. The trick to making these cookies is to even out each layer before adding the next one.

Chocolate lovers, this one is for you. No matter your cooking skills, we’re confident you can make this classic chocolate cookie right from your grandma’s recipe box. Don’t hesitate to change the chocolate base by adding nuts or mint chips: you may be able to perfect a recipe to pass on to future generations.

This recipe became a national sensation in the 1950s, and what better time to bring it back? This cookie, made with a deliciously crunchy cornflake exterior, has a perfectly sweet interior thanks to maraschino cherries, a lifelong favorite from childhood.

Sugar cookies, step aside. These cinnamon sugar treats with a secret ingredient (spoiler: browned butter) are a hit every time. Before freezing the dough balls, roll them in a cinnamon-sugar mixture.

A favorite at Christmas time, thumbprint cookies evoke all the nostalgia of baking parties and holiday cookie exchanges. Even today, this isn’t surprising, because what’s not to love about a little buttery, sweet spoonful? Try your own flavor combinations or follow this recipe.

When you can’t decide between two classics, put them together. This recipe has some sneaky tricks that Grandma loves to keep secret.

Author Anne Byrn shared the history of cemetery ginger cookies, and that, along with their delicious taste, put them on Grandma’s list of beloved favorites.