For snack time and coffee breaks
Homemade cookies
Oatmeal cookies still warm from the oven, buttery sablés, alfajores filled with dulce de leche: a well-stocked cookie jar means a great snack all week long.
- 22 recipes
- 14 easy recipes
- Bake in 10 to 15 minutes
Our homemade cookies
The ones that disappear from the jar first.
The cookie jar favorite
Oatmeal Cookies
Rolled oats, butter, brown sugar and chocolate chips: rustic cookies, crisp outside and chewy inside, ready in under 30 minutes.
See the recipeSablés and butter cookies
Shortbread dough, heart-shaped sablés, shortbread: crisp and melt-in-your-mouth.
Tips that make the difference
What separates a recipe that works from one that falls flat.
Well-chilled dough
Cookie dough rested in the fridge spreads less and keeps a clean shape as it bakes.
Watch the end
Cookies go from golden to burnt in a minute: pull them when the edges turn light golden.
Cool on a rack
Leave them on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then move them to a rack: they firm up as they cool.
One tin per texture
Never store crisp cookies and soft cookies together.
With oats
Anzac biscuits, flapjacks, oat cookies: rustic and hearty.
How long do they keep?
At room temperature, in a tightly sealed container, away from humidity.
| Cookie | Keeps for | Tip |
|---|---|---|
| Sablés, shortbread | 1 to 2 weeks | A metal tin keeps them crisp |
| Oatmeal cookies, chewy cookies | 4 to 5 days | Store apart from crisp cookies, or everything goes soft |
| Filled cookies (jam, dulce de leche) | 2 to 3 days | Fill them the same day if you can |
| Raw dough | 3 days in the fridge, 3 months frozen | Shape it into a log: slice and bake as needed |
Cookies from what you have?
Leftover oats, some jam, a lemon: Breaky AI suggests cookies you can make with what's already in your pantry.
“I have rolled oats, butter and chocolate chips. What cookies can I make?”
All our homemade cookies
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Your questions
How do I keep homemade cookies crisp?
Let them cool completely before storing them in a tightly sealed metal tin, without mixing them with soft cookies. Three minutes in the oven crisps them up again.
Why are my cookies hard?
They baked too long, or the dough was overworked after the flour went in. Take them out while they're still a little soft in the center: they firm up as they cool.
Can I freeze cookie dough?
Yes: rolled into a log and wrapped in plastic, it keeps for 3 months in the freezer. Slice it while still frozen and bake the slices 1 to 2 minutes longer.