Our favourite biscuit and cookie recipes for when you need that sugar hit
If you want to know how to make your very own homemade biccies, here are our favourite biscuit and cookie recipes to try.
Biscuit and cookie recipes are a great place to start if you’re new to baking. Even if you’re a pro, making a batch of cookies for friends and family, the kitchen filled with the heavenly smell of biscuits straight from the oven, is one of the most pleasurable things about cooking.
Where cakes can take a little more skill (from making sure the butter and egg mixture doesn’t curdle to the cake achieving a perfect rise) there are plenty of easy biscuit recipes that are very forgiving.
Our favourite easy biscuit recipe is our three-ingredient peanut butter cookies. They take just 10 minutes to prepare and then 12 minutes in the oven and need only peanut butter, eggs and sugar. It’s practically magic.
Chocolate chip cookies are also an instant crowd pleaser, chewy and gooey, there’s a reason they are so popular. Our chocolate chip cookie recipe has suggestions for how you can customise the cookies – from adding mini marshmallows or even chunks of toffee and salted peanuts.
Or if you fancy something a little more ambitions we have a set of giant classic biscuits from a giant jammy dodger to a giant custard cream.
Biscoff and white choc chip cookie recipe
Biscoff spread and creamy white chocolate combine to make the ultimate chewy choc chip cookie.
Chocolate crinkle cookies recipe
These easy, pretty and very moreish cookies are a cinch to make.
Recipe: Chocolate crinkle cookies recipe
Giant s’mores cookie recipe
Gooey, crunchy and oh-so delicious. What are you waiting for?
Recipe: Giant s’mores cookie recipe
Eggnog sandwich biscuits recipe
We’ve used condensed milk in the filling to help create a silky-smooth texture.
Recipe: Eggnog Sandwich Biscuits
Baci di dama biscuits
These Italian biscuits (the name translates to Lady’s Kisses) are typically made with hazelnuts or almonds. We’ve used pistachios here for a twist.
Recipe: Baci di Dama
Panettone biscuits recipe
We’ve taken inspiration from the classic Italian Christmas bread to flavour these decadent biscuits.
Recipe: Panettone Biscuits
Chocolate oaties recipe
These oaty treats are set to become a tea-time favourite and are an easy biscuit recipe for beginners to baking.
Recipe: Chocolate oaties
Bottom of the chocolate box cookies recipe
Use up any leftover chocolate you may have in these delicious rye cookies.
Recipe: Bottom of the chocolate box cookies
Double ginger biscuits recipe
Fiery ground ginger meets smooth and sweet white chocolate.
Recipe: Double Ginger Biscuits
Three-ingredient peanut butter cookies recipe
These quick peanut butter cookies are the perfect treat when you need something sweet in no time at all. They’re also gluten and dairy-free!
Recipe: Peanut butter cookies
Chocolate dipped shortbread fingers recipe
If you like a sweeter finish, use milk chocolate instead of dark.
Recipe: Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Fingers
Vegan chocolate chip cookies recipe
These vegan chocolate chip cookies are so moreish, even non-vegans will be coming back for a second serving!
Recipe: Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Pistachio amaretti recipe
These naturally gluten-free biscuits are a wonderful addition to any biscuit tin.
Recipe: Pistachio Amaretti
Tiramisu biscuits recipe
Coffee and chocolate flavoured biscuits are sandwiched together with coffee liqueur icing.
Recipe: Tiramisu Biscuits
Chocolate crinkle cookies recipe
These easy, pretty and very moreish cookies are a cinch to make.
Recipe: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Eggnog cookies recipe
All the flavours of the festive drink in a chewy, American-style cookie. Yum!
Recipe: Eggnog Cookies
Christmas tree shortbread recipe
A classic vanilla shortbread makes the perfect base for this simple yet impressive decoration.
Recipe: Christmas Tree Shortbread
Banoffee pie cookies recipe
With a moreish soft and crumbly texture, these banoffee cookies are best eaten on the day they’re made. Use the ripest bananas you can find for flavour.
Recipe: Banoffee pie cookies
Salted chocolate cookies recipe
These gluten-free dark chocolate cookies are made even better with a sprinkling of sea salt, but you can leave the salt out if you prefer.
Recipe: Salted chocolate cookies
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