Fill Your Cookie Jar
Even your kid will recognize that these clever cookies are something special. Not only do they taste delicious, but they look amazing.
By Karen Tack, Jill Anton and the Editors of Parents from Parents Magazine
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Molasses Butterfly Cookies
When you need dessert for a kid's party, wing it with these colorful treats.
- Prep
- 45 mins
- Chill
- 2 hrs to 3 hrs
- Bake
- 8 mins at 350°per batch
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Chocolate-Hazelnut Thumbprints
Your kid can have a hand in making these gooey chocolate treats.
- Prep
- 20 mins
- Bake
- 10 mins at 350°per batch
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Sesame Lemon Crisps
Since these seed-filled treats are under 60 calories apiece, be sure to take two.
- Prep
- 20 mins
- Cool
- 10 mins
- Bake
- 15 mins to 18 mins at 350°/375 degrees F.
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Fig Foldovers
Make your own easy (but impressive!) version of these fruit-filled treats.
- Prep
- 25 mins
- Cook
- 15 mins to 20 mins
- Bake
- 15 mins at 350°per batch
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Little Pumpkin
Carve out a spot for these vitamin A-packed treats in your family's diet.
- Prep
- 40 mins
- Bake
- 10 mins at 350°Fper batch
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Caramel Apple Cookies
Your family will find these candy-apple treats totally appealing.
- Prep
- 45 mins
- Bake
- 12 mins at 350°F
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Berry Bling
These ring-shaped strawberry treats will steal your kid's heart.
- Prep
- 30 mins
- Bake
- 10 mins at 350°F
- Stand
- 30 mins
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How to Make Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies
The Naptime Chef Kelsey Banfield shares her recipe for decadent Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies.
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Almond-Honey Butter Cookies
Your family will swarm around these honey-nut treats!
- Makes:
- about 3-1/2 dozen cookies
- Prep
- 40 mins
- Start to Finish
- 2 hrs 30 mins
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Double-Stuffed Oatmeal Cookies
Why not let your kid have a cookie for breakfast? These treats are packed with whole grains, fruits, and even veggies!
- Serving Size:
- 1 sandwich cookie
- Prep
- 30 mins
- Bake
- 10 mins to 12 mins at 350°F
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French Macaroons
Make macaroon-like treats at home for a quarter of what bakeries charge.
- Makes:
- about 3 dozen sandwich cookies
- Prep
- 45 mins
- Bake
- About 15 mins at 300°F
- Cool
- 5 mins
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Chip Changeup
Stir pomegranate seeds into your cookie dough for extra nutrients and a satisfying crunch.
- Makes:
- about 24 cookies
- Prep
- 25 mins
- Bake
- 8 mins to 10 mins at 350°Fper batch
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Peppermint Snow Balls
Everyone will love the bright, minty flavor in these tasty treats. They're the perfect sweet to bake up when you're stuck inside on a snow-day.
- Makes:
- 4 dozen
- Bake
- 15 mins to 18 mins at 400°Fper batch
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Rainbow Rounds
Colorful cookies will brighten everyone's day.
- Makes:
- about 12 dozen cookies
- Chill
- 3 hrs
- Bake
- 12 mins to 16 mins at 350°F
- Cool
- 5 mins
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Molasses Spice Stars
Delicious fall spices make these cookies irresistible.
- Makes:
- 8 dozen
- Bake
- 10 mins to 12 mins at 350°F
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A Batch of Sunshine
Wake up and smell the oranges! These glazed citrus-cheese cookies are great as a morning snack.
- Makes:
- about 60 cookies
- Prep
- 25 mins
- Bake
- About 12 mins at 350°Fper batch
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S'more, Please
These graham cracker cookies are no-bake and super-easy.
- Makes:
- 24 cookies
- Start to Finish
- 25 mins
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Pooch Pops
These cookies on a stick are oh-so-cute (and tasty too)!
- Makes:
- 8 lollipops
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Pink-and-Yellow Cookies
Go Technicolor with this pretty pastel version of traditional black-and-white cookies.
- Makes:
- 8 dozen mini cookies
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PB&J Thumbprint Cookies
The classic combo of peanut butter and jelly gets a sweet remix in these thumbprint cookies.
- Makes:
- 48 cookies
- Bake
- 8 mins to 12 mins at 350°Fper batch
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Smiley Face Cookies
Smile! These yummy cookies will brighten any day.
- Makes:
- ten 3 1/2-inch cookies and twelve 1 1/2-inch cookies
- Prep
- 10 mins
- Chill
- 2 hrsovernight
- Bake
- 16 mins at 350°F
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Jam Cutouts
These delicate treats will make your heart skip a beat!
- Makes:
- 6 dozen
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Caramel Posies
Stop and smell the sweet caramel flowers!
- Makes:
- 16 sandwich cookies
- Start to Finish
- 25 mins
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Traffic Jams
Honk if you'd love one of these PB&J treats.
- Makes:
- about 3 dozen cookies
- Prep
- 45 mins
- Chill
- 1 hr
- Bake
- 8 mins to 10 mins at 350°F
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Maple Sugar Buttons
With licorice lace thread, our maple sugar button cookies are "sew" cute for an afterschool snack.
- Makes:
- about 36 cookies
- Prep
- 45 mins
- Chill
- 1 hr
- Bake
- 10 mins to 12 mins at 350°F
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Hot-Chocolate Shortbread
These biscotti-like shortbread sticks are perfect for dunking in milk. Feel free to change the color of the polka dots to match the season.
- Makes:
- 32 cookies
- Prep
- 25 mins
- Bake
- 30 mins to 35 mins at 350°F
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Cake Mix Cookies
These springy sandwich cookies have a secret shortcut: They're made with cake mix.
- Makes:
- about 30 sandwich cookies
- Prep
- 30 mins
- Bake
- 8 mins to 10 mins at 350°F
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A-B-C Grahams
Want to be the coolest mom on the block? Have homemade cookies waiting for your child after the first day of school. Try decorating some of the cookies with numbers or short school-themed words such as "bus" and "pen."
- Makes:
- 36 cookies
- Prep
- 25 mins
- Bake
- 8 mins at 350°Fper batch
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Lemon Slices
Surprise: We sweetened these fun cookies with lemonade mix.
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- Makes:
- about 2 1/2 dozen cookies
- Prep
- 35 mins
- Chill
- 3 hrs
- Bake
- 8 mins at 350°Fper batch
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