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A plate full of brown butter oatmeal raisin cookies.

Chewy Brown Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

A plate of blueberry muffin cookies with a half of lemon and a whole lemon in opposite corners and blueberries scattered around the plate.

Blueberry Muffin Cookies with Streusel and Lemon Glaze

A hand holding a partially broken chocolate chip cookie above a white plate full of cookies.

Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

White chocolate chip Craisin cookies sitting on a cooling rack.

Best Ever White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

a white plate with three homemade oreos on it. They are stacked like a pyramid

Homemade Cake Mix Oreo Cookies

a sheet pan covered with a silpat. the cookie sheet also has a dozen old fashioned sour cream drop cookies on it. the cookies are frosted with pink frosting.

Old Fashioned Sour Cream Drop Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting

rows of cookies with colorful M&Ms and chocolate chips on a cookie sheet

Grandma’s Monster Cookies

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The Best Classic Snickerdoodle Cookies

Chewy Chocolate Mint Oreo Cookies

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