Easy Cookie Recipes - Chocolate Chip, Cranberry, Butterscotch, etc.

This page provides you with a ton of easy cookie recipes such as milk chocolate chip cookies, white chocolate cranberry chip cookies & many more. If you are looking for other easy dessert ideas, please visit Bread Dad’s Banana Bread Recipes, Sweet Quick Bread Recipes or Muffins Recipes sections..

List of Easy Cookie Recipes

Butterscotch Chip Cookies – Cookies made with deliciously sweet & buttery butterscotch chips.
Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies – My kids’ favorite homemade cookies! These are simple-to-make cookies that contain delicious chocolate and butterscotch chips.
Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies – Chocolate chips and slightly tart dried cranberries are a perfect cookie combo.
Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Chips – Delicious and double chocolaty!
Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies – A simple cookie recipe made with milk chocolate chips. Your kids will love them!
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies – These are not tiny cookies. Rather they are delicious cookies made with mini chocolate chips.
M&M Chocolate Cookies – These are fantastic chocolate cookies covered with brightly colored M&Ms.
No Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – Delicious chocolate chip cookies… made without any butter. This means that they contain a lot less saturated fat than regular chocolate chip cookies (made with butter).
No Egg Chocolate Chip Cookies – These eggless chocolate chip cookies are delicious!
White Chocolate Chip Cookies
White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies – These white chocolate treats are perfect for holidays & special occasions.

FYI – You can also visit our Cookie Instructional Videos section if you want to watch videos that discuss common cookie problems & solutions, how to make chewy or crunchy cookies, etc.

Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies

M&M Chocolate Cookies

White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Future Cookie Recipes

Butter Cookies
Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
Sugar Cookies

Cookie Recipes – Questions

Do cookies need yeast?

No. Most traditional cookie recipes do not use yeast. Instead, many cookie recipes (i.e. chocolate chip cookies) use baking soda or baking powder as a leavening agent. These ingredients help cookies to quickly rise and become more airy & fluffy. Moreover, many easy-to-make cookies are fully cooked with 8-11 minutes and this is not nearly enough time for yeast to rise.

Why is baking soda added to cookie recipes?

Baking soda is added to many cookie recipes because it acts a “leavening” agent. The baking soda helps the cookie dough to rise during the baking process. This results in an airier & fluffier cookie.

For more information on baking soda, you should read this Wikipedia article.

Simple Cookie Recipes – Reference Sources

Wikipedia, Butterscotch, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterscotch
Wikipedia, Oatmeal, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oatmeal
Wikipedia, Types of Chocolate, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate

Noteworthy Visitor Comments & Suggestions

I want to thank everyone who leaves a comment, tip or suggestion in a recipe’s comment section. They really help to improve & clarify our recipe instructions. Beginning bakers also learn a lot from your fantastic baking ideas & recipe variations. Below are some recent comments by our visitors:

Cindy made an awesome variation to our No Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by adding some crushed chocolate malt ball-type candies – “Amazing! We made them with crushed Malteasers instead of chocolate chips and they were delicious!“
You might like to read how Katie is making an amazing “tropical” improvement to our No Butter Banana Bread – “I live in the Caribbean and have at least 20 banana trees in my yard, so endless bananas. I’ve tried so many recipes and this is my favorite. I’ve actually memorized it, it’s so easy! I serve this to my guests for breakfast or on the dive boat (I run a small guest house and scuba shop) and it’s always gets rave reviews. Butter is super expensive here so this recipe is great. I’m trying this exact recipe but substituting pineapple (crushed in food processor) for bananas and coconut extract for vanilla extract. Hoping it comes out as good as the original, it smells divine already!“
Sherry has a nice twist to our Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe – “Yessir! Best cookies award!!! Last day before the keto life ( for a few weeks)! I’ll be back cuz these cookies kick behind! Ohh! I added hazelnuts to my second batch! Mm-hmm!“
Damian, a fellow “bread dad” from New Zealand, has a family who loves the smell of our Bread Machine Onion Bread – “This one was my wife’s fave so far. Such a good idea and another one which created a lovely smell while it was baking. I added a tiny sprinkling of rosemary to the top. Thanks BD =)” and our Bread Machine Rosemary Bread – “Such a lovely smell through the house while this was baking. I’m a dad who’s just discovered the joys of our bread machine and am so grateful to have discovered your site. Thanks for all the great recipes BD!“
Rebecca‘s twist on our Bread Machine Cheese Bread Recipe makes me super hungry!! – “I was craving a good savory bread and this is it! I used a blend of cheddar, Monterey Jack, and parmesan. And Italian seasonings along with an added pinch of oregano as well as a teaspoon each of garlic and onion powders. It drove me mad while baking and is delicious.“
More interesting visitor variations! Here is Chwip‘s change to our Bread Machine Multigrain Bread Recipe – “Amazing!! I substituted 1 cup of Kefir for 1 cup of milk in the 2lb loaf recipe and had to proof my active yeast in the warmed kefir since I didn’t have bread machine yeast. I believe this will now be our staple weekly bread recipe! Thank you so much.”

Past Noteworthy Comments