5 Delicious Cookie Ideas for Anytime!


Hey Reader,

Sometimes you just feel like a cookie and I've got you covered from a classic chocolate chip cookie to a Japanese inspired matcha shortbread that tastes like a match latte.

What's you favorite?

These all-natural sugar cookies are soft in the center with crisp edges. You must make these if you love strawberries.

A trip to Japan and matcha latte while there convinced me that matcha can be good, so I recreated that flavor in the matcha shortbread cookies.

A simple, soft, and chewy vanilla cookie that doesn't require any chilling. You can have your first batch of fresh baked cookies in less than an hour.

This is a classic for a reason, and if you love lemon you gotta try these simple lemon cookies.

Who doesn't love a good chocolate chip cookie with crisp edges, soft centers, and bittersweet chocolate?

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