We love classic cookies as much as the next person, but something is exciting about wandering off the beaten path. When we see long-lost recipes, the impulse is automatic — we have to bake up a batch. If you’re curious about the unexplored, try any of these cookies! You’ll regret that you haven’t baked them sooner.
Whirlwig Cookies
Just as the name implies, chocolate and peanut butter are whirled and swirled together to make a perfect bite of this addictive flavor combination. When making these cookies, don’t use natural peanut butter, or else you won’t be able to roll the dough.
Alice Cookies
The cookie’s namesake will forever remain a mystery, but once someone posted this recipe card on the internet, the secret was out on how delicious these cookies are! These Alice Cookies keep you guessing, the cookies are not sugar cookies, but they’re not chocolate chip cookies either. The cross-hatching on the top implies they might be peanut butter cookies, but the color solely comes from the brown sugar in the dough and is topped with halved walnuts (even though there are no other nuts in the dough). Confusing right? Despite the cookies’ possible identity crisis, this recipe makes rich, slightly soft, and delectable butter cookies.
Stone Jar Molasses Cookies
It’s almost nostalgic to think about those big stoneware jars at a country store, brimming with sweets and treats, and these cookies will reignite those same old-fashioned feelings. These thin molasses-based cookies will bake up and perfume your house with the aroma of ginger. Once out of the oven, you coat the cookies with a thin icing glaze. It’s the ultimate representation of sugar and spice.
Ranger Cookies
Unassuming yes, just an average drop cookie, but this recipe makes something a little bit unexpected. Take a bite, and you’ll realize you’ve come across something different. These Ranger Cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, thanks to a trio of unexpected mix-in ingredients.
Kentucky Butter Cookies
If you haven’t had the pleasure of encountering Kentucky butter cake, then you’re in for a treat. These chewy vanilla-scented cakey cookies get a coating of melted butter and powdered sugar for a true culinary exhibition of the world’s best ingredients: butter and sugar. These cookies come together quickly with a cake mix as the base for the dry ingredients, so you’ll be on your way to a tin of decadent cookies in no time flat.