Cookies To Bake Every Month In 2023

Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Photo: Joy Howard

In need of a good baking project? We've got the perfect challenge for you. 12 months, 12 batches of cookies. Sound simple? That's because it is. We've chosen 12 of our all-time favorite seasonal cookie recipes to help you hone your baking skills. Not only is homemade cookie dough surprisingly easy to whip up, but it comes in handy in a wide variety of circumstances. Romantic dinner? End the night with deceptively easy Chocolate-Marshmallow Linzer Heart Cookies. Forgotten bake sale? Good thing you've got our recipe for No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies in your back pocket. After testing out these 12 recipes, you'll be a master of classics like shortbread and meringues, and you'll also expand your baking skills with whimsical favorites like Daffodil Cookies and Red, White, and Blue Cake Mix Cookies. While you're at it, take on our cake-of-the-month challenge. Don't worry, you've got this.

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January: Lemon Drop Meringue Cookies

Lemon Drop Meringues
Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

New year, fresh start. Take a break from the caramel-, chocolate-, and bourbon- laden confections and try these simple, refreshing Lemon Drop Meringue Cookies instead. Light as air, slightly tart—these puffs of sugar somehow feel cleansing.

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February: Chocolate-Marshmallow Linzer Heart Cookies

Chocolate-Marshmallow Linzer Cookies
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling; Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Celebrate the most romantic day of the year with a little heart-shaped treat. Rich chocolate shortbread and vibrant marshmallow crème create a dazzling cookie sure to impress your Valentine.

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March: Daffodil Cookies

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Eggs and Daffodil Cookies
Cedric Angeles; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Torie Cox

There's no better way to welcome spring than with the harbingers of the season.

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April: Bird's Nest Cookies

Bird's Nest Cookies
Joy Howard

These four ingredient cookies are a perfect weekend baking project with the kids, and a delicious treat the Easter Bunny will be all over.

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May: Raspberry-White Chocolate Meringue Sandwich Cookies

Raspberry-White Chocolate Meringue Sandwich Cookies
Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

These cookies look like giant bouquet of roses and are perfect for all the spring bridal and baby showers.

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June: Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Joy Howard

With summer comes an abundance of lavender. Just a pinch of dried buds can add a subtle sweetness to the typical shortbread.

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July: Red, White, and Blue Cake Mix Cookies

Red, White, and Blue Cake Mix Cookies
Joy Howard

These fun, easy cookies yield a big batch for your Fourth of July festivities.

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August: No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Prissy Lee Montiel


Let's face it. In the height of a swampy summer, no one wants to turn on their oven. Serve these no-bake cookies instead.

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September: Caramel-Apple Cookies

Caramel Apple Cookies
Photographer: Alison Miksch Food Stylist: Erin Merhar Prop Stylist: Prissy Lee

One of fall's favorite flavor combinations, caramel and apples rarely disappoint. Serve these at your harvest party to the delight of both the kids and the adults.

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October: Soft Pumpkin Cookies

Soft Pumpkin Cookies
Photographer: Antonis Achilleos, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen, Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey

Celebrate the beginning of pumpkin spice season with a cookie that pairs perfectly with your PSL.

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November: Bourbon-Caramel Cookies

Bourbon Caramel Cookies
Photographer: Antonis Achilleos, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen, Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey

It's time to get festive. These sparkling cookies are buttery, soft, and irresistible on the Thanksgiving dessert sideboard.

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December: Eggnog Cookies

eggnog cookies
Photographer: Frederick Hardy II, Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christina Daley

These will wow in the cookie tin, incorporating the traditional drink into a creamy, rich frosting atop a thick and chewy cookie.

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