Everyday Cooking Quick and Easy Quick and Easy Cookies 15 Quick Cookies Anyone Can Make By Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes with nearly two decades of experience helping home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen. A self-taught cook who grew up reading cookbooks for fun, Vanessa lives and breathes the challenges faced by busy everyday cooks to get dinner on the table. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on April 21, 2020 Close Photo: magicallydelicious These quick and easy cookies know you'd rather be playing. Or napping. Or be anything but tied to the kitchen making cookies. Here's how easy they are to make: You can count their ingredients on one hand, prep is quick and minimal, and they don't dirty up a lot of bowls and pans. Gotta love that. Bonus: They're easy enough for everyday snacking and nice enough for potlucks, parties, and picnics. Let's meet them. 01 of 15 Graham Cracker Bars View Recipe peanut Five ingredients + five-minute prep. Shortcut: Bake the graham cracker base and sprinkle with mini chocolate chips while it's hot from the oven. Let the chips soften, then spread them around. 02 of 15 Cereal Treats II View Recipe Photo by Wyattdogster. Three ingredients + two-minute prep. Variation: Allrecipes member foodaholic took this classic marshmallow and rice cereal bar way into the fun zone, shaping spoonfuls into sushi and adding gummy fish and fruit leather for realism. Not that you have to. 03 of 15 Easy Cookie Brittle View Recipe jmacsaunders Five ingredients + 10-minute prep. Variations: Use white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips instead of peanut butter chips. 04 of 15 Salted Nut Roll Squares View Recipe mauigirl Five ingredients + 10-minute prep. Tip: Line the pan with parchment paper to keep these nutty squares from sticking. 05 of 15 Shanibars View Recipe Punkintoze Four ingredients + 10-minute prep. Prep tip: For easier cleanup, mist your food processor blades and bowl with non-stick spray. 06 of 15 Almond Bars II View Recipe catedie Five ingredients + 10-minute prep. Prep tip: Line the baking sheet with parchment paper for the easiest lift-out. 07 of 15 Raspberry Oatmeal Bars View Recipe bikerfamily Five ingredients + 15-minute prep. Flavor boost: Substitute lemon juice for the water. 08 of 15 Oaty Cereal Bars View Recipe FoodFan Five ingredients + 10-minute prep. Thrifty tip: Combine all the random bits of cereal left at the bottom of the bags into one fast, fun bar cookie. 15 No-Bake Cookies to Make With Your Kids 09 of 15 Cake Mix Cookies VIII View Recipe Jennifer Bentley Wenning Four ingredients + 10-minute prep. Prep tip: Reviewers recommend adding 2 tbsp. vegetable oil for perfectly-moist cookies as well as 1 tsp. vanilla. 18 of Our Most Chocolaty Chocolate Cookies 10 of 15 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies View Recipe Three ingredients + 10-minute prep. Flavor boost: Dip them in melted chocolate then leave them to chill in the fridge for a peanut butter cup-inspired treat, reviewer Ashton Peterson says. 11 of 15 Scotch Shortbread View Recipe Lisa DeFrank Three ingredients + 15-minute prep. Tip: Use a fork to make the traditional indentations on the top of the shortbread after patting the dough into the pan. 12 of 15 Funfetti® Birthday Cookies View Recipe magicallydelicious Five ingredients + 10-minute prep. Look at the fun you can make with a box of cake mix, a couple of other pantry ingredients, and some colorful sprinkles. 14 Easy Cookie Recipes You Can Make Anytime 13 of 15 World's Easiest Peanut Butter Blossoms View Recipe Four ingredients + 15-minute prep. Prep tip: To keep these super-soft cookies from falling apart when you take them out of the oven, let them continue to sit on the baking sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a rack with your spatula. Once the cookies have fully cooled, they'll be perfectly firm. 14 of 15 Honey Lavender Cookies View Recipe reese Five ingredients + 15-minute prep. Styling tip: Sprinkle sugar and an extra tablespoon of lavender flowers on top of the cookies (as pictured) to add to their loveliness. 15 of 15 Divine Macaroons View Recipe Pictured: Divine Macaroons by happyschmoopies. Four ingredients + 15-minute prep. Prep tip: Though these super-simple macaroons need just 15 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes to cook, be sure to let the dough chill in the fridge for no less than an hour. It's worth the wait! Our Best Cookie Recipes of All Time Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit