21 Easy Cookie Recipes using Pantry Staples

Who doesn’t love an easy cookie recipe? These 21 Easy Cookie Recipes using Pantry Staples is the perfect list to keep on hand when you need cookies in a pinch. They range from 3 ingredient cookies to over-the-top decadent cookies all made from pantry staples.

Sweetened Condensed Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

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These Sweetened Condensed Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, and loaded with milk chocolate chips! I skipped the eggs and went with a sweetened condensed milk which makes the cookies rich and tender.

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Cheesecake Cookies

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These Cheesecake Cookies are tender and melt in your mouth. They’re packed full of cream cheese flavor and incredibly soft. Easily turn these into holiday cheesecake cakes by sprinkling them with festive sprinkles or rolling them in colored sanding sugar.

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Potato Chip Cookies

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Are you a fan of sweet and salty? Then whip up a batch of these Potato Chip Cookies. They’re a chocolate chip cookie that’s filled with salty potato chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips! They’re soft, salty, and have a nice little potato chip crunch inside them.

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Coffee Cookies

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If you’re the kind of person who loves dessert and coffee, these Coffee Cookies are going to be your thing. They’re soft, tender, and flavored with intant coffee for a great coffee kick. This coffee cookie recipe has a simple chocolate drizzle that pairs well with a tall glass of milk, cup of tea or, well… coffee!

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Chocolate M&M Cookies

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These Chocolate M&M Cookies are the perfect homemade chocolate cookie studded with M&M’s and chocolate chips. They’re rich, chewy, and make a nice addition to any cookie platter.

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Shortbread Cookies

These Shortbread Cookies are so buttery, crispy, and melt in your mouth. They only require 6 ingredients and I bet you have them all in your pantry! The dough comes together quickly and works great with embossing rolling pins that have adorable designs on them.

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Jelly Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

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These Jelly Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies are incredibly soft and each bite as a little strawberry jelly in it.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Banana bread meets chocolate chip cookies in this Banana Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. These Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies are easy to make as well as soft, chewy, AND delicious. I love whipping these up when I have overripe bananas on hand because no one can resist a chocolate chip cookie

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Almond Joy Macaroons

Coconut macaroons on a baking sheet, topped with melted chocolate—one of those easy cookie recipes made with pantry staples. — Image Credit: Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt

Almond Joy Macaroons are for the almond joy fans! Shredded coconut, almonds and chocolate make up this delicious quick and easy dessert!

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Butterscotch Cookies

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These tender Butterscotch Cookies are packed with butter, dark brown sugar, and butterscotch chips. The inside of these cookies are gooey and made a great addition to any cookie tray.

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Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies

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These soft, tender Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies with Chocolate Frosting are the perfect cookie for chocolate peanut butter lovers! They hold their shape, are loaded with peanut butter flavor, and go so well with a rich, chocolate frosting.

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M&M Cookies

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These M&M Cookies are soft, chewy, buttery, and packed full of candies and chocolate chips. The edges have a nice crispiness to them too. These chocolate chip M&M cookies give a nice pop of color to a cookie platter and will leave people grabbing for more.

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Snowball Cookies

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These Pecan Snowball Cookies have just 7 ingredients that can be found in most pantries and the perfect nutty flavor for the holidays. It’s an easy twist on the traditional snowball cookies that any pecan lover will adore!

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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

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These tender Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies are highly addictive! If you’re a lover of soft cookies, pudding cookies are the way to go and these ones are loaded to the max with chocolate from the pudding to the chips.

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Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies

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Perfectly rich, moist, and decadent Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies are a fast and easy recipe for busy nights crying out for comfort food. These bake up so quickly, and you literally only have two things that require measuring.

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Monster Cookies

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These Monster Cookies are soft and packed full of flavor. They are stuffed with oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and M&M’s of all sizes. They taste amazing with a glass of milk or a cup of hot cocoa too.

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German Chocolate Cookies

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These German Chocolate Cookies are a rich chocolate cookie that is topped with a scoop of thick coconut pecan frosting. These cookies are like a German chocolate cake but in cookie form.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, and baked until the edges are golden brown. They are studded with milk chocolate chips too. It’s my go-to cookie recipe for any occasion.

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Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

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These Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies have the iconic fork marks, crunchy edges and a perfectly tender, chewy inside. They have a hefty amount of peanut butter in them balanced out with dark brown sugar and salt. They’re a must-make for any peanut butter lovers!

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Brownie Mix Cookies

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These Brownie Mix Cookies are soft, chewy, and fudgy. They’re made with brownie mix, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, chocolate syrup, and chocolate chips!

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Sweetened Condensed Milk Snowball Cookies

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If you love soft, buttery cookies that melt in your mouth, these little Coconut Sweetened Condensed Milk Snowball Cookies are about to be your new favorite! They’re lightly sweet, packed full of sweetened coconut, and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar that makes them feel extra festive.

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