Cookie Recipes

Baking cookies

This page features a collection of cookie recipes found in newspapers from across the decades. 

Learn more about cookie recipes through historical newspapers from our archives. Explore newspaper articles, headlines, images, and other primary sources below.

Articles and Clippings about Cookie Recipes

Grandmother Green's Cookies (1884) 22 Mar 1884, Sat The Weekly Star (Plymouth, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.comGingerbread Men (1920) 05 Dec 1920, Sun The Enid Daily Eagle (Enid, Oklahoma) Newspapers.comChocolate Peppermint Cookies (1936) 18 Dec 1936, Fri The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio) Newspapers.comToll House Cookies (1939) 17 Oct 1939, Tue Council Grove Republican (Council Grove, Kansas) Newspapers.comSnowball Cookies (1940) 27 Jun 1940, Thu The St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.comSour Cream Cookies (1942) 23 Jan 1942, Fri Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Newspapers.comGingersnaps (1942) 19 Mar 1942, Thu Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Newspapers.comNut Crumb Cookies (1942) 11 Jun 1942, Thu Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Newspapers.comMolasses Cookies (1945) 21 Apr 1945, Sat The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) Newspapers.com4 Recipes for Cookies Featuring Honey (1945) 15 Aug 1945, Wed Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana) Newspapers.com4 Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes (1951) 06 Dec 1951, Thu Ventura County Star (Ventura, California) Newspapers.comMelomakarona (1952) 30 Nov 1952, Sun Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Newspapers.comDouble Chocolate Chip Cookies (1953) 18 Dec 1953, Fri The Lebanon Express (Lebanon, Oregon) Newspapers.com11 Favorite Christmas Cookies (1957) 09 Dec 1957, Mon The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.comHanukkah Dreidel Cookies (1958) 04 Dec 1958, Thu The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.comHamantaschen (1959) 17 Dec 1959, Thu The World (Coos Bay, Oregon) Newspapers.comSweet and Spicy Cookies (1960) 22 Sep 1960, Thu Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Newspapers.com6 Butter Cookie Recipes from around the World (1962) 12 Dec 1962, Wed News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) Newspapers.comAnzac Biscuits (1964) 23 Aug 1964, Sun The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Newspapers.comBizcochitos (1967) 09 Nov 1967, Thu The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Newspapers.comHanukkah Sugar Cookies (1967) 27 Dec 1967, Wed The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.comHeart O'Mine Cookies (1977) 14 Feb 1977, Mon Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, California) Newspapers.com