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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 12/08/2020Updated: 12/28/2020

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Four images of cookies, text overlay reads "10+ slice and bake cookie recipes"

You’ll want to add this recipe collection of slice and bake cookies to your baking arsenal. Refrigerated cookie dough logs can be sliced and baked for fresh crisp cookies any time you want them. 

Four images of cookies, text overlay reads "10+ slice and bake cookie recipes"

Don’t you just the love the idea of cookie dough waiting for you in the refrigerator or freezer? When cookie cravings hit, or unexpected company arrives, or you receive a party invitation and you don’t want to arrive empty-handed, slice and bake cookies are THE answer. 

Now I know that the grocery store carries all sorts of pre-made cookie dough. I checked the ingredients of a popular sugar cookie refrigerated dough and let me just say, I would rather use real butter than canola and palm oil. And “natural flavor”? There’s nothing really natural about those chemical formulas. Give me pure vanilla extract and real spices any time. Homemade is always better!

What are slice and bake cookies?

Slice and bake cookies are shortbread cookies. Typically, shortbread cookies are buttery with a crumbly texture. They usually do not have eggs in the dough and you’ll find they aren’t overly sweet. The main ingredients are simple: flour, butter, sugar, vanilla and a pinch of salt. 

There’s so many ways to add flavor and and variety to shortbread cookies.

Look for ingredients like:

  • cocoa
  • cream cheese
  • peppermint
  • funfetti
  • apples
  • poppy seeds
  • apricots
  • lemon
  • honey
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • ginger

Isn’t your mouth watering already? I’m craving a Mexican hot chocolate shortbread cookie right now. Or maybe an apple cheesecake cookie, or a spicy windmill cookie …

And let’s talk about convenience.

After you prepare the shortbread dough, roll it into logs, wrap it in parchment paper, and refrigerate. The dough logs can be frozen for up to two months. A perfect make-ahead cookie! Let the dough thaw briefly and slice away! Line the cookies up on a baking sheet and bake any time you need fresh cookies. And hey, isn’t that pretty much all the time?

Rather freeze cookies already baked? Shortbread cookies freeze beautifully after they’re baked, too. Make sure the cookies are entirely cool, wrap well, and freeze for up to three to four weeks. 

By the way, this recipe collection is nut-free! It’s perfect for potlucks and other social gatherings because you won’t have to worry about someone having an allergic reaction to your cookies. 

So here you go! Which one are you going to try first? 

Slice and Bake Cookies

You'll want to add this recipe collection of slice and bake cookies to your baking arsenal. Refrigerated cookie dough logs can be sliced and baked for fresh crisp cookies any time you want them. 

Mexican Chocolate Shortbread Cookies - Chocolate Dipped

Perfect any time of year, but super perfect on your Christmas cookie tray, Mexican Chocolate Cookies are an easy, sweet, and just slightly spicy slice-and-bake shortbread recipe.

Gingerbread Shortbread Cookies with Cranberries

Melt-in-your-mouth gingerbread shortbread cookies will be a hit at any holiday party.

Sand Tart Cookies (Slice & Bake Buttery Sugar Cookies)

A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch treat, sand tart cookies are a crisp, buttery, rolled sugar cookie. You'll love this easier slice-and-bake recipe!

Apple Cheesecake Shortbread Cookies

Apple Cheesecake Shortbread Cookies — the fantastic flavors of apple cheesecake in an easy slice and bake shortbread cookie!

Peppermint Shortbread Cookies

Buttery, rich peppermint shortbread cookies couldn’t be better. Just slice and bake!

Honey Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Honey lemon shortbread cookies are dainty but even the manly man in your life will love the light but powerful flavors.

Cream Cheese Cocoa Nib Cookies

An easy slice and bake cookie, made with a cream cheese dough, and studded with flavorful cocoa nibs and mini chocolate chips.

Holiday Funfetti Shortbread Cookies

Festive red and green funfetti shortbread cookies are be a happy addition to your Christmas cookie collection!

Windmill Cookies aka Speculoos Cookies (nut free option)

Full of delightfully warm spices, slice and bake windmill cookies are made the easy way, without a mold or stamp. And they're nut-free!

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies with Cream Cheese

Lemon poppy seed cookies are a dose of extra sunny cheerfulness on your cookie platters. Cream cheese adds an amazing depth to the flavor.

Honey, Lemon, Apricot, and Pine Nut Shortbread Cookie Recipe

This honey, lemon, apricot, and pine nut shortbread cookie recipe might have a long name but these cookies don't take long to make -- or eat!

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  1. Susan Dubose says

    December 8, 2020 at 9:25 pm

    So good! My family loved them!

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      December 9, 2020 at 8:35 pm

      So glad to hear it!

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