18 Classic Cookie Recipes Everyone Should Know

Some classic cookie recipes go down in history for a reason: They taste great, come together fairly easily, and work well for the ol' cookie jar, lunch box, or bake sale. Cookies fall into three basic preparation styles.

There's the drop method, which involves dropping rounded spoonfuls onto a baking sheet. The molded method requires shaping the cookies more precisely. Then there's the rolled method, in which you roll the dough into a log shape, chill, and slice it into rounds for a more uniformly shaped cookie. Add some of these to your repertoire, and remember why they're classics.