Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Liza Jernow. This recipe is very close to the original created by Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, who ran the Toll ...

Mark Weinberg for The New York Times This simple cookie recipe combines flour and butter mixtures, and gets beaten until smooth. Chopped pecans and M&M’s or Reese's pieces get folded into the mix.

This may become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. There are many kinds of brownies, but this simple recipe ...

NYT Cooking's Cookie Week runs Dec. 1 to 8 with new recipes each day. This year's Cookie Week includes a first-ever taste tour with events in Los Angeles and New York. NYT Cooking's Senior Editor ...