Just because warm summer days have arrived that doesn’t mean we have to give up our homemade cookie habit.
The best summer cookies highlight the best summer produce, by incorporating seasonal fruits, garden fresh vegetables, and flavorful fresh herbs.
These easy cookie recipes are delicious and a perfect way to celebrate the summer season in a handheld package.
How to Bake in the Summer Months
Obviously baking is baking is baking. The basic process for making a good cookie is the same no matter the season.
The height of summer only requires some thinking about how much more heat you want to add to the kitchen and house in general.
Baking on a hot summer day isn’t the same as baking on a cold winter day and no one wants to be sweltering more than necessary just because of the need to bake some summer dessert recipes.
Choose to bake in the cooler evenings rather than in the mid-afternoon. Choose cloudy or rainy days to turn on the oven.
The great thing about this collection is that it allows you to try different recipes based on what’s available throughout the summer season.
How to Serve Cookies in Summer
Granted, a cup of coffee or tea is always welcome with cookies. Consider serving it with some summer iced tea instead of hot tea.
Top bowls of ice cream with homemade cookies for a cooling and wonderful dessert.
Make a platter of different cookies to serve at summer parties or special occasions instead of cakes with frosting that might melt in the heat.
Definitely send cookies in care packages as an easy way to share your season with folks far away. Use the fun ideas below as recipe inspiration and try substituting your own bits of fruit, vegetables, or herbs instead of following the recipe exactly.
Favorite Summer Cookie Recipes
Bake yourself some sweet treats for summer picnics, care packages, lunch boxes, and snacking that highlight the best the season has to offer.
Fruit Cookies
Summer provides with sweet, juicy fruits galore. Thankfully many of them are easy to add into fresh cookies perfect for the pool party, potluck, and after dinner dessert.
Strawberry White Clover Cookies
Make delicious cookies by combine sweet, fresh berries with common lawn and garden weeds for a delightful soft treat.
Fresh Fruit Cookies
Use whatever fruit you have on hand or even a combination with this summer recipe to highlight whatever is fresh and tasty.
Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies with White Chocolate and Rosemary
Blueberries aren't just for muffins! Use summer’s best blueberries to make these blueberry oatmeal cookies with white chocolate chips.
Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies with Chocolate Chips
Cheesecake is always a good idea, yes? And chocolate chip cookies, too? Get both cream cheese and chocolate chips with raspberries in these delightful cookies.
Peach cobbler cookies with vanilla icing drizzle
Give everyone their own handheld cobbler instead of spooning from a large dish with these soft peachy cookies filled with oatmeal goodness and drizzled with a light sweet vanilla icing. Serve as summer dessert or breakfast treat!
Soft Apricot White Chocolate Cookies
Combine tasty apricots with rich white chocolate for perfect cookies for the summer season and beyond because you can substitute dried apricot for fresh later in the year.
Herbal Cookies
The herb garden often provides plenty of savory flavor to our meals as well as tea and herbal remedies. It can also be a great source of sweet bliss when they're added to cookies. These often make for favorite desserts at charity bake sales!
White Chocolate Lavender Cookies
Lavender combines delightfully with white chocolate for a rich and floral cookie that is great for tea parties.
Lemon Balm Poppy Seed Cookies
Lemon and poppy seed is a fairly standard baking combination and these cookies play on that by using fresh lemon balm instead of lemon in a buttery chewy cookie.
Anise Hyssop Whoopie Pies
These whoopie pies feature a soft licorice-like cookie sandwiched around a creamy filling. Use the flowers for added color and a beautiful presentation.
Lavender Cookies {Shortbread}
Rich shortbread compliments the floral flavor of lavender perfectly and are great with tea - hot or iced!
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mint and chocolate are always a great combination and these chocolate chip cookies add some of that ever abundant fresh mint for a superb twist on the classic cookie.
Vegetable Cookies
We don't always think of adding vegetables to cookie batter but these easy recipes so us how wonderful it can be while making no one the wiser.
Zucchini Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Zucchini is always plentiful in the summer and many gardeners are looking for ways to use the abundance. These simple oatmeal cookies are filling and delicious while also helping us get in a some more greens.
Carrot Cake Cookies
While carrots are available pretty much year-round, grab local and super sweet types to make these frosted cookies.
Fudgy Double Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
Double chocolate cookies are fudgy and dark meaning most of the green bits are hidden so you are less likely to fight with picky eaters over the hidden veggies.
No Bake Cookies
The deep summer heat can often mean that we don't want to turn the oven on. These simple no bake cookie recipes can help us get a sweet hit without heating up the house too much.
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Skip the sugar and still end up with a sweet treat with these peanut butter cookies sweetened with dates.
Classic No-Bake Cookies
Make the classic recipe full of oats, cocoa powder, and creamy peanut butter for treat most everyone will enjoy.
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
Use these no bake cookies for a twist on the frozen banana dipped in chocolate beach treat for all the flavor at home for a wonderful and easy dessert.