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These graham cracker cookies are positively loaded with crushed graham crackers giving them an amazing taste with a soft and chewy texture!
Graham cracker cookies take all of our childhood dreams and make them come true.
Chewy Middles, Crispy Edges, Graham Cracker Cookie Perfection!
I headed into the kitchen to make oatmeal cookies one day, saw the box of graham crackers sitting on the shelf by the oats, and thought, “Nah. Forget the oats.”
I decided to experiment a bit and crushed up some graham crackers, tossed them in cookie dough in place of oats, and then tweaked the recipe until we got it just right.
Chewy middles, crispy edges, big bold graham cracker flavor, and little dots of melty chocolate throughout.
These graham cracker cookies are a graham cracker lovers dream come true. Dunk them in milk for the ultimate cookie experience.
Want to really take it over the top? Toss in some of those dehydrated marshmallows and make s’mores cookies!
Ingredient Notes:
Graham Crackers – We’re using honey graham crackers. You can either crush them by hand or with a food processor, or you can purchase a box of graham cracker crumbs.
Dough – For the rest of the dough, you’ll need standard ingredients, like flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla.
Chocolate Chips – We like to use semi-sweet chocolate chips in our cookies, but milk or dark chocolate will be fine as well.
Step by Step Photos:
Beat together the butter and sugar until creamy.
Beat in the remaining ingredients to make the cookie dough.
Scoop the cookie dough out onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake the cookies for 7 minutes at 350 degrees.
My Favorite Cookie Scoop!
We use cookie scoops for everything from baking cookies to scooping meatballs to easily filling muffin tins.
Cookie Baking Tips:
- Butter: Make sure your butter is at room temperature for the best results. If you soften it in the microwave, don’t overdo it. You should be able to lightly indent the butter when you press with a finger, but it shouldn’t fully squish or melt.
- Cookie Scoops: Using cookie scoops ensures that each cookie is the same size and that means they’ll bake evenly.
- Shape: For a perfectly round cookie, place a 2.5″ or larger circular cookie cutter, or the rim of a glass, over the cookies right after removing from the oven. Make a swirling motion around the cookie to push the edges into a circular shape.
- Crush: To crush up all the graham crackers quickly and easily just add them to a food processor or blender.
- Parchment Paper: We prefer to line our baking sheets with parchment paper to prevent cookies from sticking. Spraying the baking sheet with non-stick spray can cause your cookies to have a greasy bottom.
More S’mores Favorites:
Graham Cracker Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degres.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until creamy.
- Beat in the vanilla and egg until well combined.
- In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to the butter mixture until just combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, drop balls of dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 7 minutes.
- Cookies will look slightly underdone, but should set up nicely as they cool.
Yszabelle Carlos says
How many yields are made?
Lorie says
Karly!!! I could eat an entire graham cracker crust by myself. So these cookies make that so much more doable! Pinned and ready to go.
C says
Do you use salted butter or unsalted butter?
Karly says
I use salted butter.
Bob says
Small problem. I live in Mexico. Graham crackers are nowhere to be found here. Do you have a recipe for them?
Karly says
I don’t have a recipe myself, but there are a lot of recipes on the internet for them! 🙂
frances says
Hi there. I am from South Africa and would like to know what alternative I can use for Graham Crackers?
Karly says
You would probably be better off finding a different recipe that doesn’t use graham crackers or searching for a homemade graham cracker recipe to make and then use.
Abby says
Hi, thanks for the speedy reply… I love those tiny marshmallow bits, you can use them in so many things because they don’t melt as quick, I like them in fudge too.
Karly says
Yes! I was hoping to get a s’mores fudge up before Christmas and failed. Darn it! 🙂
Abby says
OHHH I’m just dying to know what you did next with this cookie !!
love using graham crackers……
Karly says
Thanks for the reminder to update that with a link! I turned them into s’mores. You can find it here: http://www.bunsinmyoven.com/2014/12/08/smores-cookies-recipe/
Jocelyn says
Two thumbs up! These are delicious cookies, and so easy to put together. Next time I ought to make a double recipe. Thank you!
Karly says
Glad you enjoyed them!
Melanie says
I’ve made these several times now and they are heavenly! We made them again today and we added just over 1/4 cup of Skor bits…..they won’t last long 🙂
Karly says
Ooh, great idea! Bet that was a tasty addition!
Alaina says
ok im confused….how could anybody not know what a graham cracker is? Are you secretly an alien from another planet @sabina?? LOL just kidding but that question really got me wondering! @karly these look DELICOUS!
Karly says
@Alaina,
I’m guessing she’s not from the US. 🙂
sabina says
I would love to make these but what are graham crackers
Karly says
@sabina,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker
Vickie says
Just saw these o Facebook and went to my kitchen immediately to make them!!!!!
Karly says
@Vickie,
Hope you loved them!
Shannyn says
What type of chocolate chips did you use?
Karly says
@Shannyn,
I almost always use milk chocolate, because that’s what my husband and kids prefer, but any would be just fine.
Daphne says
Do you think it’d be okay if I used 2cups of Graham crackers and 1/4 flour instead?
Karly says
I don’t think that would be enough flour at all.
tiffany says
I made these and oh my goodness they are delicious !!!!! I had Graham cracker crumps laying around after a cheese cake I made and I was trying to find the perfect thing to use them for and I must say this was a MORE then perfect way to use them.Thank you thank you thank you for scraping this amazing recipe !!
Karly says
@tiffany,
Glad you liked them!!
Amber says
Hi Karly! I have been trying your recipes for a few months now, and I absolutely LOVE your blog! Out of all the recipes I’ve tried, this one is my favorite! I tweaked it a little by using Mini Chocolate Chips and adding 1 cup and a half instead of just 1 cup. I baked them a bit longer than you suggested because I think I made them too big, but they flattened out and are SO CHOCOLATEY & DELICIOUS! I’m going to use this recipe as my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe from now on! Whenever asked about the recipe, don’t worry, I’ll be sure to send them right here. 🙂 You’ve helped a 23 yr-old college student learn how to better her cooking skills and for that I Thank you! All the best.
Karly says
@Amber,
So glad to hear you love these!! Thanks so much for reading. 🙂