While there's something to be said for the fun of rolling up your sleeves and spending an hour or two baking batch upon batch ...

When you're craving freshly baked cookies, sometimes the best thing to do is to buy a roll of store-bought cookie dough. If ...

Try colouring the cookie dough with black or red food colouring ... Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on lightly floured work surface.

Made with a simple three-ingredient dough to produce a flaky, buttery crust and paired with a gooey brown sugar and pecan ...