It's that glorious time of year again—Girl Scout cookies are back on sale and you can stock up. If you end up eating them all by June again, though, food blog Chow has some recipes for making your own.


Making the cookies isn't super hard, but it probably isn't for the baking novice—not only will you need the standard baking arsenal including parchment paper, a rolling pin, cookie cutters, baking sheets, and wire racks, but you'll need to be pretty organized and familiar with standard baking techniques. If you've done a fair amount of baking though, this will probably be a cakewalk (or cookie walk, as it were).

The recipes are pretty detailed, and include links to articles about more advanced baking techniques like tempering chocolate if you don't already know them. The cookies, depending on which ones you're making, shouldn't take much longer than 4 or 5 hours (although you'll only need to be working with them for about 2 of those). Best of all, they have recipes for a few of the most popular cookies, so even if you prefer Thin Mints to Samoas or Tagalongs (or whatever they're making us call them these days), Chow's got you covered with their versions. Hit the link for the full recipe, or stash it away for the sad day that you finish off that last box nine months too early.


Make Your Own Girl Scout Cookies [Chow via Wise Bread]