National Cookie Day is celebrated on December 4, giving you the perfect reason to head out to a local bakery and indulge your sweet tooth. From old-fashioned butter cookies to fun variations like a cookie plug, you'll have plenty of goodies to choose from.

Our Memphis real estate agents suggest treating yourself to cookies at the following must-visit bakeries near Memphis homes for sale.

• Hustle & Dough - 477 S. Main St., Memphis, TN 38103
  Hustle & Dough, a bakery and cafe, is located in the lobby of ARRIVE, a boutique hotel. When you're in the mood for a cookie, you'll have several options, including the lemon shortbread sandwich, gluten-free double chocolate cookie, and salted chocolate chip cookie. Reviewers love the fact that the cookies are nicely sweet but not overly so. They're also praised for their generous size, so you're in for a real treat.
  
  
• Ricki's Cookie Corner - Eastgate Shopping Center, 5068 Park Ave., Memphis, TN 38117
  If you haven't heard of a Chipstick, you've probably never been to Ricki's Cookie Corner. These soft, chewy cookies are thicker than your average cookie and aren't round. They're almost rectangle-shaped, and you can see their delicious fillings. Try Chipsticks "naked"—cooked dough without chocolate chips—or the original chocolate chip version, as well as variations such as peanut butter or ginger. Can't decide? Order a tin of assorted Chipsticks and regular round cookies in flavors like golden pecan sandies, old-fashioned sugar, and lemon sugar. 
  
  
• Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies - 2370 Airways Blvd., Memphis, TN 38114 and 301 Jefferson Ave., Memphis, TN 38103
  It's all about the cookies at Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies, which is well-known for its famous butter cookies. They're prepared simply and deliciously with fresh ingredients to achieve their melt-in-your-mouth flavor and texture. Other cookie options include classic varieties such as sugar, chocolate chip, and oatmeal pecan, along with lemon goodness and sensual strawberry, two iced options.
  
  
• 901 Bakehouse - 1979 Newfields Road, Germantown, TN 38139
  If you're looking for cookies with special or customized designs, head to 901 Bakehouse, just around the corner from Germantown homes for sale. The bakery has many designs to choose from, including ones with Bluey and other kid-favorite characters perfect for birthday treats. If they don't have a design you love, work with the bakers so they can create just the right one for you and your special occasion, choosing from classic sugar, chocolate, or cranberry orange flavors.
  
  
• Sweet LaLa's Bakery - Regalia Center, 6150 Poplar Ave. Suite 118, Memphis, TN 38119
  Buy delicious cookies from the case or have them custom-designed and decorated at Sweet LaLa's Bakery. The case typically has original cookies made with a hint of almond, triple chocolate, chocolate chip, lemon, sugar, oatmeal raisin, and some seasonal offerings. Or choose to have your own couture cookies designed with your choice of hundreds of custom shapes, icing colors, and fun additions, such as edible glitter.
  
  
• Cookie Plug - Germantown Crossing Shopping Mall, 7685 Farmington Blvd. Suite 104, Germantown, TN 38138
  When you want something beyond a regular cookie, head to Cookie Plug for their namesake treats. They're part cookie, part cake, and part brownie, rolled into a thick stack of yummy goodness. Popular flavors include Pixie Junkie, a sugar cookie plug that's covered in an explosion of sprinkles, and Firecracker, a s'mores-like creation. 

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