50 Easy and Gorgeous Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipe Ideas
To us, the holiday season will always mean two things: watching Love Actually on repeat and baking cookies. And while we’d never want to play favorites with our holiday treats, we have a special place in our heart for the traditional sugar cookie. It’s delicious, nearly impossible to mess up and endlessly adaptable (the more sprinkles the merrier). Here are 50 of our favorite recipes.
1.
The Easiest Sugar Cookie Recipe Ever
Master the basics, then the possibilities are endless.
2.
The Softest Peppermint Sugar Cookies
Like a candy cane in soft, buttery, cream-cheese-frosted form.
4.
Maple Glazed Sugar Cookies
We love the hint of Sunday morning pancakes in this glaze.
5.
Amish Sugar Cookies
No rolling pin necessary—these drop right on to the cookie sheet.
8.
Eggnog Sugar Cookies
Everything you love about eggnog….with no risk of a drunk uncle ruining your holiday party.
9.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Stuffed Sugar Cookies
The only thing better than a peanut butter cup? One wrapped in a sugar cookie.
11.
Stained Glass Cookies
Crushed, melted Jolly Ranchers are the secret to the colorful windowpanes on these showstoppers.
16.
Slice ‘N’ Bake Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies with Buttercream
Way better than those tubes you buy in the grocery store.
17.
Holiday Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
So much easier than baking a million trays of cookies.
18.
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies That Don’t Spread
This dough is super easy to work with and always keeps its shape.
19.
Shortcut Pie Dough Sugar Cookies
Talk about multitasking: use extra refrigerator pie dough to make these sweet treats.
25.
Perfect Soft Sugar Cookies
There are two cookie camps: thin and crispy, and soft and fluffy. If you’re in the second, look no further—this is the recipe for you.
27.
Frosted Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars
Like peppermint bark, but with a whole cookie underneath.
29.
Christmas Swirl Sugar Cookies
Enlist the kids to help roll out these colorful pinwheels.
30.
Cinnamon-Sugar Cut-Out Cookies
Perfect for decorating, with just an extra hint of holiday spice.
31.
Jam Sandwich Cookies with Homemade Raspberry Jam
Sub in store-bought jam if you’re pressed for time.
32.
Whole-Wheat Chocolate Brown Sugar Sugar Cookies
The whole-wheat flour gives these guys great texture.
39.
Sugar Plum Shortbread Christmas Cookies
Visions of these are constantly dancing through our heads.
41.
Classic Christmas Cookies
The surprise ingredient in these elegant cookies? Sour cream.
42.
The Best Soft Sugar Cookie and Cream Cheese Frosting
You don’t need to chill the dough before rolling it out, making it the perfect choice if you’re pressed for time.
43.
One-Bowl Vegan Sugar Cookies
Pumpkin puree acts as an egg substitute—we swear, you’ll never notice.
44.
Chocolate Sugar Cookie Blossoms
A double-chocolate take on traditional peanut-butter-kiss cookies.
46.
Brown Butter Sugar Cookies
It’s a truth universally acknowledged: brown butter makes any recipe better.
