Soft or crisp, sugar cookies suit every holiday and party. Find cut-out cookies, frosted rounds, and flavored twists here. Chill the dough so each cookie keeps a clean shape.
Browse all 24 sugar cookie recipes below. Each one includes a printable recipe card with ingredients, steps, and timings.
Black Cat Sugar Cookies
Bake black cat sugar cookies with black cocoa for a deep color, cut-out cat shapes, and simple icing eyes and whiskers. A cute Halloween treat.
Cherry Almond Amish Sugar Cookies: Melt-in-Your-Mouth
These cherry almond Amish sugar cookies showcase legendary country bakery texture that dissolves on your tongue like powdered velvet.
Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies
These rich chewy brown sugar cookies bake with deep molasses sweetness, soft centers, and crisp golden edges.
Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies: Soft Holiday Drop Rounds
Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies eliminate chilling and rolling for effortless holiday baking.
Christmas Sugar Cookie Cheesecake with Sprinkles
Bake a Christmas sugar cookie cheesecake with a crushed sugar cookie crust, sprinkle-studded vanilla filling, and whipped cream.
Christmas Sugar Cookie Ornaments
Crisp, buttery cutout holiday sugar cookies designed to be decorated with royal icing and hung with festive twine.
Creamsicle Orange Sugar Cookies Recipe with Vanilla
Creamsicle orange sugar cookies blend bright citrus oils with smooth vanilla sweetness. Soft pillowy centers melt gently on your tongue.
Delicious Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe!
I bake refreshing lemon sugar cookies whenever I need a cheerful citrus treat in my kitchen.
Frosted Christmas Sugar Cookies
Bake soft Christmas sugar cookies with sprinkles in the dough, then pipe whipped cream cheese frosting and add more holiday sprinkles.
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars: Soft Chewy Bakery Squares
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars deliver all the melt-in-your-mouth joy of frosted cutouts without rolling dough. A thick buttery cookie base bakes in a sheet pan.
Grinch Sugar Cookies: Soft Crinkle Holiday Treats
Grinch Sugar Cookies bring mischievous Whoville cheer to holiday cookie tins with vibrant green hues and snowy crinkles.
Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars
Bake soft and chewy sugar cookie bars with a hint of almond, topped with fluffy vanilla frosting, Halloween sprinkles, and candy eyeballs.
Holiday Sugar Cookie Stars
Holiday sugar cookie stars present crisp, golden-edged star cutouts decorated with smooth royal icing, silver sanding sugar, and sparkling crystals.
Irresistible Flower Sugar Cookies
I bake decorated flower sugar cookies every year for spring garden parties.
Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies
Bake old-fashioned soft sugar cookies with butter, pure vanilla, tender crumb, and sparkling festive colored sanding sugar.
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies Recipe: Crinkle Rounds
This red velvet sugar cookies recipe blends classic Southern chocolate cake notes with soft drop cookie chew.
Soft Baked Coffee Sugar Cookies Espresso Recipe
These aromatic Coffee Sugar Cookies bring artisan coffeehouse elegance to home cookie jars.
Soft Frosted Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Bake soft frosted pumpkin sugar cookies with real pumpkin puree, autumn spices, tender crumb, and tangy cream cheese frosting.
Soft Peppermint Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
These melt-in-your-mouth peppermint sour cream sugar cookies bake pillowy soft with a subtle holiday mint touch.
Soft Raspberry Sugar Cookies
Melt-in-your-mouth drop sugar cookies bursting with fresh raspberries and topped with a sweet raspberry glaze.
Sugar Cookie Cheesecake with White Chocolate Ganache
Bake a sugar cookie cheesecake with a sprinkle cookie crust, cookie dough bites, creamy filling, and white chocolate ganache.
Sugar Cookie Crust Cheesecake with White Chocolate
Bake a sugar cookie cheesecake with a sprinkle cookie crust, white chocolate chip filling, and a smooth white chocolate ganache top.
Sugar Cookie Fudge: Creamy Vanilla White Chocolate
This decadent sugar cookie fudge captures the rich vanilla sweetness of bakery sugar cookies in a velvety candy bar.
Valentine Sugar Cookies Soft Cut-Out Royal Icing Hearts
Classic Valentine Sugar Cookies bring nostalgic joy with tender buttery texture and glossy royal icing. Every bite offers sweet bakery goodness.