Cutout Cookie Recipes

My grandchildren look for Grandma's "candy bar cookies" every Christmas. I recommend doubling the recipe for these sweet treats because...

I created this cookie recipe because my sons liked eggnog so much. After frosting the cookies, you can add to...

When it’s time to start the cookie-baking season, this recipe always kicks off the festivities. My mother-in-law first shared it...

Making and decorating these tender sugar cookies left a lasting impression on our four children. Adults now, they've all asked...

My mom and grandma are known for their signature Christmas cookies. I decided to create my own, inspired by one...

I make rich, fudgy cookies that taste like brownies with a marshmallow filling. I usually use heart-shaped cutters, but I've...

Every year I come up with a new recipe, and this is one that's been requested over and over. Who...

I discovered the wonderful anise flavor of biscochitos, which are traditional cookies of New Mexico. I created my own version...

These adorable cookies shaped like coffee cups don't last long with my friends and family. For an even richer flavor,...

Get a little snow at the holidays, no matter where you are. Head to the kitchen and bake a batch...

These super stars are plenty sweet and sturdy, making them great for shipping. Slip decorated cookies in stacks of three...

My husband's grandmother made these buttery cookies using a star cutter. I've never tasted a cookie quite like it, so...

Make these chocolate sugar cookies when you want something different from regular vanilla sugar cookies. These cookies are great substitutes...

I made gingerbread cookies for years before realizing my gingerbread-man cutter becomes a reindeer when turned upside down. They’re super...

Halloween sugar cookies are a fun (and delicious!) way to get into the spooky spirit. From cats and bats to...

They're alive! Each year when the Halloween invites start coming my way, I create a little treat to bring. These...

We love foods that remind us of childhood, like the chewy oatmeal cream pies stashed in our lunch boxes on...

Pac-Man was my favorite video game when I was growing up. For a party, I decided to get creative and...

A woman in my small Iowa hometown sold these cookies. When my grandmother asked her for the recipe, the woman...

My mother Esther created this recipe, and I've been making the cookies in her honor every Christmas since then. People...

Family and friends can't resist buttery cookies with a soft almond center. The confectioners' sugar on top looks like a...

Pretty raspberry jam peeks out from buttery shortbread cookies for a festive treat. Make them throughout the year with different...

Raspberry jam eerily oozes from these soft butter cookies. One bite, and you'll have a hard time stopping! —Taste of...

The recipe for these light cookies has been passed down from generation to generation. Have a little extra fun with...

These buttery spice cookies are a cross between sugar cookies and gingerbread, creating the best of both worlds. —April Drasin,...

Almost too cute to eat but too sweet to resist, these clever cookies take minutes to make. They’ll disappear as...

These festive gingerbread men cookies are soft and chewy, are filled with cozy winter flavors and hold their shape perfectly...

Whenever I visit friends in Lutsen, Minnesota, I make sure to buy maple syrup there because I think it's even...

Any small gingerbread boy cookie cutter can take on new "life" with these classic cookies. Give him some cat friends,...