Cutout Cookie Recipes

My husband loves the creamy richness of eggnog, so I add it to the dough and buttercream icing in these...

I recommend serving these cookies with tea. They're not too sweet and the lemon and rosemary pair well with a...

This is the first cookie recipe I’ve ever created! It captures the essence of the holidays because there’s a trace...

Several years ago, I took a basic shortbread recipe and turned it into a much more festive Christmas cookie. These...

The warm flavor of cardamom spices up these classic sugar cookies. They’re the ideal treat for your homemade goody basket....

The kids will be jumping for joy when you bring out a cookie plate filled with Santas and his helper...

I make these cookies for all occasions. In the spring, I cut them in flower shapes and insert a lollipop...

I have many wonderful memories making these chocolaty cookies with my family during the Christmas season. —Debbie Rowe, Lexington, Kentucky

My grandmother bakes this recipe every year for the holidays. She uses homemade blackberry jam that she makes fresh every...

The only limit to these fun cutouts is your cookie cutter collection and your imagination! If you prefer crisp cookies,...

Orange and lemon zest give gingerbread cutouts a refreshing twist. Brushing a honey glaze over the top adds a subtle...

These nutty, nicely spiced cutouts dusted with sugar are a German tradition. Serve them with cups of tea or coffee...

After years of searching for the best sugar cookie recipe, believe me, this is it! Almond paste gives a hint...

This gingerbread house is a fun and tasty Christmas craft the whole family will enjoy putting together! —Taste of Home...

Make the jolliest Santa cookies for the holidays! These sugar cookie cutouts are frosted with homemade buttercream frosting and decorated...

The way my boys eat them, I would spend a fortune on honey graham crackers at the grocery store. So...

Let these little guys be the stars of your St. Patrick's Day party. They're so fun to make and create...

During December, homes and bakeries in Switzerland are filled with the aroma of classic cookies like these "Zimtsterne." —Taste of...

I volunteer with a group that bakes treats for military personnel serving overseas. We really like to send these soft...

Cream cheese helps create the rich, melt-in-your-mouth taste of these perfect cookies. Forget any other sugar cookie recipe-this is the...

Your cookie trays will twinkle with these festive snowflake cookies. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Your children can help decorate these cute Christmas cookies. It’s a memory-making way to get them involved in the kitchen....

My grandsons started cooking by helping their grandpa mix up waffle and pancake batter. They also liked to make these...

Creativity and Christmas cookie cutters come together for these fun Halloween cookies kids will go batty for. —Taste of Home...

Want something a little more elevated than gingerbread cookies this year? Spicy Dutch speculaas are just the thing.

This yummy cookie—a favorite of my husband's—goes back to my great-grandmother. At Christmastime, we use colored sugar for a festive...

These delicate, puffy turnover cookies are sparked with raspberry and almond—delightful with afternoon tea.

Using prepared cookie dough gives you a nice head start to your own little forest of Christmas trees. Get the...

Every year my mom and I collect cookie recipes we want to try and then get together in early December...