164 cut out cookie recipes

Christmas butter cookies with crisp edges, tender centers, and just enough sweetness to take frosting beautifully. A classic 6-ingredient holiday cut-out cookie recipe for decorating with kids.

Basic sugar cookie recipe for cut out holiday cookies

Christmas sugar cookies are buttery rolled cut-out cookies for decorating. Crisp edges, tender centers. Big-batch dough yields four dozen festive shapes for the holidays.

Powdered sugar cut-out cookies stay tender and soft, perfect for decorating. Almond and vanilla extracts give these holiday classics a complex, bakery-style flavor that beats other sugar cookies.

Holiday sugar cookies: a tender, softly leavened cut-out cookie made with sour milk for tang and lift. Great-grandma's recipe that bakes pale and soft, ready for sprinkles and icing.

Homemade peanut cookies bake crisp butter dough laced with a shot of coffee and crowned with roasted peanuts. A simple cut-out cookie with a subtle mocha edge and a salty-sweet crunch on top.

Cute Easter egg cookies are tender cut-out cookies shaped with an egg cutter and decorated with smooth pastel icing. A fun Easter baking project for kids, made lighter with a sugar substitute in the dough.

Cut-out sugar cookies with vanilla and almond extract. Buttery, soft-set centers with crisp edges. Roll, cut into flowers or shapes, decorate with icing for any occasion.

Classic rolled sugar cookies that hold their cut-out shape, perfect for cookie cutters and decorating. Crisp edges, soft centers, ready for icing or sprinkles.

Cut-out sugar cookies for baby showers, weddings, or any holiday. A buttery, vanilla-and-cream rolled dough that holds shape through the oven for clean, decoratable cookies.

Delicate cut-out sugar cookies: a tender, buttery rolled dough chilled, cut into hearts or any shape, and baked. Holds its edges for clean shapes, ready for frosting and decorating.

Cut-out sugar cookies made with powdered sugar and egg whites for ultra-tender, snowy-white cookies that hold their shape under cookie cutters. Perfect for holiday decorating with frosting or colored sugar.

Classic cut-out sugar cookies with buttery flavor and crisp edges, perfect for decorating with royal icing for holidays, birthdays, or any celebration.

Homemade sweet cookies, crisp shortcrust cut-outs deep-fried golden, then tossed in a sugar syrup glaze. A fun, sweet, crunchy fried treat in playful shapes that kids love.

Buttery vanilla cookies studded with plump raisins and baked until edges turn golden. These cut-out treats bring teatime nostalgia straight from the oven to your cooling rack.

Betty's old-fashioned sugar cookies with vanilla, almond, and lemon extract plus tangy buttermilk. Tender, soft-centered cut-outs that hold their shape and beg for icing or sugar sprinkles.