553 sugar cookie recipes

Classic American peanut butter cookies with the iconic fork-press crisscross. Tender, chewy, and built around the brown-sugar-and-peanut-butter combo that defines the cookie.

Oatmeal raspberry bar cookies with a buttery brown sugar oat crust and crumble top sandwiching seedless raspberry jam. A simple 7-ingredient bar cookie that's easy to batch bake.

Soft chocolate chip cookies made with prune puree instead of butter for moist, fudgy texture. Brown sugar and vanilla create rich flavor at just 145 calories per cookie.

Buttery crescent cookies with ground nuts, chilled overnight, then shaped into half moons and rolled hot in powdered sugar. A traditional Christmas cookie with crumbly shortbread texture.

Tangy yogurt and bright lemon zest blend into soft oatmeal cookies with crisp edges, then get showered with powdered sugar for a lighter twist on classic cookies.

Hungarian vanilla kifli cookies: tender butter crescents rolled in vanilla sugar, then dipped in semi-sweet chocolate. A traditional Eastern European holiday cookie with a melt-in-the-mouth crumb.

Creamy peanut butter cookies with extra brown sugar for chewy centers and a thumbprint pressed into each top, optionally crowned with a peanut. Makes 5 dozen cookies.

Coral chocolate chip cookies with both white and brown sugar, optional pecans, and a chilled-dough trick for thicker, chewier cookies. A classic recipe with bakery-style results.

Moravian Christmas cookies rolled paper-thin with molasses, brown sugar, and warm spices like clove, cinnamon, and ginger. A heritage Pennsylvania Dutch holiday cookie that snaps with every bite.

These light yet yummy meringue cookies are fluffy in the insdie, slightly chewy and crispy on the outside. No flour in it, just egg whites with sugar make these amazingly addictive meringue cookies.

Mom's best oatmeal cookies bake up chewy in 8 minutes or crisp in 10, with three cups of oats, brown sugar warmth, and a whisper of cinnamon and nutmeg. The classic everyday cookie jar bake.

Chocolate chip cookies built on an all-brown-sugar base for deeper caramel notes, loaded with chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Chilled dough bakes into a thick, chewy bakery-style cookie.

Mini nut tarts with a flaky cream cheese crust and a brown sugar pecan or walnut filling. Bite-sized pecan-tassie style cookies that bake in mini muffin tins for holiday cookie trays.

Enjoy wholesome Whole Wheat Orange Cookies with zesty orange flavor and a cinnamon-sugar finish. Easy recipe, ready in under 30 minutes!

Low fat pumpkin cookies. Pumpkin, cranberry and pecans make these soft flavorful cookies that are perfect for Thanksgiving. I've lowered the amount of saturated fat, lowered the amount of sugar and switched the whole wheat flour to boost fiber.

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.