1,891 sugar cookie recipes

Pecan icebox cookies with brown sugar and toasted pecans, shaped into a log, chilled overnight, then sliced and baked. Classic slice-and-bake cookies that keep in the fridge for a week.

Lily cookies: cream cheese pastry rounds folded around a jelly center and dusted with powdered sugar. Old-school holiday cookies shaped like opening lilies.

Buttery snowball cookies with ground almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts rolled in powdered sugar. A melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie also known as Mexican wedding cookies.

Classic hermit cookies with brown sugar, cold coffee, raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. An old-fashioned New England drop cookie that's soft, chewy, and warmly spiced.

Hearty apple cookies made with whole wheat flour, chopped fresh apples, raisins, and nuts, topped with a crunchy oat-brown sugar-cinnamon streusel. A wholesome drop cookie with real fruit baked right in.

Oat bran cookies with chopped dates, whole wheat flour, wheat germ, and brown sugar. A wholesome drop cookie with natural sweetness that bakes in just 10 minutes. Makes three dozen.

Snowdrop chocolate crinkle cookies with unsweetened chocolate, oil, and a powdered sugar coating that cracks open as they bake. Holiday cookie classic.

Butter pecan snowball cookies (Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes) with finely chopped pecans, rolled in powdered sugar while warm. Christmas cookie tin staple, freezes beautifully.

Praline cookies fold crushed homemade pecan praline candy into giant brown sugar drop cookies, finished with a chocolate drizzle. Bakery-style oversized cookie perfect for gifting.

Skidaddle cookies fold canned fruit cocktail and chopped walnuts into a brown-sugar drop cookie batter for a soft, fruity vintage cookie. A pantry-staple drop cookie that bakes in 12 minutes.

Ergolavi Greek almond cookies made with just four ingredients: ground almonds, sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Naturally gluten-free finger-shaped cookies with a chewy, marzipan-like texture.

Chewy hermit bars with molasses, brown sugar, raisins, and warm spices baked in a single pan and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic New England spiced cookie bar that makes 32 pieces.

Chewy butterscotch cookies with dark brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and a melted caramel-cream drizzle. Each cookie crowned with a walnut half and baked low and slow.

Molasses cookies are soft, chewy spice cookies rolled in sugar before baking, with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves balancing rich molasses. Crinkly tops, chewy centers, classic holiday cookie tray staple.

Sunglasses-shaped sugar cookies with crushed Life Savers melted into the lenses for colorful stained-glass centers. A fun baking project kids love.

Pistachio and white chocolate cookies with brown sugar, butter-flavored shortening, and toasted pistachios. Chewy or crisp by choice, the classic holiday cookie tin upgrade.