1,839 sugar cookie recipes

Classic anise cookies build a meringue-like base from eggs whipped with sugar for 30 minutes, then rest overnight before baking into pillowy, licorice-scented Italian cookies.

Italian pizzelles with butter, sugar, eggs, and a hint of anise pressed in a hot pizzelle iron into delicate snowflake-patterned wafer cookies. Traditional Italian holiday cookie.

Buttery nut ball cookies rolled in powdered sugar, also called Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cookies. Six ingredients, no eggs, and they melt in your mouth.

Peanut butter cookies with a hidden chocolate star in the middle, rolled in powdered sugar after baking. The classic surprise cookie that hides a chocolate kiss inside.

Mexican Yuletide cookies (polvorones) with butter, oatmeal, and pecans rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A crumbly, nutty holiday cookie that makes 6.5 dozen from one batch.

Date-nut pinwheel cookies with brown sugar dough rolled around a sweet date and chopped nut filling. The classic icebox cookie that slices into spirals before baking.

Butterscotch icebox cookies sandwich a cooked date-and-nut filling between thin slices of brown-sugar dough. A vintage refrigerator cookie that bakes up crisp and chewy.

Simple almond-cinnamon nut filling for cookies made with finely ground almonds, sugar, and cinnamon. A three-ingredient filling for rugelach, kolacky, or any filled cookie recipe.

Buttery pecan tea cookies rolled in powdered sugar while warm, then dusted again after cooling. Melt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies also known as Russian tea cakes.

Card gingerbread cookies shaped into playing-card rectangles and scored with lines, made with molasses, brown sugar, ginger, and cinnamon. A vintage rolled cookie for the holidays.

Maple-apple oatmeal cookies with real maple syrup, fresh apples, applesauce, currants, and a crunchy oat-brown sugar topping. Soft, cakey fall cookies baked low and slow.

Chewy ginger molasses cookies with crackled sugar tops and soft, spice-packed centers. Cinnamon, ginger, and clove make these the cookie that defines fall and holiday baking.

Soft, pillowy lemonade cookies brushed with frozen lemonade concentrate and dusted with sugar. A pantry-friendly drop cookie with bright citrus tang and a sparkling sugary crust.

Jelly Christmas Eyes are sandwich cookies with a window cutout showing raspberry or strawberry jelly through the center, coated in sugar. A festive holiday cookie plate classic.

Homemade oatmeal cookie mix with whole wheat flour, rolled oats, and brown sugar. Shelf-stable pantry mix that stores up to 12 weeks for fresh cookies anytime.

Ginger Puffs are soft drop cookies made with cooked oatmeal, molasses, brown sugar, ginger, allspice, and cinnamon. One bowl, 30 minutes, yields 4 dozen warm-spiced cookies.