1,839 sugar cookie recipes

Chocolate sandwich cookies with a pastel mint wafer hidden inside each one. Thin cocoa dough rounds sealed with a fork, sugared on top, and baked until set. A fun surprise cookie.

Bizcochos are traditional New Mexican holiday cookies creamed with lard, scented with orange zest, baked golden, then rolled in cinnamon sugar. The state cookie of New Mexico for Christmas and weddings.

Lacy, crisp pecan cookies made with just 5 ingredients: egg white, brown sugar, flour, salt, and chopped pecans. A dainty, old-fashioned tea party cookie that bakes in 10 minutes flat.

White chocolate nut cookies with hand-chopped white chocolate chunks and mixed nuts in a brown sugar dough. A big-batch drop cookie with crisp edges and a chewy, buttery center.

Gramma's chocolate cookies are old-school cake-style cookies: soft, pillowy, brown sugar deep, then topped with a glossy chocolate icing. Walnuts add crunch to a tender, milk-and-cocoa crumb.

Spritz dainties for the cookie press, made with brown sugar instead of white for a deeper butterscotch note. Buttery shaped cookies brushed with egg white wash and decorated for the holidays.

Soft vanilla buttermilk cookies rolled in sparkly red and white sugar for a festive holiday crinkle cookie. Made with melted vanilla baking bar for a rich, melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Lucky chocolate chewies, soft brown sugar cocoa cookies studded with semisweet chips and topped with a vanilla glaze. Two dozen cookies in 30 minutes, the kind that vanish before they cool.

Coconut drop cookies with rolled oats and dried coconut for chewy centers and golden, toasty edges. A pantry-staple drop cookie with double-sugar richness and warm vanilla in every bite.

Soft orange drop cookies made with frozen orange juice concentrate and powdered sugar, topped with a bright orange frosting. A retro citrus cookie with a tender bite and clean orange flavor.

Teem gok: deep-fried wonton cookies filled with dried fruit, coconut, almonds, and brown sugar. Crispy Chinese dessert wontons golden-fried in minutes.

Baby Cakes Shortbread uses just three ingredients: flour, butter, and sugar, mixed right in a zip-top bag for zero-mess cleanup. Flatten, sprinkle, bake, and you've got buttery, crumbly cookies.

Pfeffernusse-style German pepper cookies with white pepper, cinnamon, mixed spice, candied peel, and lemon zest. Small, puffy spice balls dusted in powdered sugar.

Peanut butter blossom cookies rolled in sugar and topped with a chocolate kiss while still warm. Soft, chewy centers with a crackly sugar coating and melty chocolate on top.

Big-batch oatmeal cookies with brown sugar and butter, no eggs, no chips. Mash flat with a sugar-dipped glass for crisp-edged, chewy-centered classics. Makes 10 dozen.

Cherry dream squares with an oat-and-cake-mix crust, cherry pie filling center, and a brown sugar crumb topping with nuts. A semi-homemade bar cookie that's part crumble, part pie.