1,891 sugar cooky recipes

Medianyky, traditional Ukrainian honey cookies spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg, topped with almonds and sugar crystals. A fragrant holiday cookie with Old World charm.

Buttery brown sugar pecan cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. Slice and bake from chilled or frozen dough for warm, spiced cookies anytime you want them.

Lemon blossom cookies are buttery thumbprint cookies made with lemon juice and powdered sugar, rolled in chopped nuts, and filled with fruit preserves or pecans. A classic holiday cookie tray staple.

Simple butter cookies that earned honorable mention: just butter, sugar, flour, and vanilla rolled in sugar and stamped flat, no chilling or cutting required for crisp golden edges.

Sugarless apple cookies sweeten naturally with dates, apples, and raisins instead of refined sugar. Diabetic-friendly drop cookies that taste like soft fruit-spiced bars without the sugar crash.

Peanut butter granola cookies with brown sugar, peanut butter morsels, and crunchy granola cereal. Chewy, nutty drop cookies that bake in under 10 minutes.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies made extra tender with sour cream. Brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and plump raisins in every bite. Makes about 4 and a half dozen.

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.

Amish cookies made with both butter and corn oil, two kinds of sugar, and cream of tartar for a melt-in-your-mouth texture. A massive 8-dozen batch of simple, old-fashioned sugar cookies.

Buttery English toffee ball cookies studded with crushed chocolate-covered toffee bars and vanilla pudding mix, rolled in powdered sugar. Melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie tin favorites.

Herbal lemon cookies with fresh lemongrass, lemon thyme, or lemon basil baked into a buttery sugar cookie. A unique drop cookie with real herb flavor in every bite.

Soft drop cookies made with mincemeat stirred into a fluffy sugar cookie base. A nostalgic holiday cookie recipe that yields a big batch from simple pantry ingredients.

Award-winning ginger cookies built on a cooked sugar-and-spice syrup base. Roll, cut, paint, or hand-mold this stiff gingerbread dough into any shape, then bake into crisp golden spice cookies.

Pfeffernuesse German pepper cookies with molasses, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper, rolled in powdered sugar. Small, spicy, and deeply aromatic holiday cookies from the old country.

Beatles cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies made with sour cream, chocolate chips, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. The tangy batter and warm spice finish make these an addictive cookie jar staple.

Classic chocolate chip cookies with butter-flavored Crisco, brown sugar, and walnuts. Crispy edges and chewy centers in 30 minutes. Makes 3 dozen cookies perfect for any occasion.