268 sugar cookie recipes

Simple orange glaze made with powdered sugar, fresh orange juice, and orange zest. Tinted with food coloring for a bright finish on cakes, cookies, and pastries.

Homemade teething cookies with just three ingredients: eggs, sugar, and flour. Baked hard in a doughnut shape for little hands to grip and gnaw on safely.

Buttery cream wafer sandwich cookies with a rich fudge filling made from unsweetened chocolate and coffee. Delicate, flaky, and sugar-crusted with a dark chocolate center.

Brown sugar chocolate chip cookies with orange zest and a shiny orange-liqueur glaze brushed on hot from the oven. Crispy, citrusy, and loaded with chocolate.

Molasses sandwich cookies with a hidden strawberry preserves filling, spiced with cinnamon and ginger, and topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. The secret is inside.

Soft, pillowy drop cookies bursting with fresh orange juice and grated zest, made with buttermilk and just 2 tablespoons of sugar in the whole batch. A bright, citrusy diabetic-friendly treat ready in 30 minutes.

Rosettes are delicate Scandinavian fried cookies shaped on a decorative iron, crisp like a wafer and dusted with powdered sugar. A Christmas tradition in Nordic and Midwestern kitchens.

Chewy honey date cookies with chopped nuts, baked in a sheet pan, cut into strips, and rolled in powdered sugar. No butter needed, just honey, eggs, and dates.

Almond orange macaroons made with blanched almonds, sugar, egg whites, and orange flower water. The naturally gluten-free Mediterranean cookie with a chewy interior and crisp golden top.

Delicate, paper-thin cookies infused with toasted saffron, ground almonds, and a whisper of lemon. Sugar-sprinkled and crisp at the edges, this recipe yields 100 elegant bites.

Honey cut-out cookies with lemon extract, rolled thin and baked until lightly golden. A sturdy dough that holds its shape for holiday decorating with powdered sugar glaze.

Fudgy chocolate brownie cookies topped with pastel-colored frosting and sugar crystals. Loaded with semisweet chocolate chips and finished with rainbow icing for a festive, party-ready treat.

Old-fashioned currant jelly uses just two ingredients: fresh currants and sugar. Traditional cook-and-strain method without commercial pectin. Bright tart-sweet jelly for toast, lamb, or thumbprint cookies.

Holiday decorating icing whisks powdered sugar with a splash of milk and a drop of flavor extract into a smooth, pipe-able glaze for outlining, flooding, and drizzling Christmas cookies.

Holiday molasses crinkles are spiced sugar-coated cookies with cracked, snowy tops. The water-droplet trick guarantees that signature crinkled surface every time. Soft inside, slightly crisp at the edges.

Brown sugar chocolate chip cookies topped with red candy-coated chocolate pieces before baking. Shortening-based for chewy centers with a 5-7 minute bake time that keeps them soft.