1,839 sugar cookie recipes

Presto praline cookies (graham cracker pralines): graham crackers baked under a buttery brown sugar pecan toffee. Five ingredients, 40 minutes, crowd-pleaser cookies for any occasion.

Butter-rich nutmeg sugar cookies made with a blend of all-purpose and cake flour, rolled thin, and topped with a sparkling sugar crust. Crisp, fragrant, and deeply buttery.

Brown sugar cookie dough balls pressed onto pecan halves arranged like tiny turtle legs, then baked and topped with glossy chocolate frosting. Adorable, crunchy, and completely addictive holiday cookies.

Hershey Bar cookie torte: tender buttermilk sugar cookies layered with milk chocolate whipped cream filling and a chocolate glaze. A retro stacked dessert that slices like a layer cake.

Slice-and-bake almond cookies with toasted almonds in a buttery brown sugar dough. Four freezer-ready logs yield 80 thin, crispy cookies baked in 10 minutes.

Chocolate shots slice-and-bake cookies with oats, butter, and powdered sugar rolled in chocolate sprinkles. A make-ahead icebox cookie with a fun, crunchy sprinkle-coated edge.

Hungarian kiffels: tender butter-yeast cookies rolled around walnut, apricot, or prune filling. Old-world rolled cookies dusted in sugar, holiday tray classic.

Flour-free hazelnut cookies made with ground hazelnuts, almonds, eggs, and sugar. Naturally gluten-free nut cookies with a delicate, macaroon-like texture baked low and slow.

Greek kourabiedes wedding shortbread, buttery powdered-sugar cookies scented with brandy or ouzo and topped with a single clove. A snowy holiday and wedding classic that melts in the mouth.

Traditional German lebkuchen: honey-and-molasses spice cookies studded with citron and nuts, finished with a brushed sugar glaze. A heritage Christmas cookie that gets better as it ages.

Mocha nut butter balls with instant coffee, cocoa powder, pecans, and butter, rolled in powdered sugar. A melt-in-your-mouth Christmas cookie perfect for holiday tins.

Harvest cookies made with mashed winter squash, chopped dates, nutmeg, and cinnamon. A no-sugar-added drop cookie thats soft, spiced, and naturally sweet from the fruit.

Classic Swedish spritz cookies made with a cookie press from a rich butter dough. Decorate with candied fruits or colored sugar for a festive holiday cookie tin that yields 3-4 dozen.

Three-ingredient flourless peanut butter cookies. Just peanut butter, sugar, and one egg. Naturally gluten-free, ready in 22 minutes. The classic dorm-room dessert.

Semolina pastries stuffed with pistachios, cinnamon, and sugar, then dipped in orange flower water and rolled in powdered sugar. A Middle Eastern-style cookie.

The famous Neiman-Marcus cookie with blended oatmeal, two kinds of chocolate, chopped nuts, and both white and brown sugar. Makes a massive batch of 112 cookies.