There really is nothing more satisfying than a perfect sugar cookie. Soft and chewy – with or without frosting! When it comes to the best ways to make them, these are 19 of the best sugar cookies recipes to try.
Fun Fact: Did you know that sugar cookies used to be called Nazareth cookies? They originated in 1700’s Nazareth, Pennsylvania among German Protestant settlers who made round, buttery cookies they dubbed “Nazareth Cookies.” It wasn’t until Pillsbury started selling the cookies in the 1950s that they became more commonly called sugar cookies.
Grinch Sugar Cookie Bars
These buttery sugar cookie bars have green sprinkled inside and are decorated with green frosting and a heart that’s two sizes too small. You’ll love munching on these while watching your favorite grinch movie!
Baby Yoda Blue Matcha Sugar Cookies
These soft sugar cookies have a gorgeous blue color thanks to the use of butterfly pea powder. With crackly sugar tops and the perfect chewy texture, Baby Yoda would be down with these cookies! If you want to wow your favorite Star Wars fan definitely make them a batch of these.
Pressed Frosted Sugar Cookies Recipe
For those familiar with the famous Swig soda stand sugar cookies, this is an easy and near perfect copycat recipe! These easy sugar cookies are made with basic ingredients, scooped and pressed onto a baking sheet, then softly baked to keep them light and tender. Topped off with a simple pink frosting, there’s a reason these cookies are legendary!
Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookies
These easy cookies are basically hot chocolate in sugar cookie form! Filled with chocolate chips and mini marshmallows, biting into one of these warm cookies is the ultimate cookie experience – especially if you love chocolate as much as we do.
Soft Sugar Cookie Bars
Simple to make and fun to decorate, sugar cookie bars are a delicious and incredibly easy alternative to classic sugar cookie recipes. These soft cookies leave out the chilling, rolling and cutting of the dough; all that’s needed is to press the dough into a pan!
Fruity Pebbles Sugar Cookies
Simple, buttery sugar cookies get a fun festive twist with the addition of Fruity Pebbles cereal! Bright and colorful cereal pieces bring a new layer of flavor to a classic sugar cookie recipe.
Brown Sugar Cookies
An easy way to infuse your sugar cookies with the flavors of fall is to make them with brown sugar and maple syrup! These chewy homemade brown sugar cookies are really something special.
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars (Gluten Free)
Another easy recipe for soft sugar cookie bars, this time without the gluten! This recipe for gluten-free cookies is pressed into a pan and then baked to soft and chewy perfection; another great way to make sugar cookies for any diet!
Candy Cane Cookies
These candy cane cookies put a literal twist on classic sugar cookie dough – flavored with peppermint for extra authenticity! Kids will love this fun an easy way to make festive holiday sugar cookies.
Frosted Holiday Sugar Cookies
These easy frosted sugar cookies made from scratch are the best cookies to bake with kids. You’ll also find tips for making the best possible sugar cookies and brightest frosting!
Wreath Cookies
This easy Christmas Cookie idea takes buttery, delicious vanilla cookies and turns them into adorable decorative holiday wreaths! A fun recipe for cutting out and decorating your Christmas holiday sugar cookies.
Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
Discover the secret to the most perfectly textured, light and chewy cookies with this recipe for pumpkin sugar cookies. A festive fall-inspired snickerdoodle recipe that’s so easy to follow!
The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
This recipe for soft and chewy sugar cookie dough holds its shape for perfect cut-out cookies! Any shape your heart desires, decorated with a rich and simple buttercream; a great recipe for Christmas cookies, or for any special occasion.
Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
If you love cinnamon rolls, then this is the cookie recipe for you! An easy way to make delicious cinnamon roll-inspired sugar cookies by rolling the dough with cinnamon sugar and then slathering the finished cookies with a decadent cream cheese frosting.
Maple Pecan Sugar Cookies
Maple syrup and pecan butter turn your average sugar cookie into something really in a league of its own. These sweet and nutty cookies are ideal for any autumn occasion!
Soft Maple Sugar Cookies
These cookies are a maple flavor overload, in the best of ways. Soft and chewy maple sugar cookies pressed and then baked, topped with a deliciously sweet maple frosting – a tasty and easy fall dessert!
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