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These delicious cut or drop sugar cookie ideas are perfect for frosting or icing! Just add some sprinkles, and pour a cold glass of milk.

Collage of sugar cookie recipes.

Our Favorite Cookies!

Sugar cookies are our FAVORITE cookies! Whether you are rolling or cutting, they are worth the effort (at least in our book). We wanted to put all of our BEST sugar cookie ideas in one spot! These cookies are perfect for decorating and can be customized for ANY season or holiday! We have an entire collection of ideas, ranging from frosted to unfrosted, traditional to holiday-themed.


Our Top 10 Picks

1 Frosted Sugar Cookies

Dessert Frosted Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 25 minutes

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4.97 from 222 votes
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2 3 Ingredient Sugar Cookie Recipe

Dessert 3 Ingredient Sugar Cookie Recipe
Total Time: 20 minutes

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4.81 from 72 votes
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3 Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Dessert Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 2 hours 18 minutes

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4.99 from 85 votes
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4 Drop Sugar Cookies

Dessert Drop Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 25 minutes
4.96 from 44 votes
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5 Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe

Dessert Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes

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4.99 from 171 votes
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6 Copycat Swig Cookies

Dessert Copycat Swig Cookies
Total Time: 18 minutes

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4.95 from 37 votes
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7 Lofthouse Sugar Cookies Recipe

Dessert Lofthouse Sugar Cookies Recipe
Total Time: 2 hours 18 minutes

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5 from 28 votes
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8 Sugar Cookie Blossoms Recipe

Dessert Sugar Cookie Blossoms Recipe
Total Time: 17 minutes
5 from 14 votes
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9 Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe

Dessert Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe
Total Time: 20 minutes
5 from 19 votes
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10 Amish Sugar Cookie Recipe

Dessert Amish Sugar Cookie Recipe
Total Time: 18 minutes
5 from 7 votes
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11 Sugar Cookie Bars

Dessert Sugar Cookie Bars
Total Time: 35 minutes

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4.90 from 28 votes
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More Recipes

12 Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies

Dessert Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 18 minutes

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5 from 19 votes
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13 St. Patrick’s Day Cookies Recipe

Dessert St. Patrick’s Day Cookies Recipe
Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
5 from 15 votes
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14 Easter Sugar Cookies Recipe

Dessert Easter Sugar Cookies Recipe
Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

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5 from 12 votes
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15 Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe

Dessert Halloween Sugar Cookie Recipe
Total Time: 18 minutes

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5 from 23 votes
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16 Halloween Sugar Cookie Cake Recipe

Dessert Halloween Sugar Cookie Cake Recipe
Total Time: 24 minutes
5 from 7 votes
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17 Thanksgiving Sugar Cookies

Dessert Thanksgiving Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 40 minutes
5 from 16 votes
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18 Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe

Dessert Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
Total Time: 35 minutes

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4.95 from 58 votes
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19 Peppermint Sugar Cookies

Dessert Peppermint Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 23 minutes
5 from 22 votes
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6 Comments

  1. Kristina says:

    I love your best sugar cookie recipe. It’s the perfect mix of soft and sturdy enough to hold shape and frosting.

  2. Joy says:

    Sugar cookies are my hubby’s favorite!! The more icing, the better in his opinion. We use your recipes & they are so good & soft!!

  3. Toni says:

    This is such an amazing list! My kids loved all of these!

  4. wilhelmina says:

    There is a cookie here for everyone and I love them all. Thanks for gathering them all in one place!

    1. Olivia says:

      I love all the different sugar cookie ideas. A different version for every occasion!

  5. Kara says:

    They all look so yummy! Adding those peppermint trees to my Christmas baking list. I love all things mint this time of year!