Christmas Sugar Cookies with Easy Icing

Christmas sugar cookies shaped like trees, stars, and snowflakes with colorful icing

Christmas Sugar Cookies with Easy Icing are buttery cut-out cookies flavored with vanilla and an optional touch of almond. Cut them into trees, stars, or snowflakes, then finish with colorful icing and sprinkles. This recipe makes approximately 24 cookies. Plan ahead for chilling the dough, cooling the baked cookies, and allowing the decorations to dry … Read more

Classic Gingerbread Cookies for Christmas

Gingerbread cookies shaped like people and decorated with white icing

Gingerbread cookies bring the flavors of molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves to your Christmas baking. This recipe makes cut-out cookies that you can decorate with icing faces, buttons, and simple outlines. Plan time for chilling the dough before rolling and cutting. Preparing the dough ahead lets you save the baking and decorating for another day—a … Read more