Our Best Sugar Cookie Recipes

You want the best sugar cookie recipe when it comes time to bake up a treat and we've rounded up our very best just for you.

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Amish Sugar Cookies

These easy-to-make, old-fashioned Amish sugar cookies simply melt in your mouth! I’ve passed this recipe around to many friends. After I gave it to my sister, she entered the cookies in a local fair and won best of show. —Sylvia Ford, Kennett, Missouri

Before moving ahead, take a quick look at this cookie salad recipe perfect as a sweet side.

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Vanilla-Butter Sugar Cookies

These butter sugar cookies are one of my favorite cookies to bake for Christmas. The dough recipe is versatile, so you can use it for other holidays, too. Children like to help with the cookie decorating. —Cynthia Ettel, Glencoe, Minnesota

Check out our Christmas Cookies Baking Guide!

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Sugar Cookies

Think sugar cookies are just for the holidays? Think again! Learn how to make sugar cookies from scratch that you can enjoy all year long.

Also, check these sugar cookie tips for the best-ever treats.

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Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies

These cinnamon-sugar cookies blend a classic snickerdoodle with a tender sugar cookie. They are packed with warming cinnamon, with the perfect level of sweetness.
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Tender Italian Sugar Cookies

These traditional Italian cookies are moist and tender. —Weda Mosellie, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
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Angel Sugar Crisps

Whenever I've taken this sugar crisp recipe to church coffees, I've had women come into the kitchen and request the recipe. You'll enjoy this sugar cookie's secret ingredient—brown sugar! —Annabel Cox, Olivet, South Dakota
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Lemon Sugar Cookies

These delightful giant lemon cookies taste like sweet, sweet sunshine.
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Crisp Sugar Cookies

My grandmother always had sugar cookies in her pantry, and we grandchildren would empty that big jar quickly because they were the best! I now regularly bake these wonderful cookies to share with friends. —Evelyn Poteet, Hancock, Maryland
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Frosted Sugar Cookies

Homemade frosted sugar cookies are like a cozy hug in a handheld bite!
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Soft Sugar Cookies

Our soft sugar cookies are the ultimate fluffy, billowy treat. A simple smear of whipped buttercream frosting completes these adorable anytime cookies.