7 Ways with Sugar Cookies

Lemon-Frosted Sugar Cookies

Santa won't leave a crumb on his plate after trying these luscious sugar cookies. Tint the icing topped with a tart-sweet lemon icing. Tint the icing with food coloring and add sprinkles, colored sugar, or candied lemon zest if your inner artist is calling.

Recipe: Lemon-Frosted Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Just seven ingredients are all you'll need to make the easiest, best-tasting sugar cookies. Prepare the dough in advance and set aside some time on the weekend to make holiday cut-outs with the kids.

Recipe: Sugar Cookies

Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

Elaborate as this cookie looks, it's super easy to pull off. The sturdy dough can be cut into any shape and is iced with melted white chocolate morsels. To intensify the vanilla flavor, vanilla bean seeds are stirred into the dough. If you don't have a vanilla bean, double the vanilla extract.

Recipe: Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

Chocolate Sugar Cookies

These flavors aren't just for your favorite ice cream! The average sugar cookie gets a chocolaty makeover by adding unsweetened cocoa to the mix. Or, try another variation: Vanilla Sugar Cookies.

Recipe: Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies

Ready to shake up your sugar cookie repertoire? The double hit of cinnamon (on the inside and out) and the crispy, crunchy texture make these treats perfect for packaging and giving during the holidays.

Recipe: Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

The soft dough for this simple sugar cookie is versatile enough to use for a handful of variations – from lemon thumbprints to chocolate kiss cookies to sugar cookies with a miniature peanut butter cup in the center.

Recipe: Sugar Cookies

Caramelized-Sugar Cookies

Put up your feet after a long day of shopping and give yourself a sweet and crunchy treat. These not-so-traditional sugar cookies call for cooking granulated sugar until it hardens into a brittle caramel. Then crushed bits of caramel are folded into buttery cookie dough.

Recipe: Caramelized-Sugar Cookies

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