1,839 sugar cookie recipes

No-bake chocolate oat cookies rolled in powdered sugar. Just 6 ingredients mixed together and chilled overnight for fudgy, truffle-like bites with zero oven time.

Mary Wilhelm of Sparta sent her signature cookie, which she said she has prepared for the Food Network, Warrens Cranfest and Taste of Home magazine. Two classic flavor pairings - brown sugar and cashews, and orange and cranberry - come together.

Flourless chewy oatmeal cookies made with just 7 ingredients: oats, butter, two sugars, an egg, vanilla, and salt. Naturally gluten-free with crispy edges and a soft, chewy center.

Buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies made with cornstarch for an impossibly tender crumb. Rolled in powdered sugar and pressed with a fork, they practically dissolve on your tongue.

Old-fashioned whole wheat drop cookies sweetened with honey and brown sugar, enriched with sour cream, and studded with raisins and nuts. Makes 3 dozen soft, cakey treats.

Butterscotch shortbread cookies made with dark brown sugar and unsalted butter, topped with chopped walnuts or pecans pressed into the dough. Makes 72 bite-sized squares.

Scotch shortbread with just five ingredients: butter, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. A classic, buttery, sandy-textured cookie that melts on the tongue.

Homemade rugelach filled with ground walnuts, raisins, cinnamon, and sugar, rolled into crescent shapes from a buttery honey-enriched dough. A classic Jewish bakery cookie.

Black and white chunk cookies loaded with semi-sweet and white chocolate chunks plus walnuts or pecans in a brown sugar butter dough. Makes 3 dozen.

Buttery, paper-thin ginger cookies with a double hit of crystallized and ground ginger folded into brown sugar dough. Crisp, snappy, and warmly spiced, this recipe yields four dozen from scratch.

Chunky drop cookies packed with milk chocolate chips, maraschino cherries, granola, flaked coconut, and chopped nuts. Brown sugar keeps them chewy, and a hint of orange zest ties it all together. Makes 3 dozen.

Buttery almond snowball cookies made with biscuit mix and chopped nuts, rolled in powdered sugar while warm. Just 6 ingredients and no chilling needed.

Pure fruit cookies sweetened only with mashed bananas and dried fruit. No added sugar, made with oats, nuts, and chopped apricots, raisins, or dates.

Buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies made with cornstarch for an ultra-tender crumb, scented with almond and vanilla, then dusted in powdered sugar.

Chocolate button cookies rolled in powdered sugar, then pressed with chocolate nonpareils fresh from the oven. Crackle-topped, bite-sized, fudgy in the middle.

Walnut snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar then drizzled with melted chocolate. Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread crescents made with just six ingredients.