Cutout Cookie Recipes

Whether you’re baking for the holidays or, well, any day, these cutout cookie recipes are here to satisfy your sweet tooth. Find our best recipes, tips and more.

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    Flaky Creme-Filled Cookies

    1 review

    The light, incredibly flaky base of these delightful sandwich cookies is an easy-to-make form of French puff pastry. Mix and...


    Tombstone Treats

    My brother loves Rice Krispies squares, and my mom loves sugar cookies. I came up with a cute treat they'd...


    Chocolate Walnut Crescents

    2 reviews

    I use a round cookie cutter to form the crescent shapes for these nutty favorites. They're so pretty sprinkled with...


    Crisp Button Cookies

    1 review

    Almost too cute to eat but too sweet to resist, these clever cookies take minutes to make. They’ll disappear as...


    Grandma’s Favorite Sugar Cookies

    1 review

    “Whenever company came to our house, my mother would bring out a batch of her sugar cookies,” says Ann DeHass,...


    Black-Eyed Susan Cookies

    3 reviews

    Black-eyed Susans attract butterflies when planted in masses, and you'll draw a crowd when you make these "conversation" cookies. They...


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    Christmas Cutout Cookies

    21 reviews

    Decorate artful Christmas cutout cookies for a cookie exchange or to leave out for Santa. Here's how to make them...


    Scalloped Mocha Cookies

    3 reviews

    I tore this recipe out of a magazine many years ago, and they are one of my most requested cookie....

    Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

    24 reviews

    Make sour cream sugar cookies for the most tender, melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies you’ve ever had.


    Lucky Leprechaun Cookies

    4 reviews

    Let these little guys be the stars of your St. Patrick's Day party. They're so fun to make and create...


    Viennese Cookies

    4 reviews

    A Swedish friend shared this recipe with me many years ago. A chocolate glaze tops tender cookies filled with apricot...


    Butterscotch Shortbread

    15 reviews

    After sampling these tender cookies in a specialty store, I knew I had to duplicate them. My version has lots...


    Spiced Christmas Cookies

    1 review

    This delicious cookie recipe has been passed down through six generations and was brought to America from Germany in 1846!...


    Frosted Cutout Sugar Cookies

    1 review

    “As a girl, I helped Mom make these crunchy cutout cookies. Iced and sprinkled with colored sugar, they're the best!”...


    Lemon Shortbread Cookies

    2 reviews

    These lemon shortbread cookies are the perfect blend of buttery richness and zesty citrus. They're a delightful treat for any...


    Peanut Butter Dog Treats

    9 reviews

    A handful of simple ingredients is all it takes to make these tasty peanut butter dog treats. Your puppy is...


    Snowflake Cookie Ornaments

    2 reviews

    Your cookie trays will twinkle with these festive snowflake cookies. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

    Almond Pillow Cookies

    Family and friends can't resist buttery cookies with a soft almond center. The confectioners' sugar on top looks like a...


    Hazelnut-Almond Zimtsterne

    These nutty, nicely spiced cutouts dusted with sugar are a German tradition. Serve them with cups of tea or coffee...


    Linzer Tarts

    3 reviews

    With a creamy chocolate and hazelnut filling, these decadent Christmas cookies look and taste amazing. Guests will never guess how...


    Pumpkin Spice Cutouts

    1 review

    Through all the years I've been baking, I’ve never come across a pumpkin cookie recipe that you can actually cut...


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    Kiss from a Vampire Cookies

    6 reviews

    Raspberry jam eerily oozes from these soft butter cookies. One bite, and you'll have a hard time stopping! —Taste of...


    Jumbo Chocolate Cutouts

    The recipe for these light cookies has been passed down from generation to generation. Have a little extra fun with...

    Creme de Menthe Cookies

    This is my mother's Christmas recipe. She made these every year and whenever I smell them baking, I think of...


    Frosted Oatmeal Cookies

    1 review

    A woman in my small Iowa hometown sold these cookies. When my grandmother asked her for the recipe, the woman...


    Oatmeal Rollout Cookies

    For special events, my mother would bring these cookies to the rural school I attended. She decorated each cookie with...


    Blackberry Peekaboo Cookies

    4 reviews

    My grandmother bakes this recipe every year for the holidays. She uses homemade blackberry jam that she makes fresh every...


    Caramel-Apple Shortbread Cookies

    1 review

    There is nothing like seeing my friends almost melt to the floor when they bite into something I made. These...


    Frosted Eggnog Cutout Cookies

    1 review

    My husband loves the creamy richness of eggnog, so I add it to the dough and buttercream icing in these...