Gingerbread Cookie Recipes

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The Ultimate Gingerbread Baking Guide

Make gingerbread the highlight of your Christmas celebration with these amazing tips, recipes and how-tos.

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

These gluten-free gingerbread cookies taste just like the classic version. The aroma of them baking in the oven is sure...


This Giant Gingerbread Cookie Cutter Makes Holiday Baking a Breeze

Get the cookie dough ready! This giant gingerbread cookie cutter will make sure your festive season is filled with sugar,...


Gingerbread Amaretti Cookies

3 reviews

The classic Italian cookie gets a new gingerbread twist! Don’t overbake—they should be slightly chewy. —Tina Zaccardi, Eastchester, New York


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20 Gingerbread Decorating Ideas That Are (Almost) Too Cute to Eat

Make gingerbread decorating a tradition in your home with these fun ideas! Our Test Kitchen shares plenty of designs, from...

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Frozen Snowflake Gingerbread Cookies

These snowflake cookies will melt in your mouth as soon as they hit your tongue. Experiment with your favorite colors...


Orange Gingerbread Tassies

I make big Christmas cookie plates every year, and it’s fun to have something with a different shape to include....

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We Tried Ree Drummond’s Favorite Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

In The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays, Ree Drummond shares her go-to gingerbread cookies. We gave them a...


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17 Gingerbread House Ideas

Bring some Christmas magic to your home with our favorite gingerbread house ideas.


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19 of the Best Gingerbread Cookies You Can Bake This Holiday

It doesn't get more festive than baking up a batch (or two) of the best gingerbread cookies. These are our...


Crystallized Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 reviews

This recipe is the best of twp worlds—gingerbread and chocolate chip cookies. Since they're combined, you don't have to choose...

Ugly Sweater Cookies

Perhaps the most amazing thing about Ugly Sweater Cookies is how cute they are. Try these classic gingerbreads on for...


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Gingerbread Christmas Cards

1 review

'Tis the season for mailing out Christmas cards and gift packages stuffed with homemade cookies. Why not save time and...


Ginger S’mores

I’ve spent a few years perfecting this recipe to get the cookie soft and full of flavor and to balance...


Dutch Speculaas

2 reviews

In Holland, it’s tradition to mold this Dutch speculaas dough into the shape of St. Nicholas and serve the cookies...


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Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

41 reviews

Our two boys linger around the kitchen when these homemade gingerbread cookies are baking. I make this gingerbread cookie recipe...

Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

14 reviews

My mother Esther created this recipe, and I've been making the cookies in her honor every Christmas since then. People...


Gingerbread People

11 reviews

These soft, chewy cookies are favorites of my grandchildren. They love helping me decorate them. —Joan Truax, Pittsboro, Indiana


Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies

7 reviews

Cookie butter and ground ginger add a new layer of flavor. The recipe makes about 2 dozen cookies, and they...


Gingerbread Cookies with Lemon Frosting

4 reviews

When I spread these spicy gingerbread rounds with my lemony cream cheese frosting, I knew I had a hit. Cardamom...


Gingerbread Country Church

3 reviews

This gingerbread house is a fun and tasty Christmas craft the whole family will enjoy putting together! —Taste of Home...


Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Icing

5 reviews

When it’s time to start the cookie-baking season, this recipe always kicks off the festivities. My mother-in-law first shared it...


Gingerbread Snowflakes

6 reviews

Cutting my favorite gingerbread cookie dough into snowflake shapes and decorating them with white icing was ideal for my theme...


Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

2 reviews

It's so much fun to decorate cookies with children's help. We created gingery moose-shaped cookies to go with a book...


Gingerbread House Cookies

1 review

This is my favorite molasses cookie. I use the recipe not only to create little houses for Christmas but also...

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Gingerbread Yule Logs

I was never fond of gingerbread until I rolled it up with Nutella. These logs are a fabulous addition to...


Easy Chocolate Gingerbread Cutouts

I have many wonderful memories making these chocolaty cookies with my family during the Christmas season. —Debbie Rowe, Lexington, Kentucky


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Gingerbread Men Cookies

57 reviews

No holiday treat platter would be complete without gingerbread men cookies! This is a tried-and-true recipe I'm happy to share...


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Gingerbread Buddies

2 reviews

These cookies were ideal for a winter get-together I hosted. I like to share these crunchy treats on the way...


Gingerbread Teddy Bears

3 reviews

These cookies have been a Christmas tradition in my family since I was a little girl. The big bears are...


Gingerbread Spritz

4 reviews

I get so busy during the Christmas season that cutout cookies are a hassle. But I love gingerbread and spritz...