Gingerbread Cookie Recipes

We show just one way to decorate this cute little gingerbread house. Prepare several batches of dough (one batch at...

Here's a set of tasty house plans! You're sure to have a delectable gingerbread house using my recipe and building...

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

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

I make a big batch of these gingerbread cookies every Christmas to give to co-workers and family. For a festive...

We adapted this pretty gingerbread house from Ellen Wages in Vancleave, Mississippi…and came up with this petite version. Unlike Ellen's...

We came up with the plans for this Christmas gingerbread barn—then stocked it with farmyard friends. The country-as-can-be project will...

Two holiday flavors—gingerbread and peppermint—come together in these impressive pinwheel cookies. I created the recipe especially for my husband, who...

Orange and lemon zest give gingerbread cutouts a refreshing twist. Brushing a honey glaze over the top adds a subtle...

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

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

Every Christmas, my family would visit a display of the most amazing gingerbread houses. Of course, we’d get to munch...

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

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

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

Making Swedish pepparkakor—or gingerbread cookies—is a holiday tradition in our family. I entered these at the Iowa State Fair and...

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

I love to see the end of a project, like this Christmas cottage—but my favorite part is the process. It's...

Any small gingerbread boy cookie cutter can take on new "life" with these classic cookies. Give him some cat friends,...

The addition of butterscotch pudding makes these a little different than most gingerbread cutout recipes. The recipe comes from my...

Whole wheat flour gives a rustic look to little tassies that are big on flavor. The velvety, rich filling is...

Mom always used the same round-headed cookie cutter to make her "boys." They always came out of the oven soft...

These spiced-just-right whoopie pies combine two popular flavors in one fun treat. The moist cookies are rolled in sugar before...