Gingerbread Cookie Recipes

Looking for gingerbread cookie recipes? We have tons of tasty options, including soft, simple and classic cookies. Find our top tips and techniques, too!

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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 go fast. You may want to make a double batch. —Carole Resnick, Cleveland, Ohio

Gingerbread Spritz

4 Reviews

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


Gingerbread House Cookies

1 Reviews

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


Butterscotch Gingerbread Men

2 Reviews

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


Frosted Gingerbread Cookies

18 Reviews

These frosted gingerbread cookies are soft, melt-in-your-mouth treats that feature bold flavor. A brown sugar frosting is the ideal complement...

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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...


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Gingerbread Snow Globe

3 Reviews

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


Lemony Gingerbread Whoopie Pies

21 Reviews

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


Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

13 Reviews

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


Speculaas

2 Reviews

Want something a little more elevated than gingerbread cookies this year? Spicy Dutch speculaas are just the thing.


Gingerbread Sandwich Trees

13 Reviews

Fun and festive, these cookie sandwich trees will be a huge hit with kids of all ages. They're a super-cute...


Gingersnap Cream Cookie Cups

1 Reviews

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


“Home Sweet Home” Gingerbread Cottage

1 Reviews

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

Gingerbread People

9 Reviews

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


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Gingerbread Men

56 Reviews

These festive gingerbread men cookies are soft and chewy, are filled with cozy winter flavors and hold their shape perfectly...


Gingerbread House

5 Reviews

Our gingerbread house recipe is for novice and pro bakers alike. We’ll show you how to make, bake, build and...


Gingerbread Chalet

The A-frame design on this pretty country chalet is easy enough for even first-timers to make. So gather the kids...


Gingerbread Boy Cookies

18 Reviews

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


Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies

46 Reviews

Cook-and-serve pudding mix easily adds the namesake flavor to these butterscotch gingerbread cookies.


Mini Gingerbread House

5 Reviews

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


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Gingerbread Cookies

42 Reviews

You can make a variety of festive holiday shapes with this gingerbread cookie recipe. Decorate each cutout with frosting or...


Dipped Gingersnaps

50 Reviews

Make white chocolate-dipped gingersnaps and watch them disappear from the holiday cookie platter faster than you can say "Merry Christmas!"

Gingerbread House

6 Reviews

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


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 Skeletons

1 Reviews

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


Gingerbread Yule Logs

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