Gingerbread Cookie Recipes | Taste of Home (2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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My grandsons started cooking by helping their grandpa mix up waffle and pancake batter. They also liked to make these...

One of my favorite desserts in England was a cake featuring chocolate and ginger. When I came home, I tried...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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