10 ideas for sugar cookie dough

By Sara Quessenberry

Holiday treats (made from the same dough) that are anything but cookie-cutter.

All the cookies featured below use 1 recipe of Basic Sugar Cookie Dough. Bake the cookies at 350º F on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing the cookies at least 1½ inches apart. Cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. The total times in the recipes include the making of the dough. Do not substitute slice-and-bake dough from the supermarket; the cookies will not hold their shape when baked.

Get the recipe for Basic Sugar Cookie Dough.

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