Gingerbread cookie ideas

Make gingerbread decorating a tradition in your home with these fun ideas! Our Test Kitchen shares plenty of designs, from simple silhouettes to elaborate (and silly!) characters.

Extra chewy gingerbread cutout cookies have soft centers, are full of warm Christmas spices and are decorated super cute!

Let's make Soft Gingerbread Cookies this holiday season! Soft, pillowy gingerbread with sunken centers and slightly crisped edges, plus little nooks and crannies packed with ginger spice and molasses. These are SO GOOD!

You can make a variety of festive holiday shapes with this gingerbread cookie recipe. Decorate each cutout with frosting or icing, sprinkles and gumdrops!

These soft gingerbread cookie bars are so easy to make—no dough chilling or rolling required! Top with spiced cream cheese frosting. #Gingerbreadrecipes #holidaybaking #Christmascookies

Do you have a special recipe from your grandmother for Gingerbread Cookies that you WANT to love (because you love your grandma), but never actually make, because eating it feels like taking a bite of actual cardboard? You are not alone! I have finally discovered all the secrets for perfectly soft, chewy, melt-in-your-mouth-buttery Gingerbread Man Cookies. Plus recipes for Royal Icing, Glaze Icing (my favorite), and Buttercream Frosting!

Gingerbread snowflake cookies are a cozy and fun cookie to make for the holidays. The cookie dough comes together quickly and the baked cookies are dressed up with easy royal icing.

Learn the secrets to making these classic European cookies, including tips for the perfect dough and decoration ideas. Bake a batch of these festive cookies and bring the magic of gingerbread into your home!

If you're looking for the perfect Christmas holiday cookie to make this season than you'll love these Gingerbread Thumbprint Cookies. Classic soft gingerbread cookies with a white chocolate center and chocolate drizzle. Serve on a holiday cookie platter this season and share with family.