Over two decades of baking, and obsessively enthusiastically decorating cutout sugar cookies, I've tried a handful of recipes. None were a total flop; at the same time, none deserved a repeat ...

A staple decorating cookie for any occasion. The dough is easy to roll and holds its shape once cut and baked, and the royal icing handles whether piping or flooding and sets firmly, giving the cookie ...

When you think of gingerbread decorating, you think of the classic man-shaped cutout cookie topped with simple white, red and green icing. This technique is classic and simple. Just stir up a batch of ...

Four sugar cookies and five piping bags filled with different colored icings on a table - Dmytro Buianskyi/Shutterstock Who doesn't love cookies? They're sweet, come in various flavors, and if ...

Throughout my life, I have made thousands of cookies, for consumption at work and at home. I have never — I repeat: Never — made a cutout cookie. I have a large and varied collection of cookie cutters ...