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.

These delicious gingerbread cookies bake up soft and chewy, are perfectly spiced, and are decorated with vanilla royal icing.

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

A cross between a soft sugar cookie and a gingerbread snack cake, these soft gingerbread cookies aren't your typical gingerbread man cookies!

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!

This classic cut-out gingerbread cookie recipe is easy to make, perfect for decorating, and always so delicious.

This gingerbread cookie recipe is perfect for making gingerbread people and even gingerbread houses. Decorate them how you like—royal icing, sprinkles, gumdrops and beyond!

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!

Soft and Spiced Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies are the ultimate holiday treat—soft, chewy, and coated in powdered sugar for a festive look. Easy to make and full of holiday cheer!