Velvet sugar cookies

These delicious cutouts bake up tender and rich, with lots of flavor from the addition of cream cheese. These are so good they have been the sole sugar cookie cutouts in my recipe file for years.

These Red Velvet Sugar Cookies are Soft and PERFECT for Christmas.Makes about 10-12 cookies depending on size of cookies.

We make and decorate these cutouts for different holidays and give lots of them as gifts. Last year, we baked a batch a week before Christmas to be sure we'd have plenty to give and plenty for ourselves, too. These rich cookies melt in your mouth. —Kim Hinkle, Wauseon, Ohio

Red velvet cookies are easy to make and hold their shape in the oven. The dough can be made ahead and refrigerated or frozen, too! Pretty red color and red velvet flavor makes them the perfect recipe for Valentine's Day.

One of the best Christmas cookies ever! No matter how you decorate these cream cheese sugar cookies, they're such a fun project for kids of all ages. Save this cutout cookie recipe and enjoy some easy holiday baking!

The whipped cream cheese frosting (divine) that used to be part of this recipe can be found on this post of another favorite sugar cookie recipe. These cookies are so soft and so tender - but they won't be if they are overbaked, so watch closely!For all you daredevils out there, you can try eliminating the chilling step and rolling them out right away (I know, I know, I hate waiting, too), but the dough has always been a bit too sticky when I've tried to rush it.

These Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies are incredibly soft, thick, and decorated with an easy vanilla icing and festive sprinkles!

Christmas sugar cookies with sprinkles are perfect cookie cutter cookies. Make Christmas tree sugar cookies with red and green sprinkles!

This Christmas Cut-Out Sugar Cookies recipe is foolproof! They hold their shape after baking and they also taste amazing! Top with icing!

These bright festive cookies will pop on the holiday table!