‘Tis the season for gifting goodies! You don’t have to spend a fortune or complete a complicated recipe to let your neighbors and coworkers know that you are thinking of them. All you need is a few hours in the evening or on a weekend and some simple ingredients to bake dozens of delicious sugar cookies perfect for gift giving. Here are 12 of our favorite recipes, in no particular order.
- No-frosting Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies – Everyday Food
- Easy Sugar Cookies – Good Housekeeping
- Soft Christmas Cookies – All Recipes
- Classic Christmas Sugar Cookie Cutouts – Betty Crocker
- Melted Snowman Cookies – Delish
- Sugar Cookies – Martha Stewart
- The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe – The Recipe Critic
- Best No-Roll Sugar Cookies – Betty Crocker
- Super Soft Sugar Cookies – Six Sisters’ Stuff
- Peppermint-Chocolate Sugar Cookies – Martha Stewart
- Red Velvet Sugar Cookies – Cooking Classy
- Reindeer Sugar Cookies – One Little Project
Packaging
Of course, presentation is just as important as the recipe itself! If you opt for something round like the Best No-roll Sugar Cookies or the Reindeer Sugar cookies, all you have to do is stack some in inexpensive mugs, place the mugs in a festive cellophane bag and tie it with a ribbon.
If you bake roll out cookies and use a cookie cutter set to shape them into mittens, stars or other holiday shapes, place them on a disposable red plate and slide the plate into a Ziploc bag.
Messaging
Be sure to include a sticker or gift tag with a short message or saying. You might want to consider:
- A sweet thank you from me to you. I appreciate everything you do!
- Merry Christmas from your “crumby” neighbors.
You can also find plenty of premade printable tags on Pinterest.
It’s also a good idea to include a detailed list of ingredients with the cookies to prevent potential allergy problems.
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