Frosting Recipes

Take your cakes and cookies to the next level with our frosting recipes, including our famous vanilla buttercream. You’ll find royal icing recipes and how-to’s here, too.

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Peppermint Schnapps Hot Cocoa Snowflakes

Mint and chocolate are perfect partners in these cutout cookies! —James Schend, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin


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Carrot Spice Thumbprint Cookies

Carrot cake is a family favorite, and these delicious cookies with shredded carrots, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, cinnamon and cloves...


Grandma Brubaker’s Orange Cookies

At least two generations of my family have enjoyed the recipe for these light, delicate orange-flavored cookies. —Sheri DeBolt, Huntington,...


Nice ‘n’ Soft Sugar Cookies

My family’s all-time favorite Christmas cookie has had a million shapes over the years. Little ones have fun making their...

Go Bananas Whoopie Pies

I love anything with peanut butter, so when I saw this recipe for soft banana cookies with a yummy peanut...


Fruit ‘n’ Spice Rounds

While I was looking for a way to use up an abundance of dates, I came across this recipe. Made...

Chocolate Marshmallow Meltaways

Kids are thrilled to find a marshmallow hidden under this cookie's cocoa frosting. I enjoyed these cookies as a child,...


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Sponge Cake Cookies

My heart's warmed by these cookies because the recipe comes from my grandmother. No wedding, shower or holiday gathering went...


Frosted Molasses Cookies

If my family knows I've baked these cookies, they're sure to gobble them up in a hurry.


Butterscotch Gingerbread Men

The addition of butterscotch pudding makes these a little different than most gingerbread cutout recipes. The recipe comes from my...

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Iced Orange Cookies

I usually make these bite-size orange cookies at Christmastime, when Florida citrus is plentiful, but they're delicious any time of...


Spritz Cookies

It was a tradition to make these cookies with my grandmother every Christmas. Now my two daughters help me make...


Maple Pecan Cookies

When I bake cookies for the annual youth ski trip, I try at least one new recipe. When I received...


Citrus Gingerbread Cookies

Orange and lemon zest give gingerbread cutouts a refreshing twist. Brushing a honey glaze over the top adds a subtle...


Austrian Chocolate Balls

I love to prepare these chocolate balls for family gatherings, to share at work or when I have a craving...

Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Icing

When it’s time to start the cookie-baking season, this recipe always kicks off the festivities. My mother-in-law first shared it...


Frosted Cookie Bouquet

If you're looking for an easy yet impressive cookie bouquet recipe, you've found it! In the spring, I cut these...