These cookies ... plain, but to make these reminiscent of your favorite bakery cookie, frost the cooled cookies with a luscious homemade buttercream and top them with colorful sprinkles or sanding ...

Simple sugar cookies need not be boring ... but it's soft enough that the shapes come out neatly. After the cookies have been baked, they can be eaten plain, decorated with icing or sandwiched ...

And let's be clear — there's absolutely nothing wrong with plain sugar cookies. Soft, sweet, and the perfect blank canvases for decoration, they're a classic treat for you (and Santa!) ...

These would be wonderful as a plain sugar cookie too ... I bake a lot of cookies for care packages at Christmastime - so this recipe makes 8-10 dozen cookies depending on the size you make ...