Add a little snow hat (complete with a pompom) to a classic gingerbread shape to create adorable gingerbread Santas. —Christy Thelen, Kellogg, Iowa ...

Traditional gingerbread cookie cutouts get a flavor boost thanks to tart lemon zest and ground coriander. Perfect for Christmas parties and potlucks.

Note: To decorate as reindeer, flip gingerbread-man cut-out upside down. Decorate "head" to look like reindeer face with icing or candy eyes, red candy nose and icing mouth.

This week, we celebrate the Christmas cookie. What could be more traditional than gingerbread men or women? This recipes was originally published in 2004.

Twin Cities Live's 16th Annual 12 Days of Cookies series continues with Gingerbread Cookies from Janna Aho from Janna's Gluten Free Bakery.

Fragrant Meyer lemon zest and coriander brightens up traditional gingerbread in these SoCal-flora-shaped cookies.

The decorated gingerbread house cutouts went up Tuesday afternoon along the trails at George Owens Nature Park, in preparation for Wednesday's 18th Annual Winter Solstice Torch-Lit Hike ...

This combination of sweet and spicy also makes them a nice alternative to your go-to gingerbread man recipe. This delicious twist on cutout cookies comes to us from Volunteer Field Editor Kallee ...

A Williamson County, Texas employee and her husband are taking gingerbread houses to the next level, recreating the Bastrop Buc-ee's with cutouts of her coworkers.

Parents can stop there and read Christmas stories to their children or photograph their kids in a gingerbread man cutout.

And cut out gingerbread people or stars or whatever shape the youth brigade desires. These vegan treats are tasty, easy to make, dependable, and a simple way “to do” what really matters.