This wonderfully soft and chewy Grinch Sugar Cookies recipe is so fun! How cute are these cookies decorated? From the color of the cookies to the red hearts in the middle, they represent the theme of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! We love the Grinch for the holidays!

More Christmas recipe ideas? You'll adore these Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies and these Easy Brownie Christmas Tree Treats!

What's really nice is, you don't have to chill the dough to make these delish sugar cookies! Plus, they are super easy to make for the holiday fun!

For this grinch cookie recipe, you just roll them in sugar for a sparkly upgrade or go for more red colored sugar! Make some Grinch Cocoa Bombs to make this a super fun Grinch-y day or night!

Everyone loves the Grinch and the Christmas story of how his heart grew three sizes when he got into the Christmas spirit!

That's kind of what these cookies do! They get you into the Christmas spirit, make you happy! Cookies always seem to have that affect and these are perfect for you, Santa and when you're watching Christmas movies!

Ingredients You Need for Grinch Cookie Recipe

all-purpose flour
baking powder
salt
unsalted butter, cold and chopped into cubes
granulated sugar
eggs
vanilla extract
Yellow and Green food coloring or gel to mix together
Hearts or red sprinkles on top

How to Make Grinch Sugar Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt to combine.
Using mixer, on medium speed beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, and beat until combined.
Slowly beat in the flour mixture with some yellow and green food coloring and mix dough on low speed until cookie dough and color is dispersed throughout the cookie dough evenly. Add more yellow or green food coloring as needed without overmixing cookie dough too much.
Place the remaining ¼ cup sugar in a shallow dish. Using a small, medium or large spring-loaded scoop, divide the dough into balls, then roll in sugar to coat evenly. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart and very slightly flatten cookies. Cookies will spread out.
Add a jumbo heart sprinkle on top of each of your cookies. If you want larger hearts, after the cookies have baked and cooled, melt some red colored chocolate melts and pipe one on top of cookies or use red frosting and pipe heart on top of cookies and sprinkle with red sugar.
Bake for 8-10 minutes for small, 10-12 for medium and 12-14 for large cookies or until the cookies set and begin to brown.
Cool cookies for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
See step 5 for how to make larger hearts in middle, if desired after the Grinch cookies have cooled completely before adding piping designs on top.

Rolling Sugar Tips

Roll your cookie dough balls in sugar before baking and not after they're baked, so the sugar stays intact for this Grinch cookie recipe!
Roll each ball of dough in a shallow dish filled with granulated sugar. This creates that slightly crispy exterior and beautiful sparkly appearance.

Storing & Freezing Grinch Sugar Cookies

Our Grinch Christmas cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Freeze balls of cookie dough without the sugar coating in a freezer-safe container, tightly wrapped plastic wrap or a ziploc bag. Allow cookies to thaw overnight in the fridge or at room temperature, then bake as directed below. By coating the balls with sugar before freezing, the dough will absorb some of the sugar, so it won’t have quite the same visual or texture impact compared to rolling in sugar right before baking.
Check out my How to Freeze Cookie Dough article for more freezing cookie instructions!

The kids will love these Grinch Christmas cookies and even though I made mine jumbo size, you can make them smaller or medium-sized if you want to add these adorable cookies to your Christmas cookie trays for your holiday entertaining or just because they would be super cute! Just adjust the baking time!

More Holiday Entertaining!

Grinch Sugar Cookies

Kim Lange

These wonderfully soft, chewy Grinch Sugar Cookies are so fun & easy! From the green color of the cookies to the red hearts in the middle, they are sure to be the perfect Christmas cookies!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Course Dessert

Servings Servings

Calories

Ingredients

2½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter cold and chopped into cubes
1¼ cups granulated sugar plus ¼ cup for rolling
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Yellow and Green food coloring
Red Heart Sprinkles or red hearts piped with frosting or red colored melts sprinkled with red sugar sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt to combine.
Using mixer, on medium speed beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, and beat until combined.
Slowly beat in the flour mixture with some yellow and green food coloring and mix dough on low speed until cookie dough and color is dispersed throughout the cookie dough evenly. Add more yellow or green food coloring as needed without overmixing cookie dough too much.
Place the remaining ¼ cup sugar in a shallow dish. Using a small, medium or large spring-loaded scoop, divide the dough into balls, then roll in sugar to coat evenly. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart and very slightly flatten cookies. Cookies will spread out.
Add a jumbo heart sprinkle on top of each of your cookies. If you want larger hearts, after the cookies have baked and cooled, melt some red colored chocolate melts and pipe one on top of cookies or use red frosting and pipe heart on top of cookies and sprinkle with red sugar.
Bake for 8-10 minutes for small, 10-12 for medium and 12-14 for large cookies or until the cookies set and begin to brown.
Cool cookies for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
See step 5 for how to make larger hearts in middle, if desired after the cookies have cooled completely before adding piping designs on top.