Who can resist the charm of a soft, chewy sugar cookie with just the right balance of sweetness and melt-in-your-mouth ...

For supereasy sugar cookies, try a roll-and-cut-style recipe. Just flatten the dough ... so it can be rolled multiple times, but it's soft enough that the shapes come out neatly.

These Christmas crinkle cookies are spiced and coated in icing sugar for a festive touch ... the wet mixture so that you have a very soft dough. Roll the cookies into balls of around 40g/1½ ...