The best part of Christmas preparations is the holiday baking. Especially, Christmas cookies recipes. Right? I can never decide which to bake, so I always over-bake and have a large cookie platter for the holidays.
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And, yet, no matter how large a platter of cookies, they always get over. The truth is you can never have too many cookies, can you? For me, they bring back childhood memories of baking with my mom. My kids know that the cookie jar is always full of cookies this time of the year.
Here you will find a collection of 45 Christmas cookies recipes that are perfect for the holiday season - from the classic to something new.
Try old fashion gingerbread cookies, gingerbread men, snickerdoodle, or gingersnaps. Of course, we also have a few different variations of the classic Linzer cookies or sandwich cookies. And most of these Christmas cookies are also quick and easy to make. Or you can try something new this Christmas such as stained glass snowflakes, Christmas trees, or Christmas M&M cookies.
Gingerbread or cookies with molasses
Molasses is the taste of fall. In fact, one of the first cookies I make when fall sets in are gingerbread cookies. And because we love this recipe so much I make them in shapes such as Christmas trees, snowflakes, and of course jam sandwich cookies.
Gingerbread Christmas Tree Cookies
This Santa Christmas tree cookie recipe is the easiest way to bake cookies that are very popular with young children. This one uses a gingerbread cookie recipe that's quick, easy, and fun to make
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Stained Glass Cookies
Whether you’re making craft cookies or preparing for an upcoming holiday party, consider decorating your cookies with stained glass designs. Kids can get in on the fun by making their favorite gingerbread flavor cookies and decorating them with hard candy for the stained glass effect.
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Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
Learn how to make the best, softest, and most delicious gingerbread cookies. I'll share my best recipe and give you all sorts of tips, tricks, and ideas to decorate them. These do not spread, so you will have perfectly shaped cookies to add to you your holiday platter.
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Old-Fashion Molasses Cookies
Considered the poor man's candy, molasses transforms into delicious homemade cookies in this easy recipe. Grandma's old fashion soft molasses cookies do not need any chilling time. They are soft, chewy, and packed with the flavors of warm spices. Perfect to add to your holiday baking this Christmas.
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Ginger Molasses Cookies
These ginger molasses cookies are a little twist on our famous old fashion molasses cookies recipe. These are definitely worth trying. You can never have too many molasses cookies, right?
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Soft Ginger Cookies
These gooey, aromatic, and tender ginger cookies are buttery and chewy. They melt in your mouth the second you bite into them. This is how to make soft ginger cookies or ginger molasses cookies
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The BEST Molasses Cookie
These molasses cookies are buttery, chewy, soft on the inside but crisp on the outside. Flavored with ground ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg these also make amazing holiday gifts for family and friends.
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Snickerdoodle Cookies
This snickerdoodle cookies recipe is soft, chewy, with the wonderful flavor of cinnamon. And they are perfect with a glass of cold milk. They are so easy to make, you'll have to make another batch.
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Spritz cookies
These are easy to make and very simple to decorate. As you can see below, I have frosted the Christmas wreath spritz cookies with sprinkles and Christmas trees with melted white chocolate chips. You could also sprinkle some crushed peppermint candy. The flower spritz cookies have raspberry jam centers but you can also use cream cheese frosting, Nutella, ganache, for those chocolate lovers.
Christmas Spritz Cookies
This holiday season, bring the flavor of Christmas into your home by baking these delicious Christmas spritz cookies. You can share them at parties, add them to your holiday cookie platter, and pass them out to your neighbors
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Jam Spritz Cookies
These jam spritz cookies are a twist on my Christmas spritz cookies only filled with strawberry jam. It's using my simple and easy no-fail recipe. Perfect at any time of the year, but also a great addition to your holiday cookies platter. These also make amazing gifts to family and friends.
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The BEST Thumbprint Cookies Eggless Jam Cookies Recipe
These thumbprint cookies, made with a shortbread cookie base and homemade strawberry jam centers, just melt in the mouth. This simple, easy and effortless recipe can have fresh hot cookies on the table in 20 minutes. Also, no special equipment or skill needed. So, they make great kids projects as well as delicious food gift ideas for the festive season.
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Sugar cookies to decorate
We all need good sugar cookie recipes so we can cut them in any shape for any special occasion be it Christmas, Easter, Valentine's day, etc.
And while I have the best recipe for sugar cookies, I also have a no-chill cookie recipe that can be used instantly for those last-minute baking. And then, of course, my no-spread cookies make sure that those cookies do not get distorted no matter their shape.
The Best Sugar Cookies Recipe
This sugar cookies recipe is a favorite treat anytime. Whether you choose to frost them or eat them just as is with a cup of tea. And, based on my butter cookie recipe, these are soft, crisp, and buttery. Also, they do not spread and are less sweet, making them a great candidate for shaped and decorated custom cookies
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No Chill Sugar Cookies
This is one of my favorite sugar cookie dough recipes because they are my no-spread, no-chill sugar cookies. Soft, chewy cookies made with just four main ingredients that take 10 minutes to prep, 10 minutes to cut shapes, and 10 minutes to bake.
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No-Spread Sugar Cookies
If you are looking for the best no-spread sugar cookie that bakes perfectly every single time, this is it!! These cookies do not spread no matter what the shape. They are soft and chewy with a shortbread texture that melts in your mouth. A simple and easy recipe with just 5 ingredients, 5 minutes to mix, and 10 minutes to bake.
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The Best Chocolate Sugar Cookie Recipe
These chocolate sugar cookies are a delicious treat whether you choose to decorate them or eat them as is with a cup of coffee. Based on my classic butter cookie recipe they are soft, crisp and buttery. Also, they do not spread, making them ideal for shaped and decorated custom cookies.
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Stenciled Christmas Sugar Cookies Video Tutorial
Celebrate the season with stenciled Christmas sugar cookies as a fun project to make with the kids. Stenciled on my popular recipe for vanilla sugar cookies these are such an ideal treat. My video show just how simple, easy and effortless the stenciling technique is. You and the kids will have loads of fun. Give them as gifts and everyone will be impressed.
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Gingerbread Sugar Cookies
Do you want sugar cookies with a wonderful gingerbread flavor? Then these gingerbread sugar cookies are for you. While they are delicious on their own they are also the perfect canvas to decorate with royal icing or fondant.
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Christmas Star Cookies
These Christmas star cookies are made with shortbread cookie dough along with brown sugar for a caramel-like flavor. Then they are decorated with a sugar glaze.
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Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
These cinnamon sugar cookies are buttery, sugary with a hint of vanilla and just the right amount of cinnamon. Baked until crisp on the outside but soft on the inside. The recipe is surprisingly simple and easy to make too. A perfect cookie flavor to add to your cookie jars during the festive or holiday season.
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Soft Almond Cookies
These almond sugar cookies are soft and chewy on the inside with a light crisp on the outside. They do not need any chilling time so you can make and bake them in just about 20 minutes.
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Rice Flour Sugar Cookies (naturally gluten-free)
These rice flour sugar cookies are also gluten-free sugar cookies because rice flour is naturally gluten-free. Also, the recipe has no eggs, so the color of these cookies is white. As kids, we called them 'snow white cookies'. Just like sugar cookies, these rice flour sugar cookies are crisp and crumbly. They hold their shape well and can be used to make beautifully frosted cookies.
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Shortbread cookies
You can't have a holiday cookie platter without shortbread cookies. Can you? Here are a few from the classic with just 5 ingredients to the whipped and easy.
Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Flour, butter, sugar, and salt blend into a light and puffy whipped shortbread cookie recipe that is easy to make and oh-so-delicious. A simple and easy holiday recipe that takes just 10 minutes to prep and 10 minutes to bake.
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Melting Moments Cookies
Melting moments cookies are simple and easy shortbread cookies that have a crumbly melt in your mouth texture. A simple and easy butter cookie that is perfect to add to your holiday baking during the festive season.
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Easy Shortbread Cookies
These easy shortbread cookies are buttery, crisp cookies that melt in the mouth. The recipe needs just 5 ingredients you probably have in your pantry and takes no more than 15 minutes to make
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Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
These chocolate shortbread cookies are buttery and crisp with a melt in the mouth texture. Made with just 6 ingredients these cookies get done in less than 20 minutes. A fuss-free recipe that needs no chilling or special equipment.
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Shortbread Stamped Cookies Recipe
These shortbread stamped cookies are a treat to both kids and adults. This is a simple, easy and effortless recipe to make. They are butter based with a soft crumb that melts in the mouth. A must-have recipe when you need an afternoon tea cookie. Also, you can use them as a gift or festive treats during the holidays or any time of the year.
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Condensed Milk Cookies
Made with just six ingredients, these condensed milk cookies look similar to the Spanish wedding cookies, which are coated in powdered sugar. All you need is condensed milk, a few pantry staples, and 5 minutes of prep time.
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Sweetened Condensed Milk Cookies
These sweetened condensed milk cookies are small bite-size shortbread cookies using condensed milk. These are delicious with a cuppa and make the perfect addition to the holiday cookie platter.
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Linzer / sandwich cookies
Kids love sandwich cookies no matter what the filling is. You can make the classic Austrian Linzer or the shortbread Linzer. My kids' favorite is, of course, gingerbread so we sandwich those too.
Almond Linzer Cookies
Austrian almond Linzer cookies are very special holiday cookies. Not just because they are beautiful but they are also very delicious. Sandwiched with an assorted delicious filling of jams and chocolate makes a perfect treat any time of the year especially during the holiday season.
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Linzer Cookies
Linzer cookies are the best addition to the holiday cookies collection. This recipe uses my shortbread cookie dough as a base that has a buttery, crumbly texture. Today, I sandwiched these with strawberry jam but you can use other jams or fillings too
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Sandwich Cookies
These brown sugar jam sandwich cookies get a nice caramel flavor and color from the molasses in the brown sugar. This is a surprisingly simple and easy recipe. And, they also make a great addition to the holiday cookies platter this Christmas.
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Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies
Homemade gingerbread cookies are just not the same if you can’t cut them into adorable shapes. Find out the trick to making the best gingerbread sandwich cookies—shaped and decorated just like Christmas.
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Cookies with cranberries
Cranberries are always wonderful this time of the year. While you can use the fresh cranberries, the dried are also perfect when baked in cookies. And you can also add white or dark chocolate chips.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
Use white chocolate and dried cranberries to make the most delicious cookies ever! These white chocolate cranberry cookies are surprisingly simple and easy to make in less than 30 minutes.
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Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
Chocolate chip cranberry cookies are a wonderful fall cookie because cranberries and chocolate are, so fall. For best results, don't skimp on cranberries or chocolate chips and double this batch because they take just 30 minutes to make.
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Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Cranberry, raisins, and oats make the easiest cookies because you dump all of your ingredients in a bowl, shape them into balls, and bake. Learn about this easy cranberry oatmeal cookies recipe for the holidays.
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Cookies with nuts
While pecans are the flavor of the month, you can also try pistachios or hazelnuts, and macadamia. And blend some nuts with dates to make the most delicious date roll cookies.
Cranberry Pistachio Cookies
Buttery cranberry pistachio cookies are the perfect gifts for the holiday season or just when you want to enjoy pistachios. This simple and easy cookie recipe takes 5 minutes to prep and 12 minutes to bake with no chilling time required.
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Cranberry Pecan Snowball Cookies
These cranberry pecan snowball cookies are buttery shortbread cookies with ground pecans and cranberries. They are baked then coated with powdered sugar. You won't find a recipe easier than this because all you need is a bowl and spatula. The dough takes 5 minutes to combine and 10 minutes to bake. Easy peasy and perfect for the holiday season.
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Hazelnut Cookies
These hazelnut cookies are rich buttery shortbread type cookies with ground hazelnuts. A simple and easy recipe to make in just 30 minutes. You can use store-bought hazelnut meal or make it from scratch and I'll show you how.
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Date Roll Cookies
Shortbread cookie dough wrapped around a sweet filling made with dates and nuts is what makes these date roll cookies perfect for the holiday cookies platter. Today, I'm using macadamia, and yet, pecans or walnuts make an equally delicious combination with dates. Also, a few red and green stripes give this a festive look.
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Chocolate cookies
Who does not love chocolate any time of the year? Yes, Christmas only gets more wonderful with chocolate chip cookies. In fact, bake a large Piz cookie aka Chocolate chip cookie in a skillet, topped with ice cream for the whole family.
Everyday No-Chill Chocolate Chip Cookies
These everyday chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy, and don't need to be chilled before baking. Made in just 30 minutes, these are perfect when you have a cookie craving but don't want to wait for the dough to chill.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies (BEST EVER)
These are the best chocolate chip cookies you will ever make. It takes just 10 minutes to make the dough. The dough does need some chilling time, but that gives them that soft and chewy texture we all love.
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie - Pizcookie
This skillet chocolate chip cookie is a giant cookie baked in a skillet, loaded with chocolate chips, and topped with lots of ice cream. The perfect dessert any time of the year.
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Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies
These eggless chocolate chip cookies are an absolute treat. Soft and chewy on the inside with a light crisp on the out. This simple and easy recipe will have you making these cookies almost every week. They are a great snack and can even be served with ice cream as desserts. And they make perfect edible food gifts for family and friends.
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Thin Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies
Everyone has a preference for their chocolate chip cookies. These are thin crisp chocolate chip cookies. They have a crisp outer edge with a slightly soft and chewy center. However, because they spread and become thin they are more on the crisp side rather than soft. A simple and easy recipe you will love making over and over.
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Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
Homemade peanut butter chip cookies can be just as good as the bakery variety. Bake these soft, chewy cookies at home using peanut butter chips and chocolate chips in less than 30 minutes.
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Cathleen
I am so intrigued by the rice flour one!! Definitely putting that one on my list of things to make, thanks so much for the recipe 🙂
Chandice
Thank you so much for doing the work of rounding up all these amazing cookie recipes for me and putting them in on easy to find and navigate post!
Farrukh Aziz
This collection is so good! I love all the cookies listed here, looking forward to try all of them!
Annie
These cookies look great! The post inspired me to up my game this holiday and make more cookies.
susan | the wimpy vegetarian
What a fabulous selection of cookies to make! I'm letting my granddaughter choose which one we'll make!