23 Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes Your Family Will Love!
Holiday baking season is here so I’ve gathered 23 Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes that your friends and family will love!
Whether you are a fan of peanut butter blossoms or chocolate crinkle cookies, you will find the BEST melt in your mouth cookie recipes all gathered in one handy spot to make your holiday baking as quick and easy as possible.
Christmas Cookie Recipes
Skip the store bought cookies and go for homemade. There are so many quick and easy cookie recipes you can whip up in less time than it would take you to run to the store.
Here are some basic baking supplies that are super helpful to have on hand during the holidays:
- Chocolate Chips
- White Chocolate (melting wafers or chips)
- Cream Cheese
- Butter
- Oil
- Eggs
- Evaporated & Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Peanut Butter Cups and Peanut Butter
- White Sugar, Brown/Dark Brown Sugar, Powdered Sugar (consider Christmas sugar in red and green)
- All-Purpose Flour
- Vanilla Extract
- Baking Soda, Baking Powder
- Cocoa Powder
- Candy Canes (optional)
- Royal Icing
Now that I’ve shared some baking staples, let’s get to the Christmas cookies packed with holiday flavors.
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23 Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes
Christmas is a time for family, friends, and of course - cookies! Here are 23 of favorite recipes for Christmas cookies. I hope you find one (or two, or three...) that your family will love! Enjoy!
Try this recipe for traditional Scandinavian rosettes. With delicious flavor and beautiful shapes they are sure to be a hit this holiday season!
Cranberry, Pistachio, White Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Here is a holiday shortbread cookie recipe with festive pops of red and green. A great traditional Christmas cookie.
Give a classic gingerbread cookie a twist by adding chocolate! What a delicious addition to your holidays.
If you are looking for a quick and easy cookie recipe try these scrumptious Swedish crescent cookies.
You can't go wrong with traditional Italian cookies especially when they are topped with a sweet sugar topping.
Chocolate crinkle cookies are a super popular cookie to bring to any holiday gathering and they are perfect for cookie swaps.
One of the things we love to bake are good old-fashioned thumbprint cookies. It;s hard to eat just one!
Your friends and family will love this one bowl sugar cookie recipe that can be made in just 20 minutes.
My husband’s favorite cookie is peanut butter, so I occasionally treat him to some homemade ones. I enjoy them too so it's a win-win.
Here is a great recipe for pecan sandies. They are melt in your mouth delicious!
One of the most popular cookies for anytime of year, but especially the holidays are classic peanut butter blossoms. Great for the kids bake sale or a cookie swap, or just for a weekend treat.
Peppermint is a favorite flavor addition to Christmas cookies. Check out these Amish sugar cookies for a sweet treat.
These fabulous biscotti cookies are made with cranberries and pistachios for a delectable treat. Pack some up in a tin for a sweet food treat.
These butterscotch and chocolate chip blondies are another must have treat for the holiday season. While technically a bar more than a cookie, they are easy to pack for parties and a hit at bake sales.
Spritz cookies are a Christmas tradition and these chocolate trees take it up a notch!
With a crisp texture and delicious ginger snap flavor these gingerbread pizzelles will become a family favorite.
Chocolate peppermint kiss cookies are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Topped off with a sweet peppermint Hershey kiss!
These easy butter cookies are ready in just 20 minutes and they will look so festive on your dessert table!
Topped with cream cheese frosting Christmas sour cream sugar cookies are rich, creamy and delicious. Plus, you can cut them out in fun holiday shapes.
If you haven't tried Hershey kiss chocolate snowball cookies yet they are one to try! A little ball of chocolate goodness.
Vegan gingerbread Christmas cookies can be decorated however you like and they are eggless and flourless!
We can't have a favorite Christmas cookies list without an Italian ricotta cookie recipe.
Kids will LOVE these M&M sandwich cookies for a festive and delicious Christmas treat.
Did you find a new favorite Christmas cookie recipe to try? There are so many mouth-watering ideas!
Happy baking! Let me know if you make any of these Christmas cookies and how you
like them!
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