In this ultimate guide to 80 Christmas cookies, I’m sharing my best cookie success tips, recommended tools, and top-rated cookie recipes from all over the internet. If you need cookie help or inspiration, this page is for you!
Christmas cookies are one of the best parts of the holiday season. Whether you're baking for a party, a cookie exchange, giving them as gifts, or just enjoying them at home, there's something special about holiday cookies.
Best Christmas Cookie Recipes
Even if you're a beginner or an expert, you'll find recipes here that are perfect for you.
Check out our top Christmas cookie recipes and make sure to save some for Santa!
Cream Cheese Christmas Spritz Cookies Recipe
Christmas spritz cookies is a long-standing tradition in many households during the holiday season! These classic spritz cookies are buttery and soft, made with cream cheese and formed into all kinds of shapes using a spritz cookie press.
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are a classic holiday favorite with soft, chewy peanut butter cookies rolled in sugar and topped with a rich chocolate kiss. Easy to make with pantry staples, these crowd-pleasers are perfect for sharing or indulging.
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No Chill Gingerbread Cookies
These No Chill Gingerbread Cookies are the best Christmas cookies. The dough comes together quickly with no chilling time. They have a rich, buttery flavor and are perfectly spiced. Plus, they hold their shape well!
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GINGER CREAM COOKIES
These irresistibly soft and chewy Ginger Cream Cookies are a perfect cookie for the holiday season and beyond. No electric mixer necessary so the cookie dough whips up in just minutes. A brown sugar buttercream pairs with the ginger and spices of the cookies so perfectly!
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Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies (Soft & Buttery!)
Raspberry thumbprint cookies are like little bites of happiness! They're soft, buttery, and filled with tangy raspberry jam. They practically melt in your mouth!
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Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies (Soft and Chewy!)
These old-fashioned ginger molasses cookies are chewy inside, slightly crispy outside, and beautifully cracked from rolling in sugar. They're perfect for the holidays with warm spices, great with eggnog, or crumbled over ice cream.
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Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
If you’re looking for scrumptious holiday season cookies to exchange at parties or serve to guests, you can’t go wrong with these beautiful double chocolate crinkle cookies! They’re soft and buttery with a rich chocolate flavor while cracked on the exterior for a crinkled effect!
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Easy Nutter Butter Reindeer Snowman and Santa Cookies
Learn how to make easy Nutter Butter reindeer, snowman, and Santa cookies with simple supplies and tips—perfect for Christmas fun with kids and holiday gatherings!
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Peppermint Snowball Cookies With Chocolate Chips (No Nuts)
Christmas snowball cookies are made without nuts and filled with mini chocolate chips and mint extract. They're bright green, coated in powdered sugar, and perfect as a holiday treat or gift!
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Brown Butter Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Learn how to make chewy brown butter pumpkin oatmeal cookies with a nutty flavor and rich brown color in just a few steps.
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Brownie Crinkle Cookies
These brownie crinkle cookies are rich and fudgy with chewy edges and crackly tops, perfect for chocolate lovers. Enjoy them for the holidays, at cookie exchange parties, or keep a fresh batch at home for a delicious treat!
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PIGNOLI COOKIES
Pignoli cookies are a traditional Italian treat, known for their rich almond flavor. The dough is rolled in pine nuts before baking, giving these cookies a perfectly chewy interior with a hint of crunch. They are very easy to make with simple, quality ingredients!
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SUGAR COOKIES EASY HOLIDAY COOKIES
These Holiday Sugar Cookies are a classic treat with a soft, buttery texture and crisp edge. They melt in your mouth and are topped with smooth, creamy buttercream frosting. Perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and making heartfelt gifts.
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Healthy Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies
These easy and healthy almond flour shortbread cookies make the perfect addition to your holiday baking and only require five simple ingredients. Such a cute and delicious sweet treat to share with friends and family! {Paleo, vegetarian, dairy-free & gluten-free}.
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CHOCOLATE CHIP SUGAR COOKIES
These chocolate chip sugar cookies are a delicious twist on the classic sugar cookie. The richness of the chocolate chips perfectly balances the sweetness. They are soft, buttery, and full of chocolatey goodness!
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PEPPERMINT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Soft and chewy, these Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies are a must for Christmas! Packed with candy canes and chocolate chips, they’re perfect for cookie exchanges or keeping all to yourself, and they’ll make Santa very happy!
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Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies With Raisins (Chewy!)
These old-fashioned oatmeal cookies with raisins are the answer to your search for super delicious and healthy cookies that you and the family can enjoy as a nutritious snack or breakfast treat!
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MINI LINZER COOKIES
These mini butter Christmas’s cookies are a perfect homemade gift for this holiday season.
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Snowflake Cookies
These festive snowflake cookies will put you right in the holiday spirit! Not only are they beautiful but they're buttery and delicious, too! Bring in the holiday season with this simple shortbread recipe and be the talk of your holiday cookie exchange!
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Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Crescent Cookies)
These half-moon-shaped vegan Christmas cookies, vanillekipferl, are deliciously soft and almost melt in your mouth, with easy tips shared for perfect baking.
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Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
Sprinkle sugar cookies are soft, chewy vanilla cookies packed with rainbow sprinkles—a delightful sweet treat for any occasion. Quick and easy, they're perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth in just 30 minutes, with no chilling needed!
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No Spread Sugar Cookies
The best no spread sugar cookies for decorating! These are soft, easy no spread sugar cookies - no chill needed! We're making these no spread sugar cookies with powdered sugar and an easy recipe for sugar cookie icing! This is my go-to cut out sugar cookie recipe!
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Cinnamon Cookies
If cinnamon rolls and sugar cookies combined and had a baby - it's this recipe right here! These delicious cinnamon cookies bring all of the delicious buttery goodness with cinnamon flavor and a cinnamon-sugar coating. Whew. It's a match made in heaven!
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Super Soft Gingerbread Cookies Made With Honey
These honey gingerbread cookies offer a traditional spiced flavor without molasses. Inspired by German "lebkuchen," they are soft, tender, and topped with a sugar glaze. Perfect for Christmas, they evoke warmth and nostalgia with every bite.
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Shortbread Cookie Recipe (Easy Recipe from Scotland)
This shortbread cookie recipe is directly from Scotland. You can be sure it’s authentic; and if you follow all my tips, you’ll have the best tasting Scottish shortbread, ever! (And I’ll tell you why it’s truly not even a cookie!)
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Christmas Sprinkle Cookies
Santa Claus will personally thank you if you decide to leave him a Christmas sprinkle cookie or two. Don’t forget the milk!
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White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies with Maple Syrup
Are you in the mood for a sweet holiday treat that won’t wreck your healthy eating record? How about a delightful treat that’s a twist on a classic: white chocolate chip cranberry cookies with maple syrup?
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Adorable Elf On The Shelf Cookies
Your "scout elf" is back, so get ready for 25 holiday surprises with these fun elf on the shelf cookies made from homemade sugar cookies and easy royal icing.
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Macaroon Kiss Cookies
Treat the coconut lovers in your life to a dessert just for them. Macaroon Kiss Cookies combine flaky sweetened coconut flakes and cream cheese for a chewy cookie everyone will enjoy!
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Cut Out Spiced Gingerbread Cookies
I love gingerbread all year long, from biscotti to macarons. These easy gingerbread cookies are great for Christmas or anytime—they’re tasty, simple to make, and can be shaped into any design, like little bunnies for Easter!
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Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Bring these homemade Christmas Pinwheel Cookies to the exchange for the prettiest treats—red and white swirled, easy to make, and delicious with a hint of peppermint.
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CARROT CAKE COOKIES
Got a bumper crop of carrots this year? Good news - I've been scouring my vintage cookbooks and updating old carrot cake recipes. And my family loves this old-fashioned carrot cake cookies recipes with cream cheese icing!
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Chocolate Orange Cookies
These Chocolate Orange Cookies have a brownie-like base with orange flavor, rolled in orange sugar for a crispy outside and topped with a chocolate glaze, and they’re gluten-free, nut-free, and eggless!
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Biscoff Butter Cookies
Biscoff butter cookies are a great tasting cookie that’s perfect to enjoy everyday or for those special occasions like Christmas, Easter, or even Valentine’s day.
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Reindeer Cookies
Reindeer cookies are soft chocolate cookies with candy faces and pretzel antlers. This is the easiest Christmas cookie recipe – no mixer, no chilling necessary!
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Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms
These Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms are a healthier version of the classic Christmas cookie topped with a Hershey Kiss! They are completely gluten free, can be modified to be dairy free, and refined sugar free. So easy to make!
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Easy Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Crinkle Cookie Recipe
These Peppermint Chocolate Crinkles combine rich chocolate with cool peppermint. They’re soft and chewy with a crinkly outside, perfect for holiday parties or sharing with friends and family.
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Gingerbread Sugar Cookies With Buttercream
It’s gingerbread season! Try these gingerbread sugar cookies, which are soft vanilla sugar cookies topped with creamy buttercream frosting.
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No Bake Christmas Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers
These No Bake Christmas Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers are a family favorite—just buttery crackers, creamy peanut butter, almond bark, and sprinkles make them feel like cookies!
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Christmas M&Ms Cookie Bars
Christmas M & M Cookie Bars– soft, gooey, and loaded with both chocolate chips AND M&M’s throughout! Easy to make and perfect for cookie exchanges or goodie trays.
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Christmas Cut Out Cookies
This Christmas cut out cookies recipe makes soft sugar cookies that hold their shape well, and are perfect for frosting and decorating!
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Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe
This easy Sugar Cookie Recipe makes vanilla dough that keeps its shape while baking, giving you sharp edges perfect for decorating. It's great for all your holiday baking needs!
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Slice-and-Bake Christmas Shortbread Cookies
Rich buttery, crisp shortbread is transformed into beautiful Christmas shortbread cookies with the addition of pistachios, dried cranberries, orange zest, and white chocolate in this festive recipe.
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Stunning Shortbread Linzer Cookies with Cranberry Filling
Linzer cookies are smaller versions of the Linzer Torte, a famous Austrian dessert. They have evolved over the last couple hundred years, but the process is still pretty much the same.
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Christmas Tree Cookies
Embrace the holiday magic with Christmas Tree Cookies! Shaped like festive trees, these buttery treats are perfect for holiday snacking, and the recipe is fun and easy for both beginners and pros.
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Gingerbread Trees
These 3D Gingerbread Trees are a fun and festive way to celebrate the holiday season! Made with delicious gingerbread cookie dough and decorated with royal icing, these trees are sure to be a hit at any holiday party or gathering.
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Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Are you looking for an cookie recipe that combines a perfect crunch with melt-in-your-mouth flavor? These Peppermint Kiss Cookies are the best! Perfect size for enjoying a sweet dessert this holiday season.
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Chocolate Peppermint Sugar Cookies
Be the star of the cookie exchange this year with a batch of homemade Chocolate Peppermint Sugar Cookies! Perfectly baked chocolate cookies are dipped halfway in melted white chocolate and sprinkled with peppermint pieces.
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Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
This cut out sugar cookie recipe makes soft sugar cookies that are perfect for decorating! This easy recipe is made with just a few simple ingredients.
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Frosted Christmas Tree Cookies
Frosted Christmas Tree Cookies are the perfect holiday treat. Homemade sugar cookies are stacked with green cream cheese frosting to create little “tree” desserts that will delight everyone who sees and eats them.
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Christmas Baci di Dama Cookies
These festive Italian Christmas Baci di Dama Cookies are the perfect Christmas dessert recipe! Made in red, white, and green with hazelnuts for a bright and colorful addition to a cookie platter.
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Sour Cream Sugar Cookie Recipe
These pillowy soft Sour Cream Cookies have been made in the Midwest for generations. They’re bursting with nutmeg flavor and stay soft for at least a week after they are baked.
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Whipped Shortbread Cookies
If you are searching for easy Shortbread, look no further! My buttery and melt in your mouth soft whipped Shortbread Cookies got you covered.
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Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies don’t last long on a cookie tray. With chocolate stripes and sprinkles, this shortbread is alluring! The ultra chocolaty flavor makes these melt in your mouth cookies an instant favorite.
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3-Ingredient Buttery Shortbread Cookies
These Butter Shortbread Cookies are melt-in-your-mouth buttery delicious! Great as gifts. Both dough and cookies can be frozen.
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Gingerbread Chocolate Cookies
These gingerbread chocolate chip cookies offer a festive fusion of warm holiday spices and gooey cinnamon and white chocolate chips. Perfect for the holidays!
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Peppermint Metaway Cookies
Deliciously soft and delicate, these meltaway cookies are infused with peppermint flavor. topped with peppermint icing, and sprinkled with crushed peppermints.
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Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies are a delightful treat for the holiday season that are quick and easy to make! Simply use your favorite sugar cookie
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Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Tree Cookies
These Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Cookies are the easiest way to bring the look, smell, and taste of the Holidays into your home.
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Poinsettia Cookies
These Poinsettia Cookies are perfect Christmas cookies! Cherry flavored sugar cookie dough shaped into poinsettia flowers. A great holiday dessert recipe for a cookie swap exchange.
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Christmas Cookies
Treat everyone to colorful Christmas cookies this year! With red-and-green M&Ms, tiny marshmallows, and Christmas sprinkles, these easy homemade cookies are ready in under 30 minutes and are crispy on the outside with a chewy center.
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Frosted Brown Butter Citrus Shortbread Christmas Cookies
These are the best decorated Christmas cookies I've ever eaten. Brown butter citrus shortbread, with subtle orange, lemon, and lime flavors, is delicious alone. Dark and white chocolate fondants add a gorgeous, glossy finish and pair wonderfully with the cookies' flavor.
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Grinch Stained Glass Cookies
These Grinch Stained Glass Cookies are perfect for the holidays! Tender cookies filled with melted cherry candy make these a great Christmas dessert.
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Gingerbread Cookie Jello Jigglers
These cute gingerbread man jigglers are fun finger jello treats with a delicious gingerbread cookie flavor and are easy to make. They’re layered with gingerbread, condensed milk, and hot chocolate for a holiday treat everyone will love!
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Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies
Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies are one of the best things to put on your holiday dessert tray this season! Cinnamon frosted with delicious eggnog flavor, you’ll love this classic cookie with a holiday twist!
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Double Chocolate Andes Mint Cookies
Double Chocolate Andes Mint Cookies are rich, chocolaty, and full of mint flavor. They're a family favorite year-round!
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Cranberry Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Today’s cranberry oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are easy, 30-minute treats with crispy edges, gooey centers, and a hint of cinnamon, perfect for the holidays with their warm, cozy taste.
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Chocolate Turtle Cookies
These chocolate turtle cookies are a super chocolatey dough packed full of more chocolate, pecans and gooey puddles of caramel. These cookies are based off one of my all time favourite treats, turtles!
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Gingersnaps Cookies
This recipe, full of cozy spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, plus a touch of molasses, is perfect for the holidays or any day. These sturdy cookies travel well, making them ideal for cookie care packages or exchanges!
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Orange Shortbread Cookies with Cranberry Glaze
These Orange Shortbread Cookies with Cranberry Glaze are the most flavorful, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread you've ever tasted! Flavored with orange zest and orange oil, with a beautiful glaze made from fresh cranberries, you'll want make these beauties for the holidays and all winter long!
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Kokosmakronen (German Coconut Macaroons)
These Kokosmakronen (German Coconut Macaroons) combine soft, chewy centers with slightly crispy outsides and a light, airy texture. With just 3 ingredients, they’re incredibly delicious and easy to make!
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Easy Marbled Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
Try this easy marbled sugar cookie recipe instead of sprinkle cookies! A simple cut-out sugar cookie recipe with powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar with beautiful marbled royal icing.
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Mint Chocolate Shortbread
This guide on How to Make Shortbread will teach you the best way to make these delicious cookies. Mint Chocolate Shortbread Cookies consist of delicious shortbread in snowflake shapes with a hint of mint flavor and drizzled with melted chocolate. These easy shortbread cookies are perfect for hostess gifts and class parties!
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Candy Cane Shortbread Cookies
These Candy Cane Shortbread Cookies, the first Marley's Menu recipe to go viral on Instagram, feature a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth base with real crushed candy cane.
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Chewy, Soft Gingerbread Cookies
These Chewy, Soft Ginger Cookies stay wonderfully chewy for days. They are big on holiday spices, making your home smell of ginger, cinnamon, and molasses.
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M&M Cookies
These M&M Cookies are the favorite Christmas cookies on the tray. They’re soft, chewy, and freeze well. Fun substitutions provided…
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Gingerbread Kiss Cookies
These Gingerbread Kiss Cookies are soft, perfectly spiced and so easy to make. They’re perfect for Christmas!
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
These iced oatmeal cookies are sweet, chewy, gooey, and delicious! They take only 20 minutes in total. Great for dessert.
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Christmas Icebox Cookies
Christmas Icebox Cookies are buttery, crisp, and an easy slice-and-bake cookie recipe. Made using only 5 ingredients!
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Perfect Cut-out Sugar Cookies
These cookies have earned their title as Perfect Vanilla Cut-out Cookies. They are easy, retain their shape, and taste SO good.
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Easy Snowball Cookies
These Easy Snowball Cookies are so easy to make and perfect for the holidays. They only require 5 ingredients and minimal prep time. Make these Easy Snowball Cookies this holiday season!
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Christmas Cookie Baking Success Tips
🥶 Chilling the Dough
If your cookie dough is sticky or greasy, chill it before baking. This helps the cookies keep their shape and prevents spreading too much.
🕰️ Watch the Cookies, Not the Clock
Don’t rely only on the baking time in the recipe. Keep an eye on your cookies. They’re done when the edges are set and lightly browned.
👩🍳 Bake One Batch at a Time
For the best results, bake one batch at a time. If you need to bake multiple batches, rotate the baking sheets between the top and bottom racks to ensure even baking.
Recommended Tools For Baking Cookies
- Baking Sheets: Opt for light-colored, heavy-duty baking sheets to ensure even baking. Darker pans can cause cookies to brown too quickly. Look for rimless sheets for easy cookie transfer.
- Parchment Paper or Silicone Baking Mats: These non-stick surfaces prevent cookies from sticking and promote even baking. Silicone mats can be reused, making them an eco-friendly choice.
- Cookie Scoops: Available in various sizes, cookie scoops help you portion dough evenly, ensuring uniform cookies. This also aids in consistent baking times.
- Cooling Racks: Use sturdy cooling racks to cool cookies quickly and evenly, preventing them from becoming soggy. Ensure they have a tight grid pattern to support all cookie types.
- Rolling Pins: A classic wooden rolling pin works great for rolling out dough evenly. For ease, consider a rolling pin with thickness rings to ensure consistent dough thickness.
- Mixing Bowls: A set of various sizes, preferably stainless steel or glass, is ideal for mixing ingredients. They are durable and easy to clean.
- Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer: While a hand mixer is great for most tasks, a stand mixer is a versatile tool for mixing larger batches and heavier doughs effortlessly.
- Measuring Cups and Spoons: Accurate measuring tools are crucial for baking success. Look for sets that include both dry and liquid measurements.
- Spatulas: Silicone spatulas are heat-resistant and perfect for scraping bowls, folding ingredients, and lifting cookies off baking sheets without breaking them.
- Cookie Cutters: A variety of shapes and sizes make holiday baking fun. Metal cutters provide cleaner cuts than plastic ones. We love for spritz cookies: OXO Cookie Press Kit; for round shapes: this 12 Piece Set; different shapes: Ann Clark.
Christmas Cookie Recipes: FAQs
What are some popular Christmas cookie recipes?
Some popular Christmas cookie recipes include sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, shortbread cookies, oatmeal cookies, crinkle cookies, butter cookies, and chocolate chip cookies.
How can I decorate my holiday cookies?
You can decorate your holiday cookies with frosting, white chocolate, icing, sprinkles, candy, peppermint bits, and red and green colored toppings.
How do I make the best Christmas cookies?
To make the best Christmas cookies, use high-quality ingredients, follow the recipe carefully, and bake with 🎅 holiday cheer in your heart.
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