15 Christmas Cookie Recipes
There’s nothing quite like the smell of fresh cookies filling the kitchen during the holidays!
Whether you’re planning a big day of holiday baking, looking for easy Christmas treats to share with friends, or simply craving a sweet bite with hot cocoa, Christmas cookies are a must.
From festive sugar cookies to rich chocolate delights, these holiday cookies Christmas favorites make the perfect Christmas snacks and thoughtful gifts.
f you’ve been searching for the best Christmas cookies or need some fresh Christmas baking ideas, this list has you covered. These recipes are fun, delicious, and perfect for all ages—guaranteed to make your season a little sweeter.
1- Linzer Cookies
These gorgeous Linzer Cookies are made with your choice of jam sandwiched between two crunchy, chewy, and delicious almond sugar cookies. They’re easy to make and even easier to customize with fun shapes and colors.
2- Chewy Gingerbread Cookies!
These soft and chewy gingerbread cookies are packed full of warm spices and flavors like cinnamon, ginger and molasses. They make a simple cookie that is extra delicious. We’ve even decorated these cookies extra cute for the holidays!
3- Peppermint Meltaways
A light, buttery and delicious Christmas cookie that melt in your mouth. These cookies are topped with peppermint frosting and sprinkle of crushed candy canes for a lovely festive touch!
4- Santa’s Whiskers Cookies
A classic slice and bake Christmas cookie studded with candies cherries and pecans, and rolled in coconut. These are delicious, flavorful and festive treat that is perfect for the holiday season!
5- Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe
This soft sugar cookie recipe makes the best buttery, sweet, flaky cookies with perfect crisp edges. They’re a big tradition in our family for 40 years and counting.
6- Lofthouse Cookies
Made with a secret ingredient, this Lofthouse sugar cookies recipe is extra fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth delicious, and topped with a sweet buttercream frosting for a truly decadent soft sugar cookie. Whip them up for birthdays, holiday parties, and more!
7- M&M Cookies
This M&M Christmas Cookies recipe is a must-have for your holiday baking list. They’re not only festive and delicious – both the dough and baked cookies freeze well.
8- Double chocolate
Double Chocolate Andes Mint Cookies are rich, chocolaty, and full of mint flavor. They’re a family favorite year-round!
9- cream cheese spritz cookies
Tender, sweet, and so fun to make, these cream cheese spritz cookies are a favorite holiday and special event cookie!
10- MATCHA WHITE CHOCOLATE COOKIES
These matcha cookies with white chocolate chips are super chewy, have a unique matcha green tea flavor and are topped with extra white chocolate chips!
11- CHAI COOKIES
These chai cookies are bursting with warm, aromatic spices and bake up extra soft and chewy. Chai cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie but taste amazing any time of year!
12- Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies
This is my family’s GO-TO Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies recipe for soft, buttery cookies with a hint of almond extract that are easy to cut-out into shapes and then decorate for Christmas.
13- Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies
These peppermint candy cane cookies are light, buttery, and full of peppermint flavor. The twisted candy cane cookies look so fun for Christmas parties and for cookie exchange trays to share with family and friends!
14- CORNSTARCH COOKIES
Melt-in-your-mouth, bite-sized cookies, made with only 4 ingredients: “Sequilhos” Cornstarch Cookies is the easiest recipe you’ll ever bake!
15- Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Peppermint Kiss Cookies or Candy Cane Blossoms – These are soft, no-chill, flavorful, and delicious festive cookies that are perfect for the holiday season!
