The wonderful smell of fresh-baked cookies will bring any child running to the kitchen to find delicious holiday treats. See the best Christmas cookies recipesalong with our old favorites.
It’s the only time that I have this many sweets in the house. We always do the sugar cookies so that the kids can decorate them too. Although they’re just as delicious to eat, it’s the decorating that’s the fun part.
We do a lot more baking around the holidays and it’s always a treat to find new recipes that we can add to our regular rotation.
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Recommended Dessert Recipe Books
Do you want more dessert ideas? Grab these recipe books and start making your tasty desserts.
Dessert Boards: 50 Beautifully Sweet Platters and Boards for Family, Friends, Holidays, and Any OccasionLe Cordon Bleu Pastry School: 101 Step-by-Step RecipesTasty Dessert: All the Sweet You Can Eat (An Official Tasty Cookbook)Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking BookHow to Cook That: Crazy Sweet Creations (Chocolate Baking, Pie Baking, Confectionary Desserts, and More)FitWaffle’s Baking It Easy: All My Best 3-Ingredient Recipes and Most-Loved Sweets and Desserts
Recommended Baking Tools
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Grab this cute silicone spatula for personal use or as a gift for your closest baking buddy.
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Nutella Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
You can’t go wrong with Nutella, now use it in a cookie too to add a new twist to those thumbprint cookies.
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Christmas Tree Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
You can’t go wrong with these festive Christmas cookies, your kids will have a blast decorating them.
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Double Chocolate M&M Christmas Cookies
Who doesn’t love chocolate and by using the green and red M&Ms you now have a melt in your mouth Christmas cookie.
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Grinch Cookies with Cake Mix
A perfect treat to go along with the Grinch movie or book, we just read and watched both of those, what a fun day.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Cool Whip Cookies
Another The Grinch-themed recipe. So cute!
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Santa Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love how cake mix cookies add a different texture to your regular cookies and changes things up.
A perfectly delightful cookie with a peppermint twist, I love the colors of this cookie.
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Cocoa Crinkle Cookies | Recipes
A simple cookie with chocolatey goodness, you’ll want to taste these!
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Buckeye Brownie Cookies Recipe For Chocolate and Peanut Butter Lovers
How can you go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter, look at this mouth-watering goodness?
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Christmas Candy Cane Cookies Recipe
A colorful candy cane treat that would make a wonderful gift too.
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Norwegian Christmas Cookies
Simple yet delicious, a party for your taste buds.
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German Chocolate Cake Cookies
A bit more work but well worth it.
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Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies Recipe + VIDEO
If you’re a fan of pecans, you have to try this!
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Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies
I love a good thumbprint cookie, these are perfect for the holidays.
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Turtle Cookies
Just like the Turtle’s chocolates, these look heavenly and taste even better.
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Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookies
Beautifully decorated, the perfect treat for the holidays or as a gift for friends.
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Oatmeal Kiss Cookies (Blossoms)
I love that these are made with oatmeal to give you a healthier option for cookies.
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Black Bottom Butterscotch Cookies Recipe
You’ll love this cookie that has a touch of chocolate.
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Thin Mint Cookies: Christmas Cookie Exchange
Mint and chocolate, enough said.
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Brown Butter Snickerdoodles Recipe
A delectable treat for your taste buds.
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Fruitcake Cookies
A healthier option for a cookie. Colorful, too!
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Chocolate Cookies n' Cream Marshmallow Cookies
Jam packed with ooey gooey goodness for your mouth.
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Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies
These look so pretty, great holiday cookie to try with your family.
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Whoville Cookies - Christmas Pinwheel Cookie
A colorful cookie for when you’re watching the Grinch movie during the holidays.
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The Ultimate Christmas Cookie
You'll feel Christmas with these mouth-watering dessert.
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3-Ingredient Buttery Shortbread Cookies
A simple yet moist shortbread cookie you won’t regret trying.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies - Pitchfork Foodie Farms
A new twist to your regular sugar cookie.
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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
Macadamia Nut lovers, rejoice! You have to try this easy recipe.
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Hot Chocolate Cookies
I love these! Perfect for a cold winter’s day.
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Russian Tea Cakes (Snowballs)
These look like a delectable tea time cookie.
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Soft Batch Christmas M & M Cookies
Love a good M&M cookie, especially when it’s decorated for the holidays.
Have you found the best Christmas Cookies Recipe that you like? I’m sure these cookie recipes will make your Christmas season special