30+ Christmas Cookies
30+ Christmas Cookies from my blogger friends will inspire your holiday baking! There’s always room for a new tried and true recipe. If you’re lucky, it just might become one you’ll make year after year!
Each holiday, I like to shake things up a bit with at least one new cookie! Lucky for you, I have a boatload of the Best Christmas Cookie Recipes to share with you today!
The Best Holiday Cookies
As soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are done, I start thinking about baking for the next holiday. I tend to make the same 6-8 cookies each year along with fudge, the best English toffee, and peppermint bark.
My rule of thumb for holiday cookies is to have one sugary cookie, one chocolate, one peanut butter, one ginger, one nutty and one coconutty. Something for everyone. And they are ALL my favorites. But I’m always looking for a new Christmas cookie recipe to try. Thanks to some of my blogger friends, I’m sharing a lot of inspiration for my holiday baking!!
I never stop looking for an improved recipe or a new twist to make my Christmas cookies even better. Plus I have an annual cookie exchange and that cookie recipe cannot be the same as one that I deliver to my friends and neighbors. That would be blasphemy!
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a big freezer, most cookies can be baked, cooled, and frozen for up to a month before you plan to deliver them or eat them. Just make sure to pack them airtight and defrost them overnight in the refrigerator before packing to deliver.
I like to roll the dough into balls, then place them in a gallon-sized freezer Ziploc bag. Remove as much air as possible then place the bag in the freezer. Check out my post on How to Freeze Cookie Dough for details.
One of my favorite tricks is to place a slice of fresh bread into the container where you’re storing the cookies. The moisture in the bread will keep the cookies fresh longer. If you’re not going to eat or deliver them for a few days, store them in the freezer and defrost them overnight in the refrigerator when needed.
More of the Best Christmas Cookies
I hope you found lots of inspiration for your holiday baking this year! I want to crank up the oven and start baking ASAP!!! Which is your favorite??? Don’t miss my post on How to Host a Holiday Cookie Exchange!
- Toffee Noel Nut Balls
- Danish Butter Cookies
- Rosette Cookies
- Cranberry Bliss Bars
- Buttery Spritz Cookies
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30+ Christmas Cookies
These Holiday Cookies are perfect for family gatherings or for Christmas gifts! These are the best Christmas Cookies from some of your favorite blogs.
These Amish Sugar Cookies are the comforting, delicious cookies your grandmother used to bake!
One of MY favorite holiday cookies filled with dried cranberries, white chocolate and crystallized ginger!
These red and green thumbprint cookies are topped with holiday Kisses for a delicious seasonal dessert.
The BEST sugar cookie recipe for all your holiday cut-out cookies! Perfect for frosting and decorating.
Classic Sugar Cookies! Frost or dust with powdered sugar for a tasty treat.
Red Velvet Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies!! Perfect for Christmas!!!
These fabulous soft ginger cookies have a triple dose of ginger from ground ginger, crystalized ginger, and fresh ginger!
Perfect, soft cut-out sugar cookies!!!
Eggnog Cookies with the delicious flavors of eggnog in every bite!
Who wouldn't love this gorgeous frosted Christmas Cookie Tree???
Buttery Viennese Crescent Cookies
Another tasty twist on snowball cookies with toffee and almonds!
A fun, no-bake treat garnished with M&Ms!!!
These Anisette Cookies are an old-world favorite that's perfect for your Christmas cookie tray.
Filled with dried cranberries and plenty of orange zest, every bite tastes like Christmas!
Chocolate Turtle Cookies are a delicious combo of chocolate, caramel and nuts!!
I'd pick these fun Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies over a candy cake 100% of the time!! YUM!
These Chocolate Mint sandwich cookies start with a cake mix! Super easy for the busy holidays!
No baking is needed to make these adorable Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks!
Chocolate cookies with a caramel surprise in the middle plus a sprinkle of sea salt!
Oatmeal Cookies dipped in an eggnog glaze make for a tasty holiday treat!
Soft ginger cookies that will make your kitchen smell like the holidays as they bake.
These Ricotta Cookies are a classic Italian Christmas treat.
Oreos and chunks of chocolate transform these sugar cookies into a holiday treat!
The classic Linzer cookies are ideal for the holidays! So beautiful and festive!
Make your peanut blossoms extra festive by garnishing the chocolate Kiss to look like a Christmas tree! Genius!!!
Chocolate and mint are two of the top flavors of the holidays! And in macarons? Yes, please!
These chocolate thumbprint cookies are coated in nuts, then filled with caramel!
Tasty Chocolate Cookies topped with Coconut Cream Cheese frosting and more coconut!!
These melt-in-your-mouth snowballs are a classic Christmas treat!!
These Peppermint Meringues are dipped in chocolate, then crushed candy cakes making them impossible to resist!!!
25 Comments on “30+ Christmas Cookies”
I’m so hungry now. These all look great!
Way too much temptation for this cookie monster. If I start tomorrow, I could try most of them! Great list Liz! Hope you and your family are enjoying a relaxing Thanksgiving weekend.
Oh, my, goodness, Liz…Thank God those photos tantalizing my brain and desire button are only replicas of the real thing. Bravo to your discipline for trying one cookie from each category. If your 30 cookies were placed on a plate in front of me, I’d have to taste each and every one.
Oh dear how do I choose?
This is so fun! I love Christmas cookies and choosing new ones to bake each year. Can’t wait to get baking!