Christmas Cookie Recipes

These Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes are all you need for making a Delicious Meal. Find the best Christmas Cookie Recipes for sharing with family and friends. Browse our Christmas Cookie Recipes collection to find the comfort foods and the classic dishes you love to make.

Savory Crispy Cheese Cookies

Cooking Time: 30m

Just seven ingredients make up these quick and easy Savory Crispy Cheese Cookies. Addictive as they are delicious, these melt-in-your-mouth cookies are made with Cheddar cheese and spiced with white pepper. They are cheesy, buttery, crispy, crumbly and perfect. Cut the cookies into seasonal shapes and add them to your...

December 13, 2023

Cranberry Pistachio Pinwheel Cookies

Cooking Time: 3h

Have leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving? Use it to make a batch of these delightful Cranberry Pistachio Pinwheel Cookies! They are super delicious, easy to make, and require no decoration. Make the dough by creaming together the butter and sugar until well combined. Add the milk, vanilla extract, and flour....

December 8, 2023

Christmas Tree Cookies

Cooking Time: 27m

These adorable Christmas Tree Cookies are naturally colored with kale (you won’t taste it) and decorated with sweet ribbons of icing and tiny bits of cranberries. These sugar cookies make for a great homemade gift and a beautiful addition to your next cookie box. For this recipe, you’ll need 4...

December 6, 2023

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Cooking Time: 3h 40m

This simple recipe for Lemon Shortbread Cookies will make a batch of 24 melt-in-your-mouth cookies that are simply the best. They are tender, buttery, rich and crumbly. Every bite is layered with a bright lemon flavor and just the right sweetness. Cut into seasonal shapes, these delicious shortbread cookies would...

December 19, 2022

Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

Cooking Time: 2h 15m

Are you on the hunt for a delicious Christmas cookie recipe? These Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies will fill your home with holiday scents of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and molasses. Easy to prep and bake, these soft, chewy, and crackly cookies look pretty and taste even better. Package them up for holiday...

December 6, 2022

Ukrainian Scuffles

Cooking Time: 42m

Ukrainian Scuffles, also known as rogalyky, are a signature Ukrainian dessert cooked for Christmas. These croissant-shaped rolls are traditionally made of buttery yeast dough and covered with cinnamon sugar. Soft and buttery, they are fun and easy to make. A few pantry staple ingredients and a slow overnight rise give...

September 23, 2022

Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies

Cooking Time: 28m

If you need a recipe for Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies, you just found it. These cookies use coconut oil to replace butter and are naturally sweetened with maple syrup. They are plant-based and vegan, and even better: beautiful and delicious! Enjoy these cookies plain or decorate with vanilla flavored icing and...

May 18, 2022

Gingerbread Men

Cooking Time: 1h 30m

These Gingerbread Men cookies are the holiday cookie everyone is looking for. The recipe is easy and fun to make and keeps the ingredient list short and simple. The cookies are soft and chewy with crispy edges and are perfect for decorating. I decorated mine with funny faces and buttons....

December 15, 2021

Chocolate Shortbread Stars

Cooking Time: 1h 20m

Enter these dainty Chocolate Shortbread Stars that are just as delicious as they sound! To make these chocolate cookies, you will need only five simple ingredients: butter, cocoa powder, rice flour, all-purpose flour, powdered sugar, and vanilla. If you want to be on the fancier side, make a simple chocolate...

December 13, 2021

Easy Gingerbread Cookies

Cooking Time: 30m

These easy Gingerbread Cookies taste just like gingerbread men minus all the work of rolling and cutting. I’m not a big baker and definitely not a cookie decorator, so I like to keep things simple. And if you, too, are looking for easy ways to decorate cookies, I’ve got you...

December 9, 2021

Christmas Shortbread Star Wreath

Cooking Time: 35m

Save this easy Christmas Shortbread Star Wreath recipe and give it a try! It’s simple to make, uses just seven ingredients, requires no chilling the dough, and makes the perfect centerpiece for your Christmas table. Sweet buttery shortbread with cranberries hinted with orange zest and finished with confectioners’ sugar. So...

December 9, 2021

The Perfect Dark Chocolate Sugar Cookie

Cooking Time: 1h 30m

The Perfect Dark Chocolate Sugar Cookie is crisp and buttery with a rich, chocolate flavor. My kids love them just as they are for an after-school treat and I love to have some on hand when friends stop by for coffee – coffee and dark chocolate – Yum! You can...

November 29, 2021

Sesame Cookies

Cooking Time: 1h 25m

These Sesame Cookies are cute, delicious butter cookies speckled with sesame seeds that add a nutty flavor and a delicate crunch. They are perfect for a cookie break and entertaining too. So make sure to include these melt-in-your-mouth cookies on your holiday table or in your upcoming cookie gift boxes....

October 8, 2021

Italian Nut Cookies (Baci di Dama)

Cooking Time: 55m

These Italian Cookies (Baci di Dama) are a fantastic Italian sweet treat to make for your New Year’s Eve celebration this year. Baci di Dama literally means “lady’s kisses” and they taste amazing with an espresso after dinner or as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up with a cup of coffee. To make...

September 22, 2021

Forgotten Cookies

Cooking Time: 10h

Some people call them Forgotten Cookies, and some call them Forgotten Kisses. No matter how you call these chocolate chip meringue cookies, they taste delicious, and they are perfect for any occasion. The recipe is super easy to make and needs only one bowl. You can make them with your...

December 25, 2020

Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies

Cooking Time: 2h 10m

These homemade Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies have a perfect combination of winter flavors. For me, winter flavors are cranberries, oranges, a hint of almond, and of course, a high-quality real butter. The last one is the key ingredient that plays a crucial role in all shortbread cookies. So, please don’t...

December 17, 2020

Vegan Aquafaba Pavlova

Cooking Time: 2h

Vegan Aquafaba Pavlova has been a game changer for me – I can enjoy egg-free Pavlova now! Aquafaba is the liquid which you find in cans of chickpeas. As it is very similar to egg whites aquafaba can be used as a direct replacement for them in meringues which makes...

December 14, 2020

Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies

Cooking Time: 52m

These Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies are perfect not only for your next cookie break but for any holiday occasion too. Shortbread cookies are my favorites! When I think of shortbread cookies, I think of their rich buttery and flaky melt-in-your-mouth texture. And these cookies meet my expectations fully. In addition,...

December 8, 2020

Irish Ginger Cookies

Cooking Time: 27m

Bake our ultimate Irish Ginger Cookies because Christmas deserves only the best cookies! I’ve always been fond of Christmas baking, and I truly believe that no holiday serving platter would be complete without a batch of ginger cookies. I love the deep ginger flavor of these soft in the middle...

November 27, 2020

Maple Glazed Gingerbread Scones

Cooking Time: 55m

These Maple Glazed Gingerbread Scones are one of the best recipes for Christmas desserts that I know! I love these gorgeous scones flavored with spices like cinnamon, cloves and ginger. To make these delicious scones, start by freezing butter to make it easier to grate. Mix the dry ingredients together...

November 20, 2020

Dutch Pepernoten Cookies

Cooking Time: 45m

I don’t know about you, but I am already thinking about recipes for Сhristmas desserts and these Dutch Pepernoten Cookies are top of my list of Christmas cookie recipes! “Peper” means pepper in Dutch and you might find it surprising that one of the ingredients in these spicy cookies is...

November 19, 2020

Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies

Cooking Time: 3h

I love these Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies – they are one of the best recipes for Christmas desserts. To make these cute cookies, start by making the meringue base by mixing egg whites, sugar and a pinch of tartar. Add mint extract and beat some more. Once the mixture is...

November 17, 2020

TOP 10 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes

1. Star Anise Cookies These Star Anise Cookies are the cutest little cookies that I have chosen to include in all my Christmas boxes this year. The dough is made from a simple batter with a drop of star anise extract and a sugar-milk frosting flavored with anise too. A...

November 17, 2020

Walnut Rugelach

Cooking Time: 1h 20m

These Walnut Rugelach were most famously enjoyed in Russia and spread right around the world, especially between Jewish communities. Mini dough pastries, unlike other rugelach, are soft and crumbly, kind of like cookie dough, rolled and wrapped around a smashing filling made from apricot preserves, walnuts, dried cranberries, sugar and...

November 13, 2020

Russian Tea Cakes-Snowballs

Cooking Time: 1h 40m

These Russian Tea Cakes are also known as snowballs because of their white, round and fluffy appearance. These cookies are light, nutty and buttery and they get their snowball appearance because they are covered in powdered sugar! The perfect cookies to make at Christmas. To make this one of my...

November 12, 2020

Chocolate Orange Cookies

Cooking Time: 30m

These Chocolate Orange Cookies are like a taste of my childhood Christmases. I adore the combination of chocolate and orange – it reminds me of Christmas in my childhood. In my family, we always had chocolate orange flavor treated from about mid December on. It is a tradition that I’ve...

November 12, 2020

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