It’s time to get all your holiday baking recipes out of the recipe tin. Check out our favorite Christmas cookie recipes. I will continue to add more cookie recipes to this collection.
If you have a cookie recipe you’d like to share with us, please submit it here. I would like to publish the recipes on my blog. I’ve already shared some reader recipes and would be happy to share your favorite family recipes as well.
Also check out our articles on homemade holiday gifts and the ultimate gift list for foodies.
This shortbread cookie recipe is buttery and flaky. I personally love dipping these cookies in dark chocolate. You can also bake sweet and salty chocolate chip shortbread by adding chopped chocolate to the dough.
Wrap them around crushed candy canes and then slice to create sweet peppermint holiday treats.
In this post, we’ll explain everything you need to know about making shortbread, including a deep dark chocolate version.
Shortbread cookies are easier to make than you think. No need to wait for the holiday season. You can make cookies that are crunchy, buttery, and melt in your mouth.
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What could be better than chocolate shortbread stuffed with dark chocolate chips? If you have a chocolate lover on your list this year, these cookies are what they’ll be craving.
Crispy, buttery, chocolatey.
These chocolatey chocolate chip shortbread cookies are especially delicious if you’re a chocolate lover. A super rich chocolate shortbread cookie made with black cocoa and filled with dark chocolate chunks.
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This cookie is a pecan shortbread cookie. You may see something called a pecan snowball. Usually made as round balls like Mexican wedding cookies, my Grammys have always been made in the shape of a finger.
I still make it that way.
This classic pecan finger cookie recipe is filled with crushed pecans and covered in powdered sugar. It’s one of my all-time favorite cookies.
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This chocolate chip cookie recipe is adapted from the famous Jacques Torres chocolate chip cookies. These are the best textured chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had.
Packed with three types of chocolate chips, you can enjoy the crispy texture on the outside and chewy texture on the inside. This decadent cookie is sprinkled with a touch of fleur de sel. The salt complements the butter and chocolate, making them the best chocolate chip cookies you’ve ever had.
These Salty Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect sweet and salty cookie. Based on the famous Jacques Torres chocolate chip cookie. I’ve put my own spin on these babies, and I think they’re even better than the originals.
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When I think of Kistina Tossi, I think of Palette, an eight-year-old with the skills of a master pastry chef. She has a way of combining all the flavors you loved from your childhood into well-crafted cookies. That’s truly genius!
I have all of Tossi’s cookbooks. I love trying her fun creations. This cookie, Milk Bar’s Compost Cookie, is similar to a chocolate chip cookie, but imagine that inside that chocolate chip cookie are all the other snack foods you’ve ever eaten during a slumber party. Then you can make compost cookies.
These cookies are so fun to make. A bit like a classic chocolate chip cookie, but includes a collection of “mix-ins” to create your own unique character.
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What can I say about pumpkin chocolate chip cookies? This chewy chocolate chip cookie has a dollop of pumpkin puree and a dash of pumpkin spice. It’s very easy to make. You don’t even need a mixer.
Enjoy it with a hot cup of coffee on a cold autumn day.
These are the best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that are soft and chewy. Pumpkin spice cookies are the perfect fall dessert recipe. These cookies are super easy to make and don’t require a mixer.
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Soft pumpkin cookies and cream cheese frosting are the perfect combination. You’ll love the sweet pumpkin spice in these cookies.
Grab a cozy sweater, a hot cup of tea, some fall-inspired cookies, and curl up.
The best soft pumpkin cookies with tangy and sweet cream cheese frosting. Soft cookies with pumpkin spice are the perfect recipe for a fall dessert. These are super easy to make and don’t require a mixer.
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With persimmons and fall spices, these cookies will become one of your favorite cookies this holiday season. If you haven’t tried making bread with persimmons yet, this recipe is perfect for you.
These persimmon cookies are easy to make, packed with fruit and nuts, and have an out-of-this-world texture.
This is the best persimmon cookie recipe. Cookies made with fresh persimmon pulp and holiday spices. It’s soft, not too sweet, and has just the right amount of spice. If you haven’t tried persimmon cookies, consider adding them to your Christmas cookie rotation.
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These pecan snowball cookies contain only 1 net carb per cookie. You can still enjoy your vacation even if you’re watching your sugar intake.
When I made these cookies, I was so excited about how they turned out. They taste just like the original Pecan Snowball Cookies, but without the added sugar. You will honestly love them.
Snowball cookies are made with pecans or almonds. Also called Mexican wedding cookies or Russian tea cookies. This cookie is a pecan shortbread cookie rolled in powdered sugar. This low carb keto cookie is just as delicious as the original version.
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Homemade cinnamon rolls are always delicious! What better way to celebrate Christmas morning than with soft, fluffy cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting?
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There’s no cookie more representative of the holidays than Ginger Molasses Crinkle Cookies. Sweet, crunchy, chewy, and packed with holiday spice.
Cookies made with molasses are soft, chewy, and irresistibly delicious. It’s chewy, soft, and full of spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. These Old Fashioned Ginger Spice Cookies are everything a holiday cookie should be.
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These sugar cookies are light and crunchy. It will melt in your mouth. I love adding colored nonpareils to these cookies to add some fun during the holiday season. These are rainbow nonpareils, but you can use any color you like for holiday baking.
This is the lightest, melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookie recipe ever. This is the best sugar cookie recipe you’ll ever make.
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Peppermint Meringue Cookies are the cutest holiday cookies ever! It’s a crunchy, pillow-like, cloud-like sweet that can be seasoned to your liking. I like peppermint for the holidays, but you can use any flavored extract that suits your taste.
Meringue cookies make adorable Christmas cookies that are perfect as gifts for neighbors and friends.
Think of these chocolate sandwich cookies as gourmet Oreos. Dark chocolate cookies are filled with decadent buttercream and can be colored any color you like.
Who wouldn’t want Oreo flavor without any unnatural ingredients?
*This recipe was originally published as a bat-shaped Halloween cookie. To make homemade Oreos, use the same recipe using round cookie cutters or your favorite Christmas cookie cutters.
These cookies are basically homemade gourmet Oreo cookies. Dark chocolate cookie dough can also be baked on its own and then crumbled or crumbled over ice cream.
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These grain-free granola cookies are made with nuts, desiccated coconut, spices, and a little sugar. It’s a great alternative if you want to eat cookies but don’t want gluten or sugar.
Add the perfect crunch and sweetness to your breakfast with this homemade granola recipe. It’s very easy to make, so you can customize it to your own taste.
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edible christmas gift ideas
Holidays are days of presentsyou’ll find lots of easy-to-make holiday gift ideas. If you don’t have time to shop this year, why not make a gourmet gift for your loved one?.
