Holiday Cookie Recipes

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Do you make holiday cookies to share with your family and friends? There’s something so special about a holiday cookie, it just puts you in a Christmas mood… especially when you pair it with a glass of eggnog. So we’ve collected our favorites tasty holiday cookie recipes to feature today.

Whether you’re looking for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe or inspiration for making home baked christmas gifts, we want to help you enjoy your holiday baking.

Delicious Holiday Cookie Recipes

Baking cookies can be such a wonderful way to spend time with your kids over the Christmas holidays. My girls have always loved baking and decorating Christmas cookies.

And now that they are teenagers, they sometimes also bake them on their own. It really is a treat for us moms when our kids can actually cook and bake for us!

Whether you’re making these recipes yourself, with your kids, or their making them on their own… we’re sure you’ll love them all!

Christmas Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

Chocolate Biscotti Recipe that is extra sweet, extra festive, and it comes out softer than the traditional biscotti. It is definitely a treat the entire family will enjoy.

Dark Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies

A rich, complex, dark double chocolate chip cookie that complements its sweetness with a hint of bitterness, a dash of salty, and a smidgen of minty.

Sugar Cream Pie Cookies

These Sugar Cream Pie Cookies are inspired by the famous Indiana Hoosier sugar cream pie. They are delicious cookies with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg!

Easy Icebox Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Shortbread cookies are perfect for holiday cookie exchanges. We love this tasty recipe from Hello Creative Family for Easy Icebox Shortbread Cookies Recipe.

Easy Hot Chocolate Cookies Recipe

Try this delicious holiday cookie recipe from Simply Stacie. These Hot Chocolate Cookies are rich and easy to make with hot chocolate mix. Your friends and family will love this yummy treat.

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

We love how the cranberries in these cookies add a bright and merry look to these White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies from Crystal and Co. They're simple to make and use ingredients you'll have in your cupboard.

Gingerbread Men Cookies

Christmas isn't complete without gingerbread men cookies! We love these adorable gingerbread me from Spaceships and Laserbeams. Your kids will have a wonderful time decorating them with you.

Easy Sugar Cookies for the Holidays

When you're short on time and your kids are begging to decorate Christmas cookies, whip up a batch of these easy sugar cookies. Grab the recipe from our friends at Mom Trends.

OREO Cookie Balls Christmas Tree

Here's a fun twist on typical cookies... Make up a batch of these OREO Cookie Balls (aka Oreo truffles) from Mom Endeavors. They are a quick no-bake Christmas treat that your kids will love.

Easy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe

Do you have lots of extra candy canes? Whip up some of the classic holiday cookies... Chocolate Peppermint Cookies. This easy recipe from Tammilee Tips uses chocolate cake mix that gives you a head start on your baking time.

Snowball Cookies

Did you know that Snowball Cookies are also called Russian Tea Cakes or Mexican Wedding Cookies? They are a popular Christmas cookie and we love how they are so delicate and melt-in-your-mouth. They're buttery pecan shortbread cookies coated in powdered sugar so that they look like festive snowballs.

German Spritz Cookies (Spritzgebäck)

Add some German influence into your holiday baking this year. Make festive German spritz cookies in different shapes. They are perfectly sweet & dipped in chocolate.

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