We are in full holiday baking mode which means Christmas cookies are made around here on the daily. Sugar cookies. Chocolate cookies. Cutout cookies. Fancy cookies. Snowball cookies. You name it, we are making it. Making all the cookie recipes.
December is my absolutely favorite baking month! WE ARE BAKING ALL THE THINGS. Today, I’m sharing with you some of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes. Why not make a bunch of these recipes and have your own cookie exchange with your family?
Snowball cookies are such a classic and they are my dad’s favorite holiday cookie. I can’t remember a holiday without these easy-to-made, delicious, nutty, powdery cookies in the house. This Classic Snowball Cookies recipe from The Many Little Joys will give you and yours much joy this holiday.
Classic Snowball Cookies
Call them whatever you like–Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, snowball cookies–these bite-sized cookies are the perfect addition to a holiday dessert plate, cookie exchange, or for enjoying by yourself snuggled next to the Christmas tree.
Photo credit: The Little Many Joys
TURTLE COOKIES
This is a dark chocolate based cookie rolled in chopped pecans, topped with creamy caramel layer, a chocolate layer and sprinkled with more pecans that just screams to be made during the holidays!
Turtle Cookies
This is a dark chocolate based cookie rolled in chopped pecans, topped with creamy caramel layer, a chocolate layer and sprinkled with more pecans that just screams to be made during the holidays!
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These soft, fudgy cookies are another classic cookie you may remember from your childhood. These Crinkle Cookies from Savory Nothings definitely should be on your to-make list this holiday.
Chewy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These Chewy Chocolate Crinkle Cookiesare soft and turn out picture-perfect! The super easydough make these the best Christmas cookies for your holiday baking!
Photo credit: Savory Nothing
CHRISTMAS WHITE CHOCOLATE SUGAR WAFERS
Not everyone has time for 100% homemade holiday cookies and that is why these Christmas White Chocolate Sugar Wafers from The Kitchen is My Playground are perfect.
CHRISTMAS WHITE CHOCOLATE-DIPPED SUGAR WAFERS
Looking for a fun and easy Christmas treat to make for your holiday festivities? Give theseChristmas White Chocolate-Dipped Sugar Wafersa try! They're an easy, adorable, kid-friendly, crowd-pleasing festive treat that can even be made last minute if need be. Adored by both kids and grown-ups alike, a platter of these beauties will disappear in a flash.
Photo credit: The Kitchen is My Playground
NO BACK SALTED CARAMEL COCONUT MACAROONS
These No-Bake Salted Caramel Coconut Macaroons by Imperial Sugar are so very easy that they may just become your go-to Christmas cookie recipe when you need something fast. Sweet coconut gets stirred into gooey caramel to form macaroons.
No Bake Salted Caramel Coconut Macaroons
These No-Bake Salted Caramel Coconut Macaroons are so very easy that they may just become your go-to cookie recipe when you need something fast. Sweet coconut gets stirred into gooey caramel to form macaroons – then everythinggets dipped and drizzled in chocolate. That's a lot of happiness to share!
Photo credit: Imperial Sugar
CANDY CANE COOKIES
These candy cane cookies are super easy to make, delicious AND adorable! Even the kids can help with this one.
Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
These candy cane cookies are super easy to make, delicious AND adorable! Even the kids can help with this one.
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You don’t have to wait for Christmas to make these Italian Christmas Cookies from My Farm Girl Gabs. Just drop the “Christmas” out of the name and make them all year long.
Italian Christmas Cookies
Italian Christmas Cookiesare delicious cake-like cookies with a hint of anise and sweet sugar glaze. This easy cookie recipe is great to serve any time of the year.
Photo credit: The Farm Girl Gabs
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER RITZ COOKIES
This is another fast Christmas cookie recipe for those who don’t have time for 100% homemade. That doesn’t mean these Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cookies from Spaceships and Laser Beams aren’t a favorite of so many cookie exchange parties in previous years.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cookies
Sweet, salty, buttery, and chocolatey, these chocolate peanut butter Ritz cookies are the sweet and salty treat you’ve been dreaming of! With just four ingredients and no baking, they’re super-easy and great fun to make.
Photo credit: Spaceships and Laser Beams
CHOCOLATE FT. YORK MINT STUFFED COOKIES
Dark chocolate cookies stuffed with York peppermint patties that bring the chocolate and mint together for a holiday dream!
CHOCOLATE FT. YORK MINT STUFFED COOKIES
It's a soft, dark chocolate base with a Mini York Peppermint Patty inside and topped with a chocolate layer and half of a Mini York. It's delicious, easy and a perfect copycat!
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Just the name of these cookies remind me of sitting by a fire during the holidays. These Hot Cocoa Cookies from Love from the Oven are everything you want in a holiday and they tasted exactly like a cup of hot cocoa. Don’t believe me. Make them and try for yourself.
Hot Cocoa Cookies
Hot Chocolate Cookies are perfect Christmas cookies and are great cookie for cookie exchanges.
Photo credit: Love from the Oven
I’ve been making Peanut Butter Blossoms since I was a kid and this recipe from Taste of Lizzy T tells you how easy it is to whip up a batch.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Calling all chocolate peanut butter lovers! This classic Peanut Butter Blossoms cookie recipe is one you’ll need in your recipe box. These cookies stay soft and freeze well.
Photo credit: Tastes of Lizzy
KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE COOKIES
These delicious, buttery-flavored cookies bring a Kentucky butter cake to life in cookie form.
Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
These delicious, buttery-flavored cookies bring a Kentucky butter cake to life in cookie form.
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My kids love a fun pinwheel Christmas cookie and if you change the colors, they work for any holiday. This step-by-step recipe guide from the Slow Roasted Italian will show you exactly how to make these Christmas Pinwheel Cookies.
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Christmas Pinwheel Cookiessteal the show every time – and you can see why! They’re colorful, mouthwateringly sweet, delicate and soft, and just beautiful to look at! Pinwheel Christmas cookies can be made with your own homemade or store-bought dough. Talk about easy!
Photo credit: Slow Roasted Italian
RASPBERRY ALMOND SHORTBREAD COOKIES
These Raspberry Almond Shortbread Cookies are another classic holiday cookie recipe from Dear Chrissy.
MUDDY BUDDIES COOKIES
We love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate so these Muddy Buddies Cookies are perfect for our holiday baking sessions.
Mini Crumbl Muddy Buddies Cookies Copycat Recipe
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NUTTER BUTTER REINDEER COOKIES
This is a craft and snack all in one. These Nutter Butter Reindeer Cookies by See Vanessa Craft are a great, easy craft to do with the kids. Just don’t be surprised when this Christmas cookie is eaten as fast as you can make them.
PEPPERMINT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
This is a twist on the traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe. Add peppermint candies and it brings out the holiday in everyone. These Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies by Lemons and Zest is a perfect cookie to remind you that it’s the holiday.
Now, these are not all my favorite holiday cookie recipes, of course, but it should get you started if you haven’t already started baking. Not to overwhelm you but you can check out more cookie recipes here, here, or here.
