BEST CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPES

Best collection of easy Christmas Cookies ever- they’re even approved for Santa himself! Our Christmas cookies are perfect for holiday parties, cookie exchanges and neighbor goodie plates!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Nothing is better than preparing for Christmas – spending time with family, setting up decorations, and making cookies to enjoy at all the holiday parties and to leave out for Santa himself! Our Christmas cookie collection gives you a ton of ideas for fun and delicious Christmas cookies that are sure to be a hit!

Peppermint Bark Cookies

Peppermint Bark Cookies are the ultimate Christmas cookies, a sensational holiday dessert! These peppermint cookies are bakery-style chocolate cookies topped with peppermint buttercream & homemade peppermint bark! See the recipe for Peppermint Bark Cookies here.

Gingerbread House Cookies

Gingerbread House Cookies made with gingerbread cookies, gum drops, and peppermint candies. If you can use it to decorate a gingerbread house with, you can put it in these cookies! See the recipe for Gingerbread House Cookies here.

Peppermint Snowman Cookies

Peppermint Snowman Cookies a fun and festive wintery treat! Chocolate cookies stuffed with peppermint patties & decorated with a candy-covered snowman, these peppermint cookies are almost too cute to eat. See the recipe for Peppermint Snowman Cookies here.

No Bake Gingerbread Cookies

No Bake Gingerbread Cookies made easy with pudding mix, molasses, oats & a blend of warm spices to give these cookies the perfect gingerbread flavor! See the recipe for No Bake Gingerbread Cookies here.

Frosted Rose Sugar Cookies

Frosted Rose Sugar Cookies are buttery, soft sugar cookies with a delicious swirled rosette on top! This sugar cookie recipe doesn’t require any chilling and you don’t have to roll them out either! Elegant Sugar Cookies that look like roses that are perfect as gifts! See the recipe for Frosted Rose Sugar Cookies here.

Red Velvet Christmas Cookies

Red Velvet Christmas cookies with the festive red color, rich chocolate taste & cream cheese icing on top, these cookies are sure to be holiday favorites! See the recipe for Red Velvet Christmas Cookies here.

Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups

Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups are festive Christmas cookies! Sugar cookie cups filled with fudge, mini marshmallows & sprinkles. Love the candy cane handle! Easy to make and they taste as great as they look. Fun at parties & as neighbor gifts! Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups are my favorite Christmas cookie ever! They’re super cute, so festive and absolutely delicious. See the recipe for Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups here.

Peppermint Vanilla Shortbread Cookies

Peppermint Vanilla Shortbread Cookies are tender, buttery whipped shortbread with a lovely peppermint vanilla glaze! Delicious Christmas shortbread cookies for holiday trays! See the recipe for Peppermint Vanilla Shortbread Cookies here.

Mini Gingerbread Cookies

Mini gingerbread cookies made from scratch & ready for your Christmas party! Perfect 2-bite cookies made easy without scooping any cookie dough. Easy method yields over 6 dozen cookies baked in record time! See the recipe for Mini Gingerbread Cookies here.

Peppermint Shortbread Cookies

Peppermint shortbread cookies are festive buttery cookies topped with white chocolate & candy cane pieces! Shortbread cookies are perfect for Christmas! See the recipe for Peppermint Shortbread Cookies here.

Peppermint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Peppermint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies are a lovely holiday treat made with soft chocolate cookies and a peppermint cheesecake filling. Perfect holiday cookies for gift giving and dessert trays! See the recipe for Peppermint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies here.

Mint Christmas Cookies

Mint Christmas Cookies are one of my favorite Christmas cookies ever. If you like Mint Milanos, you’ll love these because they taste very similar! The mint-chocolate combination is a favorite of ours and really, who can resist any treat that’s got holiday sprinkles?! Not me! The recipe makes about 4 dozen too, so they’re perfect for cookie exchange parties this time of year. See the recipe for Mint Christmas Cookies here.

Almond Cinnamon Crescent Cookies

Almond cinnamon crescent cookies are classic buttery shortbread cookies shaped into crescents & rolled in powdered sugar. Perfect cookies beside a cup of tea in cold winter weather! See the recipe for Almond Cinnamon Crescent Cookies here.

Gingersnap Cookies

Gingersnap Cookies are a crisp, spicy & iconic holiday favorite! Make some gingersnap cookies at home and enjoy this classic recipe. See the recipe for Gingersnap Cookies here.

Chocolate Ritz Cracker Cookies

Chocolate Ritz Cracker Cookies are a simple but delicious Christmas staple! The perfect peanut butter Ritz addition to your cookie platters!  See the recipe for Chocolate Ritz Cracker Cookies here.

Gumdrop Gingerbread Cookies

Gumdrop Gingerbread Cookies are a classic Christmas treat that everyone enjoys! These cookies with gumdrops are an simple way to serve up something sweet and delicious during the holidays. See the recipe for Gumdrop Gingerbread Cookies here.

Peppermint Meltaways

Peppermint Meltaways are a soft, delicate cookies with fantastic peppermint flavor! Made with a simple icing & topped with crushed peppermint, these meltaways are a festive holiday cookie! See the recipe for Peppermint Meltaways here.

Coconut Shortbread Cookies

Coconut shortbread cookies are buttery, crisp shortbread cookies with fantastic coconut flavor! They’re dipped in chocolate & dusted with more coconut for a delicious cookie combination. See the recipe for Coconut Shortbread Cookies here.

Chewy Molasses Cookies

Homemade Molasses Cookies have incredible flavor & a soft, chewy texture! Simple soft molasses cookies let the molasses flavor shine through; everyone loves them! See the recipe for Chewy Molasses Cookies here.

Peppermint Cutout Cookies

Peppermint Cutout cookies made with classic ingredients + crushed candy canes and a simple vanilla glaze! Buttery, festive cut out sugar cookies perfect for Christmas! See the recipe for Peppermint Cutout Cookies here.

Hot Cocoa Cookies

Hot Cocoa Cookies made with hot cocoa mix, chocolate chips, crushed candy canes and marshmallow bits. These hot chocolate cookies are simple to make and have all the flavors of a cup of your favorite hot cocoa! See the recipe for Hot Cocoa Cookies here.

Holiday Star Cookies

Holiday Star Cookies are bright, buttery & sparkly. They’re perfect for the holidays! Candy coated & sprinkled to holiday perfection, everyone loves these melt-in-your mouth vanilla shortbread cookies. See the recipe for Holiday Star Cookies here.

Peppermint Fudge Sugar Cookies

Peppermint Fudge Sugar Cookies are two favorites in one! Soft sugar cookies topped with a chocolate peppermint fudge & crushed candy canes for an over-the-top Christmas treat! See the recipe for Peppermint Fudge Sugar Cookies here.

Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies

Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies are a soft, buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookie topped with sweet strawberry jam! Classic thumbprint cookies with jam are made easy with pantry ingredients & taste delicious! See the recipe for Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies here.

Orange Cardamom Cookies

Orange Cardamom Cookies are a delightful treat that combines the sweet and tangy flavor of oranges with the warm, aromatic spice of cardamom. To make these cardamom cookies, you will need a box of cake mix, oil, eggs, cardamom, and a few other simple ingredients. See the recipe for Orange Cardamom Cookies here.

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Christmas Sugar Cookies are a necessary holiday tradition at our house! This simple sugar cookie recipe produces soft, chewy and delicious cut-out cookies that can be decorated with a simple 4-ingredient buttercream frosting. See the recipe for Christmas Sugar Cookies here.

Double Chocolate Mint Cookies

Double Chocolate Mint Cookies with a brownie cookie base, topped with mint icing and a decadent chocolate drizzle. Fantastic mint chocolate cookies that everyone is sure to go crazy over! See the recipe for Double Chocolate Mint Cookies here.

Linzer Cookies

Linzer Cookies are a classic holiday cookie popular at Christmas cookie exchanges! Classic Linzer cookie recipe made with buttery shortbread & filled with sweet jam. See the recipe for Linzer Cookies here.

Frosted Gingerbread Sugar Cookies

Frosted Gingerbread Sugar Cookies are soft, chewy and packed with spice and flavor. These delicious gingerbread cookies don’t require any chilling, rolling out or cutting and they are frosted with a simple buttercream frosting. See the recipe for Frosted Gingerbread Sugar Cookies here.

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies made with vanilla pudding mix, crushed candy canes and peppermint extract. Soft and chewy cookies that are perfect for the holidays! See the recipe for Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies here.

Iced Ginger Molasses Cookies

Iced Ginger Molasses Cookies are soft, chewy, & perfectly spiced! These molasses ginger cookies are topped with warm cinnamon icing everyone loves! See the recipe for Iced Ginger Molasses Cookies here.

Best Snickerdoodles Recipe

Classic Snickerdoodle recipe for the best Snickerdoodle Cookies ever! Soft & chewy with great cinnamon sugar flavor and that traditional snickerdoodle texture. See the recipe for Best Snickeroodles Recipe here

Iced Gnome Cookies

Iced Gnome Cookies made EASY and are ADORABLE! Made with a buttery shortbread & iced to perfection, these magical little gnomes almost come to life! See the recipe for Iced Gnome Cookies here.

Orange Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Orange Cinnamon chocolate chip cookies are a wonderful variation on a classic that’s perfect for the holidays! Warm cinnamon flavor blends perfectly with bright citrus to compliment these buttery chocolate chip cookies. See the recipe for Orange Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies here.

Raspberry Meltaway Cookies

Raspberry Meltaway Cookies just melt in your mouth! Soft dough made with cornstarch and powdered sugar compliments these raspberry cookies beautifully. Perfect topped with a simple almond glaze swirled with raspberry jam. See the recipe for Raspberry Meltaway Cookies here.

Frosted Eggnog Cookies

Frosted Eggnog Cookies made with classic ingredients, including holiday eggnog! Perfectly sweet with a bit of spice, these Christmas cookies are frosted with an eggnog buttercream that everyone loves! See the recipe for Frosted Eggnog Cookies here.

Chocolate Orange Slice Cookies

Chocolate Orange Slice Cookies mimic orange slices dipped in chocolate. Bright, tangy citrusy flavor comes from orange Kool-Aid mix baked into the cookies! Perfect cookie recipe for cookie exchanges and during the holidays. Chocolate Orange Slice Cookies here.

Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies

Soft Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies made with classic ingredients like molasses & cinnamon, then filled with a vanilla cream cheese buttercream! Fantastic holiday cookies! See the recipe for Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies here.

Best Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

I’ve searched for years- THESE are the best gingerbread cut out cookies! The dough holds shape & bakes up perfectly every time & has a fantastic spiced gingerbread flavor. Favorite gingerbread men recipe ever! See the recipe for Best Gingerbread Cutout Cookies here.

Reindeer Cookie Cake

Christmas Reindeer Cookie Cake made with chocolate chip cookie dough & topped with simple candy to look like reindeer! Easy, festive holiday cookie cake that’s Rudolph approved! See the recipe for Reindeer Cookie Cake here.

Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies

Soft Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies are soft, perfectly spiced gingersnap cookies made with pumpkin! Classic cookie recipe with a twist perfect for holiday baking. I love, love, love Gingersnap Cookies. They just taste like the holidays to me. See the recipe for Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies here.

Danish Wedding Cookies

‘Tis the season for fun and festive cookies and what can be more festive than a Danish wedding cookie? These cookies look like fresh snowballs and taste like a sweet bite of blissful happiness. See the recipe for Danish Wedding Cookies here.

Spiced Reindeer Cookies

Spiced Reindeer Cookies are a fun & festive addition to your cookie tray! Buttery soft spiced cookies decorated into simple & cute reindeer! See the recipe for Spiced Reindeer Cookies here.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies made by adding mint extract & chocolate chips to a delicious pudding cookie dough. This chocolate chip cookie recipe is perfect for those who love mint chip ice cream. Our Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are great for holiday baking! See the recipe for Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies here.

Santa’s Whiskers Cookies

Santa’s Whiskers Cookies are buttery cookies made with sweet cherries & pecans, then rolled in coconut for the classic look! Delicious slice and bake shortbread cookies made festive for Christmas! See the recipe for Santa’s Whiskers Cookies here.

Frosted Peppermint Cookies

Frosted Peppermint Cookies are soft, pillowy cookies baked with peppermint candy and topped with peppermint vanilla buttercream and candy cane pieces. See the recipe for Frosted Peppermint Cookies here.

Peppermint Butter Cookies

Peppermint butter cookies made easy with classic ingredients, then dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with peppermint! Delicious flavor in these buttery crisp, delicate Christmas cookies! See the recipe for Peppermint Butter Cookies here.

Grinch Thumbprint Cookies

The Grinch may have stolen Christmas but these cookies will steal your hearts! Fun & Festive Grinch Thumbprint Cookies made with green chocolate filling & topped with a red heart sprinkle! See the recipe for Grinch Thumbprint Cookies here.

Mint Oreo Pudding Cookies

Mint Oreo Pudding Cookies are absolutely amazing! Several years ago, I began making these Cookies and Cream Cookies that have Oreo Pudding in the recipe and they have been one of my favorite cookies ever since. See the recipe for Mint Oreo Pudding Cookies here.

White Chocolate Butter Cookies

Classic White chocolate butter cookies made with buttery cookie dough and covered in white chocolate & sprinkles. Incredible shortbread cookie with a delicate texture and fantastic flavor! See the recipe for White Chocolate Butter Cookies here.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipes

Christmas Sugar Cookies are a necessary holiday tradition at our house! This simple sugar cookie recipe produces soft, chewy and delicious cut-out cookies that can be decorated with a simple 4-ingredient buttercream frosting. See the recipe for Christmas Sugar Cookies here.

Peppermint Cookie Bars

Frosted Peppermint Cookie Bars are festive holiday sugar cookies baked into bars & topped with sweet white chocolate & peppermints! Easy cookie bar recipe with lovely peppermint flavor perfect for Christmas baking. See the recipe for Peppermint Cookie Bars here.

Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups

Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups combine two favorite desserts in a bite sized treat that is full of cinnamon and apple pie filling! See the recipe for Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups here.

Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies

Fun & festive Christmas Tree Cookies are 3D Christmas trees in cookie form! Stacked layers of soft sugar cookies and green frosting, complete with sprinkles for ornaments complete the look of these cute holiday trees. See the recipe for Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies here.

Holiday Spiced Snickerdoodles

Holiday Snickerdoodles are a soft and chewy cookie rolled in a delightful cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg sugar. Snickerdoodle cookies with a holiday Gingerbread twist perfect for Christmas baking. See the recipe for Holiday Spiced Snickerdoodles here.

Christmas Sprinkle Cookies

Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are sugar Cookies rolled in Christmas sprinkles for a special holiday treat! Delightfully soft & chewy Christmas cookies made with festive holiday sprinkles! See the recipe for Christmas Sprinkle Cookies here.

Frosted Pumpkin Ginger Cookies

Frosted Pumpkin Ginger Cookies are a delightfully spiced Fall treat! These pumpkin cookies are soft & chewy with a sensational brown butter frosting on top. See the recipe for Frosted Pumpkin Ginger Cookies here.

Pistachio Pudding Cookies

Pistachio Pudding Cookies are made by adding pistachio pudding mix to a buttery, homemade cookie dough and then adding white chocolate chips and plenty of chopped pistachios! Soft, sweet pistachio flavored pudding cookies with amazing flavor and texture. See the recipe for Pistachio Pudding Cookies here.

Gingerbread Cookie Bars

Gingerbread Cookie Bars are soft, thick, perfectly spiced and easy to make when you don’t have time to scoop out individual cookies. Topped with cream cheese frosting, these gingerbread cookie bars are a big hit during the holiday season! See the recipe for Gingerbread Cookie Bars here.

Spiced Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Spiced Christmas Shortbread Cookies made with cinnamon & allspice in the dough and topped with a simple icing recipe for perfect Christmas cookies! Buttery shortbread cookies with great flavor & texture for holiday baking. See the recipe for Spiced Christmas Shortbread Cookies here.

Cinnamon Roll Snickerdoodles

Cinnamon Roll Snickerdoodles are your favorite snickerdoodle cookies with the addition of a sweet vanilla swirl on top! A fun variation on a Snickerdoodle recipe for anyone who loves Cinnamon Rolls! See the recipe for Cinnamon Roll Snickerdoodles here.

Red Velvet Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut Butter Blossoms with a twist! I think what makes these cookies so special is not only the extra cocoa richness, but the red sanding sugar.  It really makes the cookies sparkle and shine and my kids couldn’t stop talking about them! See the recipe for Red Velvet Peanut Butter Blossoms here.

Classic Christmas Cutout Cookies

Classic Christmas Cut-Out Cookies perfect for the holidays! Easy sugar cookies for cookie cutters with a simple shiny cookie icing that everyone loves. See the recipe for Classic Christmas Cutout Cookies here.

Easy Christmas Cookies

These Christmas Cookies are filled with M&Ms and sprinkles and are so easy to make. I enjoy making them especially since it’s an easy recipe to involve the little ones. They love to add the ingredients and especially to top off each cookie with M&Ms. See the recipe for Easy Christmas Cookies here.

Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies

Fun & festive Christmas Tree Cookies are 3D Christmas trees in cookie form! Stacked layers of soft sugar cookies and green frosting, complete with sprinkles for ornaments complete the look of these cute holiday trees. See the recipe for Stacked Christmas Tree Cookies here.

Gingerbread Cookies

Looking for the perfect gingerbread cookie recipe? Here you go! These cookies keep their shape, and won’t spread during baking! Pick up a gingerbread cookie cutter here, and get baking! See the recipe for Gingerbread Cookies here.

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Kitchen hack for holiday baking: make four Christmas cookies from one basic dough with this recipe. Prepare the dough ahead of time, freeze and bake later! See the recipe for Frosted Sugar Cookies here.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars are thick, soft and absolutely amazing! Best sugar cookie bar recipe that I’ve ever tried! See the recipe for Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars here.

Christmas Light Cut-out Cookies

Festive Christmas light cut-out cookies are bright & colorful cookies perfect for Christmas trays! Simple butter cookies cut out, baked & frosted to look just like sparkly holiday lights on the tree! See the recipe for Christmas Light Cut-out Cookies here.

Easy Decorated Christmas Cookies

Don’t fancy yourself as a fancy cookie maker? Check out these Easy Decorated Christmas Cookies, they’re one-bowl, no-mixer and simply delish! Try this Easy Decorated Christmas Cookies recipe here.

Grinch Cookies

Let’s whip up a batch of Crinkly, Cranky, Grinch Cookies in The Grinch’s honor and devour them! Sound good? I think so too! See the recipe for Grinch Cookies here!

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bites

Our Christmas Sugar Cookie Bites are a bite-sized version of the classic Christmas sugar cookies with buttercream frosting. So yummy and so easy to make! See the recipe for Christmas Sugar Cookie Bites here.

Andes Mint Cookies

Andes Mint Cookies are a soft-baked chocolate cookie loaded with Andes Mint pieces and spread with an extra layer of mint goodness. They’re amazing straight from the oven. See the recipe for Andes Mint Cookies here.

Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

The classic combination of chocolate and peppermint make these dark chocolate candy cane cookies the perfect treat for the holidays! See the recipe for Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies here.

Christmas Jello Sugar Cookies

Christmas Jello Sugar Cookies made with red and green Jello in the cookies and the frosting. Festive and flavorful cut-out sugar cookies that can be made with any flavor of Jello! See the recipe for Christmas Jello Sugar Cookies here.

Christmas Lights Cookies

Christmas Lights Cookies with a small batch of royal icing and mini M&Ms as Christmas Lights. See the recipe for Christmas Lights Cookies here.

Soft Batch Christmas Sprinkle Cookies

Soft Batch Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a super easy holiday sugar cookie – no rolling the dough required! Packed with red and green sprinkles, perfect for the holidays!  These sprinkle sugar cookies are the best, easiest, Christmas cookies around! See the recipe for Soft Batch Christmas Sprinkle Cookies here.

Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are an easy & nostalgic Christmas cookie recipe that makes a great gift for neighbors, holiday parties & friends! Delish! Try the Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies recipe here.

Eggnog Cookies

Delicious and easy Eggnog Cookies are perfect for the holidays. This great Christmas cookie recipe is ideal for taking to cookie exchanges or holiday parties. See the Eggnog Cookies recipe here.

Christmas Gingerbread Cookie Bites

Christmas gingerbread cookie bites are a fun twist on a classic! Simple one-bite cookies are everything you love about gingerbread, only EASY. Perfect holiday cookies for your next Christmas party! See the recipe for Christmas Gingerbread Cookie Bites here.

Easy Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread cookies are simple and classic buttery Christmas cookies that melt in your mouth. These easy cookies are made using a cookie press to create perfect holiday bites. See the Easy Shortbread Cookies recipe here.

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Christmas Sugar Cookies are soft and light sugar cookies dipped in vibrant frosting and topped with crushed mints. Easy holiday sugar cookie recipe that is perfect for parties and goody platters. No chilling, rolling out the dough or cutting out any cookies! See the recipe for Christmas Sugar Cookies here.

Coconut Snowman Cookies

Snowman Cookies are as cute as they are delicious! A buttery cookie, topped with buttercream frosting, and coconut…perfect for chilly days and a cup of hot chocolate! See the Coconut Snowman Cookie recipe here.

Snowball Cookie Recipe

Buttery shortbread cookies filled with pecans and rolled in powdered sugar. These Snowball Cookies are a perfect easy dessert for the holidays! Find the Snowball Cookies recipe here.

How do I soften butter?

The easiest way to soften butter is to remove a cold stick from the refrigerator and let it stand at room temperature for 30 to 60 minutes until it becomes room temperature or until just spreadable.

The timing will vary depending on the room temperature and how cold the butter is to start with. If the butter starts getting quite soft but is not yet melted, place it back in the refrigerator for a few minutes to keep it from melting before you are ready to use it.

Other ways include: Cut up the butter as smaller pieces will soften faster, Microwave the butter. To microwave, place the butter in a microwave-safe dish and microwave on 30 percent power (defrost) for 15 seconds. Check the consistency of the butter and repeat, if necessary. Note, do not soften butter at full power, that too often results in a melted butter mess all over the microwave. The defrost setting is much safer.

How do I keep my cookies from going flat?

There are lots of reasons a cookie could go flat, too little flour, to little baking soda, too much butter, too much sugar, etc. Some ways to fix this are: Use half butter and half shortening, or reduce sugar amount. Check oven temperature accuracy, bake a few minutes more, or increase temperature by 25 degrees. Chill dough before using. Place dough on cooled, clean pans to prevent early spread of cookies. Hopefully these tips help!