The BEST Christmas Cookie Recipes
Your holiday baking won't be complete without this collection of easy and delicious Christmas cookie recipes, from festive confections and holiday flavors to traditional cookies that are perfect year-round!
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Christmas cookies are one of the best parts of the holiday season!
Whether you're assembling Christmas cookie platters, packaging Christmas cookies in bags or tins to share, or baking up cookies for Santa, these scrumptious recipes will have you covered!
From colorful sprinkles to chocolate-loaded treats...from holiday flavors to classic cookies...from brownies to bars...there's something to love for everyone!
And be sure to pin this round-up for all of your future holiday baking. 🙂
- CHRISTMAS SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Christmas Shortbread Cookies
Easy to make and loaded with festive sprinkles, these tender Christmas cookies are the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platter!
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- EGGNOG COOKIES WITH EGGNOG GLAZE
Eggnog Cookies
These soft, tender cookies are delicately flavored with eggnog and spices and then topped with a sweet eggnog glaze and festive Christmas sprinkles!
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- THE BEST THUMBPRINT COOKIES
The BEST Thumbprint Cookies
These simple, classic cookies are lightly sweet with an almost shortbread-like texture, a versatile coating of toasty coconut or chopped pecans, and a fruity center of your favorite jelly or jam!
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- SOFT + CHEWY GINGER COOKIES
Soft + Chewy Ginger Cookies
Loaded with molasses and warm spice and coated in crunchy sugar, these soft, chewy, crinkly, sparkly cookies are as pretty as they are delicious!
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- LIME COCONUT SNOWBALL COOKIES
Lime Coconut Snowball Cookies
These tender, shortbread-like snowballs are studded with lime zest and toasted coconut and generously rolled in powdered sugar for yummy treats!
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- COWBOY COOKIES
Cowboy Cookies
These soft, chewy, addictive cookies are loaded with a variety of flavors and textures -- from oats and coconut to chocolate chips and pecans!
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- ONE-BOWL WHOLE WHEAT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chewy and delicious one-bowl cookies are made with 100% whole wheat flour, so there's no need to feel guilty about enjoying an extra cookie...or three!
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- TRIPLE CHOCOLATE FUDGE COOKIES
Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies
These fudge cookies are rich and intensely chocolatey with chewy, gooey centers and two types of chocolate chips!
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- SOFT SUGAR COOKIES
Soft Sugar Cookies
These sugar cookies are extra easy to make because they require no rolling! They have soft, puffy interiors with a crunchy coating of sugar, to which you can even add red and green sparkling sugar if you like!
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- COCONUT MACAROONS
Coconut Macaroons
These chewy, delicious, and easy-to-make cookies require just six simple ingredients and NO condensed milk. Dip or drizzle with melted chocolate to make them extra special!
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- COCONUT SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Coconut Shortbread Cookies
Tender, buttery shortbread is loaded with toasted coconut in these delicious, addictive, easy-to-make cookies. You can dip them in chocolate as well if you like!
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- PISTACHIO SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
These simple cookies are delicately sweet and studded with bits of salty pistachios. And for an extra-special touch, fill them with lemon curd, fruity jam, or Nutella to turn them into sandwich cookies!
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- REINDEER RICE KRISPIE TREATS
Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats
These cute, festive treats are easy to make as a fun holiday project for kids or a yummy treat to share with neighbors and friends!
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- CHRISTMAS TREE BROWNIES
Christmas Tree Brownies
Whether you need a treat for your cookie platter or goodies for Santa, these delicious brownies are decorated with cream cheese frosting, fun sprinkles, and candy cane "trunks" for a fun and festive holiday treat!
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- CHRISTMAS TREE SHEET CAKE POPS
Christmas Tree Sheet Cake Pops
Tender vanilla sheet cake is slathered in cream cheese frosting, showered with sprinkles, cut into triangles, and embellished with candy canes to make cute & festive Christmas trees! These treats are perfect for any holiday party or Christmas cookie platter!
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- CANDY CANE KISS BROWNIE BITES
Candy Cane Kiss Brownie Bites
Candy Cane Hershey's Kisses are perched atop moist, fudgy brownie bites for a festive addition to your holiday cookie platter!
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- RASPBERRY SWIRL BROWNIES
Raspberry Swirl Brownies
These fudgy homemade brownies are studded with chocolate chips and topped with raspberry preserves for rich, decadent treats!
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- PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES
Peanut Butter Brownies
These rich and decadent brownies boast an amazingly fudgy texture. They're studded with peanut butter chips and swirled with peanut butter on top for a chocolate/PB lover's DREAM! And since they're also flourless, they're naturally gluten-free!
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- M&M CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS
M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These thick, chewy, big-batch cookie bars are simple to make, fun to share, easy to customize with holiday-colored M&Ms!
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- MONSTER COOKIE BARS
Monster Cookie Bars
These bars are naturally gluten-free and loaded with oats, peanut butter, chocolate and PB chips, and M&Ms. They require just ONE BOWL for a BIG BATCH, making this the perfect easy recipe when you need a bunch of sweet treats for gifting!
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- CHEWY SNICKERDOODLE BARS
Chewy Snickerdoodle Bars
These soft and chewy bars are as effortless as spreading batter into a pan and showering with cinnamon and sugar...half the work of the popular cookies with the same yummy flavor and texture!
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- LEMON SUGAR COOKIE BARS
Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars
The soft and chewy bars are flavored with lemon zest and topped with crunchy sparkling sugar for a sunny, yummy, easy-to-make treat!
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- SNICKERS CHEESECAKE BARS
Snickers Cheesecake Bars
A crunchy Oreo crust is topped with a decadent layer of Snickers-studded cheesecake, drizzled with smooth chocolate and gooey caramel, and sprinkled with salty chopped peanuts!
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- PECAN PIE BARS
Pecan Pie Bars
With a buttery shortbread crust, a gooey nut filling, and a crunchy, crackly top, these bars are like portable, hand-held, pecan pie cookie treats!
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Hope you find a recipe or two to help spread some cheer this holiday season! 🙂
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