12 Holiday Cookie Recipes That Will Make Your Christmas Merrier
Nothing says Christmas like the warm, sweet aroma of freshly baked cookies filling your home. These 12 holiday cookie recipes are here to bring joy, cheer, and plenty of deliciousness to your celebrations. From classic favorites to creative new treats, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Get ready to bake up a batch of holiday happiness and make your Christmas even merrier!
Shortbread Christmas Cookies with Icing
Looking for the ultimate, classic Christmas cookie? These Shortbread Christmas Cookies with Icing are perfect to make with your family this holiday season.
Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies Dipped in White Chocolate
These White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies are soft and chewy with nutty and crunchy pecan pieces. Delicious flavor and amazing texture, these chewy homemade cranberry oatmeal cookies are great to make during the holidays and year round!
White Chocolate Pistachio Christmas Star Cookies
These Christmas Star Cookies are an impressive addition to your Christmas dessert table – baked to golden brown perfection, they’re dipped in white chocolate, then sprinkled with pistachios and silver sugar pearls on top! These cookies are so easy and fun to make, they may even become a new Christmas tradition!
Hazelnut Lingonberry Linzer Cookies
Crunchy, nutty, jam-filled Linzer Cookies are such a beautiful and fun cookie from Austria. You can make them with hazelnuts or almonds and fill them with your favorite fruit preserves, lemon curd, or Nutella spread!
Pillsbury Christmas Cookies
These Double Decker Christmas Cookies made with Pillsbury Christmas Cookies are a simple and festive dessert sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face at your next Christmas party!
Italian Ricotta Cookies
Italian ricotta cookies are super soft, moist, and an incredibly easy-to-make classic holiday cookie that’s also amazingly delicious! Tender, sweet, yet slightly tangy cookies are covered with a bright lemon glaze and then topped with festive sprinkles! Moist, tender, and melt in your mouth – these cookies are going to be a new favorite!
Nussecken
Nussecken (German Nut Corners) combine a buttery shortbread base, sweet apricot jam, sticky hazelnuts, and an amazing chocolate glaze! They’re a special treat to enjoy year-round and a true delight to share at Christmastime!
Christmas Cowboy Cookies
These Christmas cowboy cookies are thick and chewy oatmeal cookies that are packed with a ton of different tasty treats! Loaded with coconut, peanuts, milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and festive red and green M&Ms, what’s not to love about these sweet cookies? They are the perfect dessert to add to your list of holiday baking!
Christmas Crumbl Sugar Cookies
Upgrade your holiday cookie game with these easy and festive Christmas tree cookies! Packed with chunks of chocolate and walnuts, they’re as delicious as they are adorable. Perfect for hanging on your tree or dunking in milk, these simple treats bring a fun twist to holiday baking without the sugar cookie overload.
Christmas Tree Cookies
Upgrade your holiday cookie game with these easy and festive Christmas tree cookies! Packed with chunks of chocolate and walnuts, they’re as delicious as they are adorable. Perfect for hanging on your tree or dunking in milk, these simple treats bring a fun twist to holiday baking without the sugar cookie overload.
Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies
Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies, or Lofthouse cookies, are a light and fluffy dessert, perfect for Christmas. Tender and eye-catching, these are the best sugar cookies for a party or cookie exchange.
Christmas Peppermint Cookies
Christmas Peppermint Cookies are the personification of Christmas. They are fun, festive and flavorful. Packed with peppermint and creamy white chocolate. If you are a fan of mint, then this is the cookie to add to your holiday rotation.
