It’s that time of year again and we’re celebrating in a big way! In our family, we count down to Christmas with cookie recipes. We love nothing more than being able to get the family together and bake a cookie a day until the big holiday. While the snow is falling outside, get in the kitchen and warm up with hot cup or mulled wine or hot chocolate and bake these classic and traditional holiday cookies. We have everything from modern recipes to cookies grandma and mom used to make. We have a big list sure to please cookie lover’s. We have everything from classic sugar cookie cutouts decorated with icing to eggnog cookies, gingerbread, gingersnap, classic thumbprint cookies, shortbread and more.
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Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies – Swanky Recipes
Red Velvet cookies are the perfect way to celebrate Christmas. These cookies are soft and chewy and are always requested by family.
Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cut Outs – The Creative Bite
Every Christmas holiday needs Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cut Outs. We love the frosting the these delicious cookies!
Gingersnap Snow Cookies – Liv for Cake
It wouldn’t be Christmas without these soft-baked Gingersnap cookies with real ginger and icing. These are perfect for a cookie swap!
Caramel Twix Cookies – Swanky Recipes
The ultimate Twix cookie recipes starts with the perfect shortbread cookie and is topped with caramel sauce and milk chocolate
Peppermint Bark Cookies – Dinner at the Zoo
If you love chocolate and peppermint during the holidays then this cookie is for you. I don’t think we can stop at eating just one!
White Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies – Mom vs the Boys
Take a bite out of this chewy gingerbread cookie with a white chocolate center. Every holiday cookie tray needs this recipe!
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies – Roxanas Home Baking
It doesn’t get much better than these cookies with white chocolate frosting and cranberry topping cookie.
Maple Sugar Cookies – Liv for Cake
Maple Sugar Cookies are the perfect dessert to elevate any cookie tray. These cookies don’t need any frosting and is one that any sugar cookie fan will love.
Italian Christmas Cookies – Cakes Cottage
Classic Italian Christmas Cookies just in case you need more reasons to make Christmas cookies this holiday season.
White Chocolate Cranberry Cashew Cookies – Swanky Recipes
Softbatch and chewy White Chocolate Cranberry Cashew cookies stuffed with deliciousness and icing. These cookies will make a statement on any cookie tray this holiday season.
Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies – Celebrating Sweets
Decadent chocolate sandwich cookies stuffed with peppermint filling and crushed candy canes.
White Chocolate Dipped Ginger Cookies – Marshas Baking Addiction
Soft and chewy Ginger cookies dipped in white chocolate. Classic modern cookie that everyone enjoys.
Sugar Cookie Cutouts – The Lemon Bowl
Start the holidays with classic sugar cookie cutouts. They taste good and are fun to decorate.
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies – Swanky Recipes
Chewy chocolate chip cream cheese cookies are a classic dessert no matter what age or occasion. I think we can all agree that chocolate chip cookies are the most beloved cookie of all.
Nutter Butter Sledding Penguins – Cake Whiz
Adorable and fun penguin inspired nutter butter dessert cookies. These cookies make a statement are also double as a fun food gift!
Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies – Savory Nothings
Delicious peanut butter shortbread cookies is truly the ultimate peanut butter lover’s dream cookie this season!
Lemon Snowdrop Cookies – Back to Her Roots
Lemon flavored cookies popular right now and for good reason. I can’t think of any other cookie I’d rather have than these lemon snowdrop cookies.
Fudgy Mint No Bake Cookies – The Recipe Rebel
Stack up on these easy no bake fudy mint cookies. Take holiday cookies to the next level because everyone loves mint and chocolate together.
Melting Moments Cookies – The View from Great Island
This crowd-please Melting Moments Cookies will be a family favorite for the holiday season.
Snowmen Sandwich Cookies – Rachel Cooks
Super easy and fun Snowmen Sandwich Cookies will be a crowd-pleaser this holiday season.
Glazed Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies – Swanky Recipes
Buttery vanilla and almond flavored shortbread cookies with strawberry jam and drizzled with icing. These cookies will melt in your mouth. You may find yourself eating cookie after cookie.
Hot Chocolate Cookies – Center Cut Cook
This holiday season wouldn’t be complete without Hot Chocolate Cookies. We promise you won’t be able to eat just one!
Chocolate Chunk Cookies – The Little Epicurean
Christmas is one of our favorite holidays of the year and these Chocolate Chunk Cookies make it all the better!
Classic Holiday Sugar Cookies – The Crafting Foodie
Our favorite part of holiday parties is getting to sample all the cookies. Take these Classic Holiday Sugar Cookies to any party or gift at a cookie swap.
Frosted Eggnog Cookies – My Organized Chaos
Eggnog cookies loaded with frosting have us feeling a bit of nostalgia. these decadent cookies are perfect for Christmas!
make cookies and have a good time