12 Christmas Cookie Recipes (Don’t skip #5, it’s the best!)
Add some sweetness to your holiday season with these out of this world amazing Christmas cookie recipes.
We have all your holiday cookie favorites like old-fashioned pinwheel cookies, cut-out sugar cookies, Christmas lights cookies, chocolate peppermint cookies, and other yummy seasonal flavors.
Turn on some Christmas music and get baking!
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Brighten up your Christmas dessert table with these old-fashioned pinwheel cookies with sprinkles. Santa will love these!
Get the Recipe: Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Gingerbread Molasses Cookies
These pretty cookies have the best gingerbread and molasses flavor and are perfectly chewy. They’re dipped in homemade icing and decorated with holly sprinkles.
Get the Recipe: Gingerbread Molasses Cookies
Candy Cane Cookies
These darling candy cane cookies are filled with peppermint flavor in every bite. You can make traditional red and white candy canes or red and green, too.
Get the Recipe: Candy Cane Cookies
Stacked Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
If you have more time and want a fun baking project, you’ll want to make these impressive Christmas tress sugar cookies. You’ll need some star cookie cutters in various sizes to make this recipe.
Get the Recipe: 3D Stacked Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups
These hot chocolate cookies are extra chocolaty, thanks to the dark chocolate Hershey’s Kisses pressed into the center of the dough. They might be even better than an actual mug of hot cocoa.
Get the Recipe: Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies embody the holidays, and this recipe requires only a handful of ingredients. When decorating these, you can get as creative as you want; the possibilities are endless.
Get the Recipe: Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Cranberry Orange Snowball Cookies
No one can resist snowball cookies around the holidays, and these are made with dried cranberries and orange zest. Gift them in a festive tin, or bring a big batch to a Christmas party.
Get the Recipe: Cranberry Orange Snowball Cookies
Christmas Light Cookies
These Christmas cookies, decorated with M&M lights, are cheerful and fun. This recipe uses snickerdoodle cookie mix (plus a couple of other ingredients), but you can substitute any flavor of cookie mix you want.
Get the Recipe: Christmas Light Cookies
Eggnog Snickerdoodles
Combining eggnog and snickerdoodle flavors is a genius idea. An optional eggnog icing gives the cookies even more festive flavor.
Get the Recipe: Eggnog Snickerdoodles
Frosted Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These soft chocolate peppermint cookies have a fantastic buttercream frosting that practically melts in your mouth.
The entire recipe is made from scratch, and everyone will want you to make these decadent peppermint cookies every year.
Get the Recipe: Frosted Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies
Not only do we love these meringue cookies because they’re incredibly cute, but you have the option of making them a couple of weeks in advance, which is always a plus.
Get the Recipe: Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies
Holiday Oatmeal M&M Cookies
Chewy and oh-so-tasty, everyone will be a fan of these oatmeal cookies packed with M&M’s. These are a good choice to bring to your Christmas cookie exchange.
Get the Recipe: Holiday Oatmeal M&M Cookies
