55 fabulous Christmas cookie recipes. Something for everyone whether you like shortbread, gingerbread, or no-bake. Fill your cookie plates, and your bellies.
Christmas cookies!!! One of the best parts about Christmas is locking yourself in the kitchen for hours on end, turning on some great Christmas music, and baking, baking, and baking. Bonus points if there is snow falling gently from the sky while you do this.
Wait, back up. Who wants to babysit so I can make this happen? You can just take the one little monkey that tries to crawl up my leg and I’ll let the 3-year-old bake with me. It’s fun to make new traditions, isn’t it? Especially if it involves a cute little monkey climbing up your leg and fingers in your bowl of flour.
Enjoy these recipes for Christmas cookies and make sure you do it all with family and friends.
Photo: In Katrina’s Kitchen
Sugar
The Best Sugar Cookie — Three Variations {Rachel Cooks}
Melted Snowmen {Smashed Peas and Carrots}
Vanilla Bean Christmas Sugar Cookies {Lauren’s Latest}
Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookies {i am baker}
Charlie Brown Christmas Cookies {Bake at 350}
Christmas Dove Cookies {Baked Bree}
Candy Cane Crinkles {Lauren’s Latest}
Filled
Chocolate Cherry Thumbprints {Rachel Cooks}
Chocolate Candy Cane Kiss Cookies {Rachel Cooks}
Rolo Pretzels Recipe {Rachel Cooks}
Turtle Cookies {Crazy For Crust}
Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies {Two Peas and Their Pod}
Homemade Chocolate Covered Mint Oreos {Eat, Live, Run}
No Bake
Easy Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats {Rachel Cooks}
Snowman Oreo Pops {Rachel Cooks}
Chocolate Truffles {Two Peas and Their Pod}
Peppermint Bark {Baked By Rachel}
Chubby Hubby Truffles {Brown Eyed Baker}
Peppermint Bark Fudge {Lemons For Lulu}
The Flavors of Gingerbread
Gingersnaps {Rachel Cooks}
Apple Gingerbread Bars {Sarah’s Cucina Bella}
Gingerbread Heads {Bakerella}
Gingerbread Pudding Cookies {Inside BruCrew Life}
Hermit Bars {The Lemon Bowl}
Meringues
Cinnamon Vanilla Bean Meringues {Rachel Cooks}
Christmas Meringue Cookies {i am baker}
Peppermint Meringue Cookies {Simply Recipes}
Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue Kisses {Taste and Tell}
Shortbread
Peppermint Shortbread Cookies {Rachel Cooks}
Honey Lemon Shortbread Cookies {Rachel Cooks}
Cream Cheese Cocoa Nib Cookies {Rachel Cooks}
Cinnamon Chip Shortbread Cookies {Barbara Bakes}
Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies {Brown Eyed Baker}
M&M Shorbread Cookies {Something Swanky}
Other
Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies {Rachel Cooks}
Christmas Tree Brownie Bites {Rachel Cooks}
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies {Recipe Girl}
Christmas Joy Bomb Cookies {Boulder Locavore}
Toffee Bark {Crazy For Crust}
Double Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies {How Sweet It Is}
Happy Baking!!! What is your favorite type of Christmas cookie?
Thanks for this list, I’ve bookmarked like 20 recipes then realised I should just bookmark the entire list instead
I think I need to try every single one of these! Thanks for including me!!
Thanks so much for including me! :)
What a fabulous list of cookie recipes! Where to begin?!?! Thanks for including my Christmas domino cookies…they are awesome!
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Wow Rachel! What a perfect and ‘all inclusive’ collection. I feel confident anything I’d ever want to make is on your list. Love the ‘no bake’ option especially as the days get crazier close to Christmas. Thanks so much for including me too!