A Round up of the Best Christmas Cookie Recipes

I love a a good Christmas Cookie Swap and trying out new recipes. It made sense to round up the best Christmas Cookie Recipes all in one place! From classic iced cookies to tasty gingerbread people and buttery shortbread I am delighted to share these festive cookie recipes.

Cookie Cutter Cookies

There’s nothing better than Christmas sugar cookies! They are a festive and YUMMY way to welcome the season and perfect for parties and cookie exchanges. Here are some of our favorite sugar cookie recipes so you can create some mini masterpieces of your own.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t share my own sugar cookie recipe here. They are light, soft and chewy and can be easily decorated with royal icing. I created a Christmas Tree by cutting graduated star shapes but these are perfect for all sorts of shapes.

Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cut-Out Cookies– The BEST frosted sugar cookie with a cake-like softness, finished off with the most decadent and delicious buttercream.

No Fail Sugar Cookies– Everyone needs a no fail sugar cookies recipe, and this is the PERFECT one! You get soft, fluffy, delicious sugar cookies every time! This recipe is fool-proof!

Gingerbread Cookie Recipes

Another Christmas classic, Gingerbread cookies have been around for years. They are zesty, spicy and delicious and super fin to embellish with frosting and candy too. 

Homemade Christmas Gingerbread Men– Spiced ginger cookies paired with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and rich molasses make this warm Christmas cookie classic what it is today! Decorated with cute little buttons, scarfs, and smiles these gingerbread men are sure to be a hit.

Soft Gingerbread Cookies- Perfect soft and chewy gingerbread cookies! Easy to make and perfect for the holidays!

Super Easy Ginger Bread “Man” Recipe– This recipe is made for making memories. It’s  been in my family for more than 20 years. It couldn’t be any easier, tastes delicious, and for such a ‘small’ recipe, it makes a surprising number of cookies.

Glazed Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies– These chocolate gingerbread cookies are like gingerbread pillows and are brushed with a brandy glaze.

German Christmas Cookies: Lebkuchen– Authentic recipe of the most popular German cookies: spicy, soft and incredibly flavorful.

Secret Ingredient Soft Gingerbread Cookies– These roll out gingerbread cookies are soft, sweet and lightly spiced. They are quick and easy to make and are perfect for cutout cookies or gingerbread men.

Linzer Cookie Recipes

These traditional Austrian cookies have become a staple to many cookie platters and boxes. The traditional sandwich cookie was once filled with jam but has become a great way to showcase a variety of fillings.

Linzer Tart Cookies– Made with a simple soft and buttery sugar cookie dough, filled with a fresh cranberry Port wine jam, and dusted with powdered sugar. These classic Christmas cookies are easy and fun to make, festive, and are almond and nut free!

Christmas Linzer Cookies– Filled with jam and sprinkled with powdered sugar, these gluten-free cookies will surely become a family favorite.

Hazelnut Linzer Cookies- These hazelnut Linzer cookies feature two soft, classic Linzer cookies sandwiching a hazelnut spread filling and a dusting of powdered sugar.

Eggless Linzer Cookies– The prettiest melt-in-mouth Eggless Linzer Cookies, made by sandwiching jam between two cookies. YuM.

Hazelnut & Almond Linzer Cookies (Vegan)– These Hazelnut and Almond Vegan Linzer Cookies are a classic holiday cookie. These jam filled cookies are filled with apricot preserves and a touch of Amaretto.

Shortbread Cookie Recipes

The rich, buttery goodness of shortbread cookies is a great way to feature a variety of flavors, inclusions and toppings. Here are a variety of delicious shortbread cookie recipes. 

Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies- A tender, buttery, loaded with tangy cranberries and zingy orange zest, these Cranberry Orange Shortbread cookies are perfect for holiday baking.

Stamped Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies– Buttery, rich, melt in your mouth goodness that look gorgeous!

Easy Mexican Wedding Cookies– The irresistible cookies are ultra buttery, crumbly, and nutty – the perfect shortbread cookie and a Christmas tradition.

Crispy Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies– These easy-to-make crispy vanilla bean shortbread cookies are flavored with vanilla bean seeds inside and out. They make a wonderful winter and Holiday season treat.

Cardamom Shortbread Cookies– Rich, buttery, and aromatic cardamom shortbread cookies are a great addition to your holiday cookie plate. These slightly sweet cookies are easy to make and perfect with a cup of tea or coffee.

Crunchy Peppermint Shortbread Cookies– A variation on my “best ever” shortbread recipe with a delicate cookie texture and perfectly pepperminty candy crunch.

Salted Dark Chocolate Dipped Toffee Shortbread Cookies– This is one dreamy shortbread cookie recipe. The toffee It becomes soft, almost gooey-like, and is a perfect complement to the salted chocolate.

Thumbprint Cookie Recipes

Much like Linzer cookies, thumbprint cookies are a great way to showcase a variety of fillings. These cookie recipes encompass everything from jam to chocolate ganache. YUM.

Chocolate Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies– Delicious shortbread thumbprint cookies with a chewy and creamy caramel middle and topped with a yummy zig-zag of chocolate.

Peppermint Chocolate Ganache Thumbprint Cookies– Traditional thumbprint sugar cookies get a holiday twist with a chocolate ganache filling sprinkled with peppermint pieces.

Easy Iced Thumbprint Cookies– Thumbprint cookies are classic, delicious, and versatile! Tailor to the season by changing the color of the icing. 

Dulce De Leche Thumbprint Cookies– These cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough, indented, baked, and then filled with dulce de leche spread. Decadently delicious, addictive, and almost too beautiful to eat! 

Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies– These Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies are a delicious twist on a classic recipe made with chocolate dough, filled with cherry pie filling, and more chocolate drizzle on top.

No Bake Christmas Cookies

Classic No Bake Corn Flake Wreath Cookies– Festive and super quick and easy to make, these no bake corn flake wreath cookies are a fun and nostalgic Christmas treat you can whip up at a moment’s notice.

Vegan Chocolate Cookie Balls– Decadent chocolate rum balls with a dense, fudgy texture and lightly flavored with coffee, cinnamon and spiced rum are the ultimate vegan chocolate cookies!!

Christmas Cookie Recipes

Easy Christmas Pinwheel Cookies– These old-fashioned Christmas pinwheel cookies are soft, delicious, and really fun to make.

Irresistible Fruitcake Cookies– These irresistible fruitcake cookies will blow your mind with incredible flavor and soft texture. The perfect Christmas cookie recipe for exchanges & parties.

Chewy White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies– This thick and chewy oatmeal cookie is packed with white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and old fashioned rolled oats.

Eggnog Madeleines– Eggnog Madeleines are the best Christmas Cookies! Filled with eggnog and all the seasonal warm spices.

Chocolate Drizzled Coconut Macaroons– These macaroons are every coconut lovers dream cookie. A ball of crispy shredded coconut, moist and chewy on the inside, golden on the outside and drizzled with decadent dark chocolate.

Santas Whiskers Cookie Recipe– These are a basic sugar cookie recipe, but with the addition of the cherries and coconut and pecans.

Creme Brûlée Cookies– Stuffed with silky pastry cream and topped with a crunchy torched sugar topping, these creme brûlée cookies are simply delightful! Soft and tender, the brown sugar base perfectly carries the flavors of the crème brûlée in cookie form.

Cranberry Orange Swirl Cookies– Cranberry Orange Swirl Cookies are a tasty sugar cookie that are perfect for the holidays. Made with fresh cranberries and orange zest in the cookie dough and in the filling, these cookies are bursting with flavor.

Peppermint Meltaway Cookies– These Peppermint Meltaway cookies are just like their name. Each bite you take, simply melts away in your mouth! It’s full of peppermint goodness and they will be gone in a matter of minutes.

German Cinnamon Stars– Zimtsterne, or German cinnamon stars are a light, gluten free cookie. Perfect with a cup of tea or for cookie exchanges.

Festive Cookie Recipes

These cookie recipes really up the wow factor with colorful and impressive decorations.

Winter Scene Christmas Cookies– They are so easy to make, but they look like professional bakery cookies. This is a tasty, easy Christmas cookie recipe.

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Tree Cookies– This cookie recipe uses a blend of Christmas spices and one unexpected ingredient. They are then dipped in white chocolate and decorated with chopped pistachios and freeze-dried raspberries.

Grinch Cookies– Easy and cute Grinch cookies made with cake mix! These soft and gooey cookies are decorated with tiny heart-shaped sprinkles, and powdered sugar to replicate snow.

Santa’s Cookies– These fun Christmas cookies are definitely going to be Santa’s favorite cookies! They are soft, and chewy, and full of holiday colored m&ms and festive sprinkles for the perfect holiday cookies.

Chocolate Cookie Recipes

Cranberry Pistachio Cocoa Cookies– Cranberry Pistachio Cookies are soft and chocolatey with crunchy pistachios, chewy dried cranberries and dark chocolate chunks.

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies– Peanut butter cup cookies are homemade peanut butter cookies, baked in a mini muffin tin and stuffed with a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup.

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Crinkle Cookies– A classic cake favorite transformed into a crinkly, chewy cookie, perfect for the holidays.

Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies– Filled with a delicious cream cheese filling and rolled in crushed candy canes, these chocolate cookies will quickly become your new holiday favorite!

Spiced Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies– Let’s step up our typical cookie game with these spiced holiday chocolate chip cookies! Along with warm spices, these soft and chewy cookies feature browned butter and fresh orange zest for a festive twist.

Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies– The classic combination of chocolate and peppermint make these Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies the perfect treat for the holidays!

Christmas Chocolate Crinkle Cookies– Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are full of rich chocolate and cinnamon flavor, with a delightful fudgy texture and delicious crunch on the outside that everyone will enjoy.

Vegan Rocky Road Cookies– These vegan rocky road cookies are soft, chewy and chocolatey. They’re filled with mini marshmallows, chunks of digestive biscuits and dairy-free white chocolate chips.

Chocolate Peppermint Fudge Cookies– These rich and fudgy chocolate peppermint cookies are a must for your holiday table! Made with pantry staples, they’re perfect for Christmas or anytime of the year!

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