The Best Festive Christmas Cookie Recipes

As far as I’m concerned there’s no better time than the holidays to go cookie crazy. Whether you’re baking for a party, an office cookie swap or to give as gifts I’ve gathered some of the best cookie recipes from my food blogging friends. From homey classics to globally inspired flavors discover some of the best Christmas Cookie Recipes to make your holiday season merry and bright.

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Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Rich, decadent and sprinkled with powdered sugar peppermint chocolate crinkle cookies are all decked out for the holidays. These Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are easy to make and sure become a beloved Christmas treat.

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Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies

The holidays are prime cookie baking season and you can't go wrong with buttery shortbread cookies with a generous dose of dried cranberries and chopped pistachios add a festive twist. This recipe for Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies is sure to spread holiday cheer throughout the Christmas season.

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Maple Pecan Cookies

Maple and pecans are paired together in this irresistable cookie that is lightly golden on the outside with an intensely chewy center. My recipe for Maple Pecan cookies is easy to make and a dessert you're sure to love.

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Cranberry Orange Biscotti

With a crisp texture, a hint of citrus and drizzled with white chocolate these cranberry orange biscotti are delicious and easy to make at home. Discover the best recipe for homemade biscotti.

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Italian Pistachio Cookies

Soft and light Italian Pistachio cookies are delicious and naturally gluten free. With only five ingredients this recipe for Italian Pistachio Cookies is easy to make and results in a treat that is positively sublime.

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Chewy Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Rich with brown butter these Chewy Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies take your favorite classic cookie to the next level. Take a look a the best recipe for making espresso chocolate chip cookies at home.

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Chocolate Swirled Meringue Cookies

These chocolate swirled meringue cookies are light and airy but a dollop of dark chocolate makes them decadent. Discover the best recipe for chocolate swirl Meringue Cookies.

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Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Rich with brown butter these Matcha White Chocolate Chip Cookies take your favorite classic cookie to the next level. Take a look a the best recipe for making matcha white chocolate chip cookies at home.

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Lemon Lavender Sable Cookies

Buttery and light these lemon lavender sable cookies are hard to resist. Discover the best recipe for lemon lavender sable cookies to make at home.

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Grandma’s Shortbread | She’s Not Cookin’

Take a bite into these melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies! Grandma’s Shortbread recipe has only four ingredients and no chilling required. An easy recipe for your holiday Christmas baking tray!

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Classic Gingerbread Cookies

This Classic Gingerbread Cookies recipe is filled with a sweet molasses flavor and topped with a delicious homemade icing. They are easy to make and are perfect for cookie exchanges or gift giving this holiday season.

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Homemade Grinch Crinkle Cookies

These Homemade Grinch Cookies have a crinkly sugar exterior and a buttery, soft almond-flavored interior. No need for a cake box just your pantry staples will do!

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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookie Sandwiches – The Short Order Cook

Gorgeous Red Velvet Crinkle Cookie Sandwich are the festive Christmas cookie everyone will love. Rich cocoa & sweet cream cheese filling is irresistible in this cookie combination.

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Raspberry White Chocolate Cookies – Organically Addison

These white chocolate raspberry cookies are so fun and festive for Christmas! They’re easy to make and have the best flavors. These cookies have golden crispy edges and a soft chewy center!

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Easy Stacked Sugar Cookie Christmas Trees

These stacked sugar cookie Christmas trees are so rash and delicious to make. You can make them in advance and assemble them the day of your party. They also store very well!

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Pecan Snowball Cookies

Fill up your cookie tins this holiday season with these Pecan Snowball Cookies! They take very few ingredients, are quick to toss together, and are loved by all. Ground, toasted pecans pair with vanilla and powdered sugar to make the perfect dessert choice.

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Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

These hazelnut linzer cookies feature two soft and classic linzer cookies with festive cut-outs sandwiching a Nutella filling. They’re finished off with a dusting of powdered sugar for the perfect, elegant holiday cookie!

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Ginger Crinkle Cookies – Easy Cake Mix Recipe! – Chenée Today

These gingerbread crinkles are so easy to make with cake mix! The perfect easy Christmas treat!

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Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies – The Short Order Cook

The perfect Christmas combination of spices & chocolate make these Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies a holiday favorite. These cookies are sweet, spicy, rich, & chocolatey plus perfect for decorating.

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Cherry Pecan Thumbprint Cookies

Cherry Pecan Thumbprint Cookies not only look pretty, but they also taste amazing! A buttery cookie base, chock full of pecans and topped with a cherry filling, drizzled with white chocolate makes this cookie a decadent treat.

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Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies | Christmas Cookies – Lemons + Zest

Soft and chewy, just like a chocolate chip cookie should be–these Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies are your new favorite Christmas Cookie! Take these to the cookie exchange–or save them for yourself–loaded with candy canes and lots of chips, they will make Santa extra happy!

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Easy Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

Peppermint pinwheel cookies are the perfect way to enjoy the flavor of the season! They are a soft baked cookie similar to a sugar cookie but with a great peppermint taste.

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Mint Chocolate Thumbprints

Mint Chocolate Thumbprints marry the popular flavors of chocolate and peppermint. The festive colors look so pretty and make a lovely addition to a holiday cookie tray.

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Spiced Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies

These aren’t any chocolate chip cookies. Featuring warm spices, fresh orange zest and rich brown butter, these cookies are full of Christmas flavor. You’ll love these holiday-spice chocolate chip cookies.

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Moravian Molasses Cookies

Moravian Molasses cookies are perfect for the holidays. This recipe makes 7 dozen wafer thin biscuits.

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Christmas Cookies {easy, delicious, make ahead} – Celebrating Sweets

Our favorite Christmas Cookies – Soft and chewy cookies that are filled with M&M’s and sprinkles.

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Gingerbread Yule Log Cookies (with Nutella filling)

Featured in Taste of Home’s “Ultimate Cookie Swap” , this soft gingerbread cookie is a delicious combination of gingerbread, Nutella and lime (and no molasses) all rolled up in a festive Yule Log cookie! They are perfect as an edible Christmas gift and ideal for a Christmas cookie exchange!

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Peppermint Meringue Cookies – Christmas Cookies

These classic meringue cookies have candy cane looks and flavor. They are easy to make and look gorgeous on your Christmas cookie tray.

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Cardamom Shortbread Cookies with Orange Glaze

These Cardamom Shortbread Cookies are an exotic twist on traditional shortbread. Warm spices in the cookie are accented with a citrus glaze for
a very delicious cookie!

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Melted Snowman Cookies (Fun For Kids To Make!)- Kathryn’s Kitchen

These soft and sweet Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies are made with miniature Reese’s Cups, salty pretzel sticks, melted marshmallows, and white candy. The perfect holiday craft for Christmas baking, decorating sugar cookies with snowmen is an easy kid-friendly activity that is both fun and delicious!

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Double Chocolate M&M Cookies

Chewy M&M cookies are the best kind of chocolate cookies — soft and chewy, so chocolatey and a breeze to make! Use holiday M&Ms and you’ll have cookies that will be the star of your Christmas cookie tray.

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Almond Shortbread Cookies

These Almond Shortbread Cookies are the most delicious, buttery and crumbly cookies ever. Perfect for Christmas and the Holidays, these cut-out Almond Meal Cookies are super easy to make from 6 ingredients only and can be decorated in many fun ways!

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Snowflake Cookies that are soft and delicious!

These Snowflake cookies are delicious to eat and delightful to gift.
Crispy edges but soft and tender in the middle, these are the perfect combination of pretty and tasty!

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Eggnog Linzer Cookies

These Eggnog Linzer Cookies are easier than they look and will be the hit of the holiday cookie platter! With a delicious eggnog icing sandwiched between two eggnog cookies, these make a delightful holiday treat.

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Candy Cane Kiss Cookies (Peppermint Kisses)

Candy Cane Kiss Cookies are made with Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses and are the perfect holiday cookie! Don’t miss this festive and easy-to-make Christmas treat that’s great for cookie exchanges or your holiday dessert table.

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Ube Crinkle Cookies

Scrumptiously soft, gorgeously purple Ube Crinkle Cookies are the perfect Filipino-American twist on crinkles for any Christmas cookie tin! The coconut marshmallow filling takes these purple yam cookies to the next level for a decadent, colorful treat.

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Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies – Little Sunny Kitchen

Let’s make festive and unique Christmas cookies this year that will wow your friends and family! Christmas tree meringue cookies will look amazing on your cookie trays plus they are tasty and really cute.

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Krumkaker Norwegian Christmas Cookies

Krumkaker are traditional Norwegian Christmas cookies that are related to Italian Pizzelle. These beautiful and delicate cookies are light, crispy, and flavored with cardamom and almond extract.

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Classic Chocolate Crinkle Cookies {Extra Fudgy!} – The Gay Globetrotter

Chocolate crinkle cookies are a classic Christmas cookie that is fudgy, decadent, and surprisingly easy to whip up. Rich chocolate cookie dough is rolled in powdered sugar then baked to achieve a crackling effect for this holiday cookie classic.

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Gingerbread Tree Cookies | Gingerbread Cookie Recipe | Eat the Love

These adorable Gingerbread Tree Cookies are super easy to make, kid-friendly and fun to bake! They are packed with ginger spice but aren’t too spicy or overwhelming in flavor. The cute ornaments are just M&M candies pressed into the cookie before they are baked, making them the perfect cookie to make with your kids or for those folks who are decorating challenged.

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Chocolate Cranberry Amaretti Cookies

Chocolate Cranberry Amaretti Cookies! Naturally gluten-free, they’re crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

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Peppermint Crescent Cookies

Peppermint Crescent Cookies are lightly sweet and buttery with a hint of peppermint! These are sure to be a hit for any holiday party or cookie swap!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Cookie Recipe – Boston Girl Bakes

A classic peanut butter chocolate kiss cookie for your Christmas cookie platter! These peanut butter cookies get a Hershey’s chocolate kiss pressed into the center after they are baked.

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Christmas Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies, with Buttercream Icing, are colorful, sweet, buttery shortbread thumbprint cookies, covered in red and green sprinkles and topped with either red, green, or white buttercream frosting!

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Poinsettia Cookies – Sula and Spice

Include some poinsettia cookies on your holiday cookie tray this year! They are festive and customizable to your preferred colors.

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Cranberry Orange Swirl Cookies

Delicious cranberry swirl cookies always look amazing on a Christmas cookie tray. Made with fresh cranberries and orange peel. This dough is made ahead of time and then sliced when you’re ready for fresh baked cookies!

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Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe (With Icing!)

This recipe makes simple, versatile vanilla sugar cookies; the dough is easy to roll and to work with and doesn’t spread when baking, so your cookies will always have sharp, defined edges!

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