There are many reasons to love the holidays, but Christmas cookies are definitely on the top of that list. With that in mind, we gathered together all the important Christmas cookie recipes you need to get through this season — we’re talking shortbread, sugar cookies and lots of peppermint. We have some great twists on classics, too (think crinkles with a mocha coconut upgrade).
We have easy recipes for the amateur baker, like holiday shortbread — seriously, anyone can make these — and then we have Christmas cookie recipes that require a little more work, like linzers. Give a few (dozen) of them a try. Because it isn’t really the holidays unless you bake some cookies, whether you’re a baker or not.
1
Easy Slice ‘N’ Bake Vanilla Bean Christmas Sugar Cookies
Half Baked Harvest
2
Peppermint Pattie Cookies
How Sweet It Is
3
Brown Butter Shortbread
Completely Delicious
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4
Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Bean Cashew Crescent Cookies
Half Baked Harvest
5
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies
Foodie Crush
6
Pink Peppermint Macarons
How Sweet It Is
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7
Chewy Triple Ginger Cookies
Feasting At Home
8
Chocolate Mint Thumbprint Cookies
Completely Delicious
9
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Completely Delicious
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10
Christmas Tree Cookies
Damn Delicious
11
Pistachio Snowball Cookies
Completely Delicious
12
Chewy Gingersnap Cookies
Completely Delicious
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13
White Chocolate And Peppermint Christmas Wreath Cookies
Foodie Crush
14
Mocha Coconut Crinkle Cookies
How Sweet It Is
15
Orange Almond Biscotti
Completely Delicious
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16
Brutti Ma Buoni Cookies
Bell'Alimento
17
Gluten-Free Vegan Linzer Cookies
Cafe Johnsonia
18
Eggnog Scented Sugar Cookies With Easy Vanilla Icing
Half Baked Harvest
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19
Salted Peanut Butter Shortbread
How Sweet It Is
20
Chocolate Hazelnut And Caramel Stuffed Brownie Cookies
Half Baked Harvest
21
Coconut Snowball Cookies
Foodie Crush
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22
Brown Butter Sugar Cookies
How Sweet It Is
23
Double Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies
How Sweet It Is
24
Frosted Chai Spiced Snickerdoodles
Sally's Baking Addiction
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25
Coffee Crumble Cookies
Always With Butter
26
Sicilian Christmas Fig Cookies
Emiko/Food52
27
Gingerbread Men
Sally's Baking Addiction
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28
Pierre Herme And Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies
Food52
29
Chai Spiced Cookies
Texanerin Baking
30
Red Velvet Melting Snowman Cookies
i am baker
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31
Slice N Bake Vanilla Brown Butter Pecan Cookies Dipped in Chocolate
Half Baked Harvest
32
Lemon Curd Sandwich Cookies
A Spicy Perspective
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Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies
Le Delicieux
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34
Rugelach
Sallys Baking Addiction
35
Speculoos Spice Snowflake Cookies
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