Santa’s Favorite: 19 Christmas Cookie Recipes to Bake This Season

Christmas cookies are more than just treats—they’re a tradition, a way to spread joy, and the sweetest way to celebrate the season. Whether you’re baking with family, gifting to friends, or leaving a plate out for Santa, these recipes are guaranteed to bring festive cheer to your holiday. From classic sugar cookies to spiced gingerbread and peppermint delights, there’s a cookie for everyone on your list. Preheat the oven, grab the sprinkles, and let’s make this holiday season delicious!

Christmas M & M Cookies

Soft, chewy M & M Cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie. This is the best M & M cookie recipe!
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Christmas Chocolate Sugar Cookies And Buttercream Dip

Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without Christmas chocolate sugar cookies! Whether you enjoy homemade cookies and buttercream dip with a glass of milk on Christmas Eve or on Christmas morning, they’re a real crowd pleaser.
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Chocolate Dipped Orange Cookies

These Chocolate Dipped Orange Sugar Cookies are dipped in rich dark chocolate with candied orange peel on top. A delicious citrus addition to your holiday baking plans!
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Coconut Macaroons

A super easy, 4-ingredient dessert anyone can make. These Coconut Macaroons are gluten-free, dairy-free, and Paleo. Now, you’ve decided to get serious with your health goals this year. So, you decide to meal prep, drink more water, and have fruit for dessert
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Pecan Sugar Cookies

These brown sugar pecan sugar cookies are brown sugar cookies topped with frosting and pecans. They are perfect for Christmas baking!
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Icebox Maraschino Cherry Christmas Cookies

This recipe makes the best icebox maraschino cherry Christmas cookies ever. Super easy to make, with just 7 ingredients and 8 minutes of mixing, the cookie dough gets refrigerated in a log that’s easy to slice and bake for fresh baked cookies whenever you want them!
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Vanilla Shortbread Cookies

Simple. Rich. Buttery. These classic Vanilla Shortbread Cookies melt in your mouth and are the perfect sweet and colourful addition to any holiday cookie box!
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Peanut Butter Cookies

These dairy free peanut butter cookies are soft, chewy, classic, and flavorful! This recipe takes only 20 minutes from start to finish. These dairy free peanut butter cookies recipe delivers all the mouthwatering taste and delightful texture you crave, without any dairy products.
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Orange Shortbread Cookies

These Orange Shortbread Cookies are little sweet buttery balls that also have a slight tartness and tang! They have a typical shortbread crumbly texture, are rolled in an orange sugar and they’re topped with a zesty glaze!
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Scottish Shortbread Cookies With Chocolate

These are my all-time favorite shortbread cookies ever! They are exploding with the goodness of real butter in every bite. These are fabulous on their own, with just 3 ingredients.
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Cranberry Lemon Pistachio Wreath Cookies

Cranberry lemon pistachio cookies are a beautiful and delicious treat. With their vibrant colors and unique combination of flavors, they’re perfect for holiday baking.
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Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs

Chocolate sugar cookie cut-outs are a rich and delicious treat. These cookies are perfect for festive celebrations and add a tasty twist to traditional holiday baking.
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Amaretti Cookies

All Italian cookies are wonderful, but Amaretti cookies just have to be one of the best ever and they are naturally gluten free.
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Gingersnap Icebox Cookies

You’re going to love these icebox gingersnaps. They’re bursting with warm, earthy and spicy flavors and they’re really hard to stop eating!
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Crinkle Grinch Cookies

Crinkle Grinch cookies are a worthy addition to your festive baking list. If you’re looking for red or green Christmas cookies, these definitely add a touch of fun to your holiday table!
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Biscoff Reindeer Linzer Cookies

You have to try these super-cute reindeer Linzer cookies this Christmas. They’re ridiculously simple but so charming and adorable as well.
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Stained Glass Christmas Cookies

These stained glass Christmas cookies are so pretty to look at. They might look fiddly to prepare but they really aren’t. Also known as windowpane cookies, these easy to make cookies with a hole in the middle are a Christmas staple.
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

These soft and chewy chocolate chip pecan cookies are such a delicious and easy dessert to share! Baked with loads of semi-sweet chocolate chips and chopped pecans, each bite is moist and chewy with the perfect amount of crunch. You only need a few pantry-staple ingredients and one bowl to make these cookies at home.
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Lemon Cookies

These vegan lemon cookies have a deliciously soft texture and tangy fresh lemon flavor. They are made with almond flour and coconut oil to make them gluten-free and dairy-free with no butter or egg. A simple lemon glaze and fresh lemon zest on top make them even more flavorful and pretty, too!
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