These 20 Christmas Cookies Are Santa’s Favorite Treats
Christmas cookies are a holiday tradition that everyone loves! These recipes feature classic favorites like gingerbread and sugar cookies, along with creative new twists to make your celebrations even sweeter. Whether you’re baking for family, friends, or Santa himself, these cookies will be the highlight of the season!
Chewy, Soft Gingerbread Cookies
These Chewy, Soft Ginger Cookies stay wonderfully chewy for days. They are big on holiday spices, making your home smell of ginger, cinnamon, and molasses.
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Soft Glazed Gingerbread Cookies
Soft Glazed Gingerbread Cookies made with cookie stamps are easy roll out spice cookies and our new favorite Christmas cookie!
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Traditional Swedish Pepparkakor Recipe
My Traditional Swedish Pepparkakor Recipe is a crisp gingerbread cookie that’s a Scandinavian Christmas tradition ~ they’re absolutely delicious!
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Perfect Cut-out Sugar Cookies
These cookies have earned their title as Perfect Vanilla Cut-out Cookies. They are easy, retain their shape, and taste SO good.
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3D Standing Gingerbread Men Sugar Cookies
An adorable 3D Christmas treat – these Gingerbread Men Sugar Cookies stand up on their own! Guaranteed to “stand out” at a holiday party!
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Lofthouse Cookies
Better than store-bought & so easy to make, this Lofthouse sugar cookies recipe is fluffy, sweet, & so fun to make!
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Gingerbread Men Recipe
This gingerbread men recipe makes classic cut out gingerbread men cookies. The cookies and cookie dough can be frozen for make ahead cookies.
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Snowman Face Cookies
Festive snowman face cookies for holiday baking fun. Cake mix cookies topped with vanilla buttercream, sanding sugar, and candy decorations.
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Hot Cocoa Cookie Cups
Pair these cute little hot cocoa cookie cups with your favorite hot drink (hot chocolate, coffee, anything goes!) They super-simple to make.
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Gingerbread Sugar Cookies With Buttercream
Skip the gingerbread cookies this year & try something different! These gingerbread sugar cookies are a soft vanilla cookie topped with buttercream.
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Christmas Sprinkle Cookies
Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are easy to make for the holidays. Just add cream cheese to your favorite cookie mix, then bake and decorate!
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Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies
These adorable Ginger Bread Reindeer Cookies are rich, soft, and buttery, with delightful gingerbread spices and molasses flavor.
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Decorated Christmas Tree Cookies With Royal Icing
Learn everything you need to make easy Decorated Christmas Tree Cookies with Royal Icing. Plus a video to help with your Christmas cookie decorating.
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Christmas Tree Linzer Cookies
These Christmas tree linzer cookies are great for the holidays. Easy to make ahead, they’re ideal for edible gifting or for your cookie tray.
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Father Christmas cookies
These Father Christmas cookies are crisp and light, gently flavoured with lemon and mixed spice and then decorate with sugar paste to create a very fun, very tasty and very festive treat.
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M&M Cookies
These M&M Cookies are the favorite Christmas cookies on the tray. They’re soft, chewy, and freeze well. Fun substitutions provided…
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Grinch Crumbl Christmas Sugar Cookies
Grinch Crumbl Christmas sugar cookies are wonderfully sweet, with hints of almond and vanilla extract in every bite.
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Santa Claus Cut Out Cookie Recipe
With a crispy outside and soft on inside, these is the best cut out cookie recipe you will ever try! Perfect plain or decorated.
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Christmas Tree Oreos
Fall in love with these cutie pie Christmas tree Oreos. They’re the perfect midday or afternoon dessert for the holidays – or leave them for Santa with milk, for extra credit!
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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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