422 christmas cookie recipes

Rich flavor from brown sugar and molasses, these gingersnaps are so buttery and flakey. Ginger, cinnamon and cloves spice them up, giving the cookies delicious flavor. Use them to make crust for pie or cheesecake, or just eating these yummy treats is a joy thing to do.

Buttery, crisp-edged cookies loaded with creamy white chocolate chunks and crunchy macadamia nuts. A classic Hawaiian-style treat that’s easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser

At Christmas time for sugar and spice these pfeffernusse are extra nice: try them once and you'll be delighted And so will the guests whom you've invited.

Just like Santa, I have big orders to fill when it comes to the holidays. Everyone wants me to make them some.

These rich cookies are delightfully crisp, buttery and nutty, with just the right amount of sweetness from the filling and the sugar dusting.

Soft, warmly spiced gingerbread cookies made with molasses, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. Roll and cut into festive shapes for Christmas decorating with simple icing.

German gingerbread cookies (Lebkuchen-style) with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and dark molasses. A classic Christmas cookie that bakes drop-style or chills overnight for cookie-cutter shapes.

Lemon snowflake cookies with a tender lemon-zest dough rolled thin, cut with fluted cutters, and decorated with lemon royal icing piped into snowflake patterns. A beautiful holiday cookie.

An Eastern European pastry with a rich history and cultural significance. They are traditionally made from a simple dough consisting of cream cheese, butter, and flour, and filled with sweet fillings like jam, nuts, or cheese.

Crescent cookies are buttery shortbread crescents rolled in cinnamon powdered sugar while warm. A six-ingredient holiday classic also called Mexican wedding cookies or kifli.

This recipe makes soft, fat sugar cookies. Great big ones too.

They are delicious and pretty. Make these chocolate crinkle cookies as Christmas gift, you will get rave reviews back.

Buttery crescent cookies with ground nuts, chilled overnight, then shaped into half moons and rolled hot in powdered sugar. A traditional Christmas cookie with crumbly shortbread texture.

I had a few of these pastries at my friend's place, and they were delicious. I loved that there were just 3 ingredients for the cookies and they had the most flakey and delicate texture that I adored. They were not so sweet either, which was another plus!

I make these every year for Christmas and everyone loves them!

What an excellent cookie! Not too sweet with just the right amount of spices...