586 holiday cookie recipes

Just in time for Christmas, these delicious cookies made with molasses and brown sugar are full of the holiday spirit.

Chocolate cream cheese sandwich cookies start with devil's food cake mix for soft, chewy chocolate rounds, then sandwich a tangy cream cheese frosting between them. An easy cookie you can tint for the holidays.

These cookies are great for holiday parties, as well as just having around the house. The cookies look like stained glass, and you can switch up the colors and flavors depending on your theme!

Oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries and three warm spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom. The chewy holiday-leaning take on the classic. Four dozen per batch.

Traditional Jewish Purim hamantaschen with honey-sweetened ground poppy seed filling, lemon zest, and raisins folded into triangular dough pockets. Holiday cookies with deep cultural roots.

Roll-and-cut decorative sugar cookies brushed with colored egg-white wash before baking. Almond-scented dough cut into shapes for holidays, birthdays and party platters.

Hamantaschen are triangular Purim cookies with a tender butter dough wrapped around a prune, raisin, walnut, and lemon filling. Traditional Jewish holiday treat, makes 5 dozen.

Granny's Thumbprint Cookies are a classic, melt-in-your-mouth treat with a nutty coating and a vibrant jelly center. These cookies are simple to prepare, making them ideal for holiday baking, tea parties, or a cozy family dessert. The combination of tender cookie dough and sweet jelly creates a delightful balance of textures and flavors.

Pumpkin pie with ginger cookie crust trades pastry for crushed gingersnaps and lightens the filling with applesauce, maple syrup, and egg whites. A holiday pie with serious spice and a leaner profile.

Pumpkin nut pie baked in a buttery nut cookie crust with brown sugar, warm spices, and evaporated milk. Topped with brown sugar whipped cream for a nuttier twist on the holiday classic.

Date nut bars combine sticky-sweet dates and toasted pecans in a brown sugar batter that bakes into chewy, butterscotch-edged bars. One bowl, one pan, ready in 30 minutes. Holiday cookie tin staple, dressed simply.

Mincemeat oatmeal cookies with molasses, brown sugar, and rolled oats deliver a chewy, spice-laced bite. A vintage holiday cookie with rich fruit-and-spice flavor in every drop.

Napoleon's Hat cookies are Scandinavian butter cookies shaped like tricorn hats with a ground almond meringue filling peeking from the top. A traditional Swedish holiday cookie.

Italian meatball cookies with warm spices, cocoa, raisins, nuts, and chocolate chips rolled into small round drops. A traditional Italian-American holiday cookie that looks like its dinner-table namesake.

Soft, buttery sugar cookies with a hint of lemon zest, made with both butter and oil for a tender crumb. Cream of tartar keeps them pillowy. A holiday cookie jar classic.

These pretty little peppermint-flavored cookies are a tasty, colorful addition to any holiday cookie box.