50+ Classic Christmas Cookies – Traditional and Family Favorites

These rich chocolate Andes Mint Cookies are a soft chocolate cookies that are topped with melted Andes Mints for a tasty combination of mint and chocolate.

Delicious jam filled raspberry pinwheel cookies are an old fashioned Christmas tradition! Raspberry jam and walnuts are rolled up inside a rich, buttery dough.

These rich spice cookies are traditional Scandinavian cookies. Crisp and tasty they are a delicious homemade cookie the entire family will love.

These chocolate crinkle cookies are soft and chewy, with a gooey center, like a fudgy brownie. This dairy free cookie is easy and fun to make and will satisfy your sweet tooth.

These peppermint meringue cookies have the look and taste of candy canes! A gluten free treat that will melt in your mouth.

This simple recipe for chocolate covered cherry cookies makes delicious chocolate cookie with a cherry hidden inside.

These candy cane peppermint cookies are a fun Christmas cookie! With crisp edges and chewy centers these white chocolate peppermint cookies are a delicious holiday treat.

Thumbprint cookies are filled with melted chocolate and topped with crushed peppermint pieces for a sweet and festive chocolate peppermint cookie.

Brown sugar and butter combine with butterscotch chips to give the cookies a delicate and rich taste. These are perfect for a holiday cookie exchange and sure to make your friends ask for the recipe.

Speculoos, also known as Dutch Windmill Cookies, are a holiday cookie that is traditionally made for the Feast of St. Nicholas
in Europe. They are a shortbread type cookie with a lot of spices, like cinnamon, added, which makes them fragrant and tasty!

Make family favorite Rice krispie treats into cute Christmas wreath designs.

Pecan tassies are like eating a mini pecan pie! Make bite size pies in a mini muffin tin for a quintessential holiday cookie.

Brighten up your Christmas cookie platter with these colorful jam cookies. Jam thumbprints are a classic Christmas cookie that is fun to make and to eat.

If you love making cut out cookies these Eggnog cookies are perfect! The dough has a hint of eggnog flavor and is easy to roll out and decorate.

These easy cookies have just two ingredients! And since they are sugar free and gluten free they are perfect when you need a healthy treat. Get delicious meringue flavor with a crispy cookie that melts in your mouth.

These Christmas trees are delicious! They are simple to make and decorate and include festive sprinkles with a pretzel as the tree trunk! Your family will have a blast decorating these cookies.

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is trying treats from all over the world! These Czech kolachy cookies have a cream cheese based pastry topped with a poppyseed filling.

This small batch cookie recipe is perfect when you need a few more cookies to add variety to your Christmas cookie tray! Get traditional flavor with these simple, old fashioned cookies.

These chocolate gingerbread men are adorable! Add some candy canes to make them even cuter and special. Everyone will want a gingerbread man to take home!

Give chocolate chip cookies a fun seasonal twist. These pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are soft and rich for a delicious fall treat.

These Russian Tea Cakes are a yummy Christmas cookie! A crumbly and buttery treat they are fun to make andthis recipe includes Nutella to add an extra chocolate hazelnut taste to these holiday cookies.

If you are looking for a unique yet classic holiday recipe try these potato chip cookies. With only six ingredients they are easy to make and are an amazing combination of sweet and salty.

Chocolate kisses are even better on cookies! In this recipe cherry flavored dough is topped off with dark chocolate kisses for the ultimate cherry kiss cookie.

Classic chocolate flavor with lots of added marshmallows makes this a delicious Christmas cookie.

These easy Christmas cake mix cookies are made with only 6 ingredients! Rolling them in holiday sprinkles makes them bright and colorful.

Add a seasonal twist to your favorite chocolate chip cookies by replacing some of the sugar with molasses. These cookies have a rich and intense flavor, with lots of tasty chocolate.

Turn a classic Heath bar into a cookie! These combine crunchy toffee bits, pecans and milk chocolate for an amazing combination of flavors.

Enjoy a show-stopping chocolate chip cookies made with ruby chocolate chips. The pretty pink flavor makes these distinctive and gives the cookies a slight fruity taste.

Turn Oreos into holiday reindeer by dipping them in chocolate. Add pretzel antlers, candy eyes and red candy nose for an adorable Christmas treat.

These old fashioned no bake Haystack are made with just 4 simple ingredients. They are fun for kids to make and eat, and perfect when you want a sweet treat without baking.

Simple balls of shortbread are flavored with peppermint for a fun and festive cookie. Topped off with glaze and more peppermint these are easy to make and delicious.

This is an old fashioned gingersnap recipe with lots of molasses and ginger. Make cookies just like grandma used to make!

Easy Banana Biscotti Cookies are sweet and crunchy, flavored with dried blueberries and walnuts. They are a delicious Italian cookie to make for your family.

Add some Irish beer to your holiday cookies! Guinness flavors these cookies and gives them a deep rich flavor with lots of added chocolate chips.

These cookies are like chocolate chocolate chip cookies, but with Andes mint chips instead! They are chocolatey and minty and very addictive to eat.

Tasty shortbread cookies are enhanced with dried blueberries and lemon for a delicious fruity shortbread.

Sandwich cookies are fun to make! In this recipe chocolate cookies are combined with a creamy filling and decorated with crushed candy canes.

These cookies are like Rocky Road ice cream in a cookie! Chocolate cookies are made with chocolate chips, almonds, walnuts and topped off with marshmallows.

These red velvet cookies are simple to make, since they start off with a cake mix. Quickly mix up the cookies and decorate them with glaze and crushed peppermint.

Make basic sugar cookies more exciting and add a taste of the tropics to your Christmas cookie platter with these lime infused sugar cookies.

Cranberry orange shortbread cookies are easy to make slice and bake cookies! These delicious icebox cookies are simple to make and the perfect addition to your Christmas cookie trays.

These White Chocolate Ginger Cookies are full of flavor and perfect for the holidays! White chocolate and candied ginger make for a unique cookie that is perfectly seasonal.

Get all the flavor of cinnamon rolls in cookie form! These tasty cookies are light, crisp, and loaded with cinnamon.

These are a delicious and easy cookie that starts with refrigerated cookie dough and adds coconut, chocolate chips and peppermint.

Make spectacular three dimensional cookies with this easy recipe! These sugar cookies are fun to make and decorate and a huge hit with kids.

Make classic gingerbread men with this easy recipe for soft and tasty gingerbread.

These Oatmeal Toffee Cookies are a simple drop cookie that contains both oats and chocolate covered toffee bits. These classic flavors are sure to be a huge hit!

These pretty star shaped cookies look almost too good to eat! Use Jolly Rancers and star cookie cutters for a gorgeous cookie.

Decorate Nutter Butter cookies for a fun and treat that is easy to make yet looks adorable.

Light, crispy, nutty, and with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, Pecan Butter Balls are a delicious cookie for pecan fans. And they are easy to make with just a few simple ingredients.

Cookies don't get much cuter than this reindeer. Use store bought or homemade peanut butter cookie dough and decorate with candy and chocolate covered pretzels.

This simple recipe adds a little bit of peppermint flavor to chocolate chocolate chip cookies by add crushed candy canes.

Biscotti is a classic Italian holiday cookie and this recipe really makes it Christmasy by adding peppermint and white chocoalte.

These festive cookies start with a sugar cookie mix and add pistachio pudding, cranberries and pistachios to make the cookies festive and special.

This is a cake mix based cookie, with added marshmallows, chocolate chips and sprinkles. Simple to make, yet filled with delicious flavor!

Eggnog isn't just for drinking! Make some eggnog cookies with crispy edges and a soft inside. These treats are topped off with a simple rum glaze for amazing flavor.

We love this simple shortbread cookie recipe. Great for Christmas cookie exchanges and a classic that belongs on every Christmas cookie platter.

These little Festive Shortbread Bites are so buttery and delicious you won't be able to stop at just one!

These old fashioned snow ball cookies are a perennial holiday favorite. Buttery shortbread is combined with nuts and rolled in powdered sugar.

The aromas of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves mixed with the sweetness of molasses in this soft cookie make it perfect for holiday giving.

These cranberry cookies are festive and seasonal. The white chocolate complements the cranberries for a cookie that is pretty and delcious.

In this recipe classic gingerbread cookies are made even better by dipping them in white chocolate and decorating them with sprinkles.

Soft on the inside and crispy on the outside these peppermint flavored cookies with M&Ms' are sure to be a big hit.

These cookies combine gingersnaps and thumbprint cookies for a fun mix of traditional flavors.

These cookies are simple and classic. They are a great alternative to peanut butter cookies for anyone who has allergies.

These chocolate cherry cookies are topped off with Cherry Cordial Kisses for a cookie with an amazing burst of flavor.

These gluten free chocoalte cookies are festive and easy to make. Dipped in chocolate and decorated with peppermint they are sure to be a holiday favorite.

Italian Anise Cookies traditionally are a soft, licorice flavored cookie covered with a powdered sugar glaze and nonpareils sprinkled on top. Delicious and different!