Channel your inner Santa (the jolly, cookie-loving part, not the ‘breaking into homes’ part) and get ready to bake up a storm this Christmas season. These 25 recipes will fill your holiday season with buttery, sugary, bites of Christmas cheer.
From old-fashioned favorites straight from grandma’s recipe box to new creations baked in your air fryer there is something for everyone in this cookie collection. It’s time to sleigh your neighbors with your cookie prowess and bake the halls with holiday joy!
Raspberry Pinwheel Cookies
Spirals of raspberry jam and walnuts are nestled in buttery dough to create these Raspberry Pinwheel Cookies. Sliced and baked, they come out as festive as a Christmas parade float. Who needs boring cookies when you’ve got these sparkly spirals of flavor?
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Italian Ricotta Cookies
Imagine a tiny, cake-like cookie that decided to vacation in Italy – that’s the Italian Ricotta Cookie for you. They bring a dollop of Italian charm to your holiday table, soft, rich, and whimsically traditional. Christmas might be the excuse, but these cookies need no occasion.
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Chocolate Cherry Blossoms
Chocolate Cherry Blossoms feature cherry-flavored dough with a chocolate kiss on top. It’s not just a cookie; it’s a dessert concert with every bite. Add excitement to your cookie tray with these cherry-chocolate rockstars.
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Air Fryer Christmas Cookies
Roll out one dough and conjure up a whole cookie tray full of Air Fryer Christmas Cookies – sugar, thumbprint, kiss, and M&M. It’s like a one-man band but for cookies. Who knew your air fryer could moonlight as a cookie factory?
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Speculoos
Speculoos, or as I like to call them, “Euro-Trip in a Bite,” are your ticket to a spiced, crispy holiday treat. Traditionally whipped up for St. Nicholas’ feast, these Dutch Windmill Cookies are a crunchy trip to old European flavor.
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Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies bring the holiday zing with tart cranberries and zesty orange, all wrapped up in a buttery shortbread package. Slice, bake, and bring on the Christmas fanfare with these easy yet snazzy treats.
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Andes Mint Cookies
Enjoy minty freshness with Chocolate Andes Mint Cookies. These soft chocolate cookies get topped with a melted Andes Mint and will be a family favorite. A minty-chocolate escapade in every bite, easy to whip up and hard to resist.
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Bisquick Cookies
Bisquick Cookies are for when you want to bake but also, you know, not really. Six ingredients, less than 30 minutes, and you’ve got chewy chocolate chip cookies. They’re the lazy Sunday of the cookie world – effortless, classic, and always welcome.
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Church Window Cookies
Church Window Cookies are like the stained-glass masterpieces of the cookie world, but no bake and way tastier. Chocolate, marshmallows, nuts, and only 5 ingredients! It’s like making art you can eat, without the museum security telling you not to touch.
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Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
These aren’t your average cookies; they’re Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies with a hidden cherry surprise wrapped in chocolate dough. It’s like unwrapping a mini present with every cookie – a chocolate-cherry party, no RSVP needed.
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Christmas Cake Mix Cookies
Christmas Cake Mix Cookies are the holiday hack you didn’t know you needed. Just six ingredients and look at that – you’re practically Santa’s head baker. Perfect for when you want to join the baking bandwagon without actually, you know, doing too much baking.
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Chocolate Caramel Cookies
These Chocolate Caramel Cookies are not your average sweet treat. Rich chocolate cookies get a drizzle of caramel and a sprinkle of toffee, making them the James Bond of cookies – suave, sophisticated, and with a license to thrill.
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Soft Frosted Christmas Cookies
Soft Frosted Christmas Cookies to the rescue for those who want festive without the cookie cutter chaos. Just bake, frost, and ta-da! Instant holiday cheer, no intricate icing skills required. Get Christmas spirit in a cookie, minus the effort.
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Butterscotch Cookies
Take a bite into nostalgia with these chewy Butterscotch Cookies. Brown sugar and butter get cozy with butterscotch chips, creating a throwback flavor that’ll have you reminiscing about the good old days, one cookie at a time.
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Cardamom Cookies
Take your taste buds on a Scandinavian adventure with these Cardamom Cookies. Crisp, spiced, and ready to add some Nordic flair to your holiday cookie spread. It’s a Viking cookie invasion.
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are here to satisfy all your fudgy, brownie-like cravings. Soft, chewy, and with a gooey center, they’re a dairy-free delight that’ll make every chocoholic swoon. They are kind of like brownies pretending to be cookies.
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Cool Whip Cookies
When life gives you Cool Whip and cake mix, make Cool Whip Cookies. Whip up these lemony crinkle cookies in no time with just a few simple ingredients. These are the perfect cookie when you want to impress with minimal effort.
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Sour Cream Cookies
Sour Cream Cookies are your ticket to soft, cake-like cookie heaven. The sour cream works its magic, adding a unique texture and a hint of tang. These old fashioned cookies are delightful, unexpected, and always a hit.
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Potato Chip Cookies
Potato Chip Cookies are where the sweet meets the salty in a deliciously crunchy affair. Just six ingredients and you’ve got a batch of cookies that answer the age-old question: sweet or salty? Why not both!
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Air Fryer Kiss Cookies
Air Fryer Kiss Cookies bring a sweet surprise to your cookie roster. Butter-rich dough, rolled in sugar, and crowned with a chocolate kiss – it’s a classic holiday cookie reimagined for the air fryer.
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Secret Kiss Cookies
Dive into the mystery of Secret Kiss Cookies, where each bite reveals a hidden secret. These powdery snowball-looking treats have a chocolate Kiss inside for a delightful surprise in every bite.
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Haystack Cookies
No bake, no stress, all delicious – that’s Haystack Cookies for you. Chocolate and peanut butter join forces in these easy, 4-ingredient treats, perfect for satisfying that sweet tooth without any actual baking.
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Heath Bar Cookies
Heath Bar Cookies are the answer when your sweet tooth calls for something crunchy and chocolatey. Toffee bits, pecans, and milk chocolate come together in a chewy cookie, making every bite a candy bar celebration.
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Peppermint Meringue Cookies
Peppermint Meringue Cookies are the festive darlings of the cookie world. Light as air and flavored like your favorite holiday candy cane, they’re a melt-in-your-mouth marvel that’ll add a pepperminty pep to your Christmas celebrations.
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Cranberry Walnut Cookies
Cranberry Walnut Cookies are the dynamic duo of tart and crunch. Fresh cranberries and crunchy walnuts team up in these cookies, making them the perfect candidates for your next holiday cookie exchange. They are season’s greetings, in cookie form!
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