Just in case you have not yet found the PERFECT Christmas Cookie recipe (or recipes) to fill your baking needs this holiday season, we still have a bunch more delicious cookies to explore.
Melt In Your Mouth Shortbread Cookies
A classic, no fuss recipe for simply delicious shortbread cookies. They may not be the prettiest, but you really can’t have a collection of Christmas cookies without your tried and true Shortbread cookie.
This version includes Mom’s classic shortbread, plus a brown sugar version for a bit of a twist.
Christmas Cheesecake Swirl Cookies
Lovely swirls and red and green make them visually stunning and the creamy and tender texture with just a hint of peppermint makes them gastronomically appealing.
Plus, the lack of icing makes them practically a diet cookie. Practically.
Toffee Pecan Christmas Cookies
It’s like pecan pie in cookie form. Could life get any better???
Pecan Pie Christmas Cookies
I believe I just answered my own question.
No-Bake Christmas Holly Cookies
Similar to Rice Krispies squares, these require no baking. But instead of Rice Krispies, it uses Corn Flakes & green food coloring to create the holly leaves and then red cinnamon candies (or red M&Ms would work) to accent with holly berries.
Gluten-Free Snowflake & Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
There’s been so much gluten so far in this list. You may even say there has been a glut of gluten. So why not add at least one gluten-free recipe to the mix? Especially such a pretty one? I couldn’t think of a good reason either.
No-Bake Marshmallow Roll Cookies
An easy to make sweet treat that has been popular in Newfoundland, Canada for generations. The Newfoundland connection isn’t really important, I just thought it was interesting.
Classic Gingerbread Cookies
A Christmas classic. Need I say more?
Candy Cane Twist Cookies
A mix of red and white peppermint shortbread that has been twisted together and formed to shape yummy little candy canes.
White Chocolate & Sprinkle Ting-a-Lings
If you do not wish to use the word “Ting-a-lings” (I can understand why, really) you can also call these Haystacks. Either way, they are a delicious Christmas treat.
Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookies
I love it when a recipe name is soooo bold to make a claim like this. We already balked at “Santa’s Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie” but now we have an Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookie. Such bold claims, but do they live up to the hype???
They certainly look insanely delicious.
I guess there’s only one way to find out. Bake them and find out.
Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties
These festive little Christmas cookies are perfect for serving to guests or boxing up for a DIY Christmas Gift.
Peppermint Meltaway Cookies
When I first read the name of this cookie, I thought for sure it meant that you could eat them to melt away your body fat. Turns out that they are the complete opposite.
I wish I had known that 2 (or maybe 3) batches ago!!!
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
The intricate pinwheel design looks far more complicated to make than it actually is. If you can roll and slice, you – too – can make these delightful looking Christmas cookies.
Brownie Snowflake Cookies
These delightful Christmas cookies bring together the fudge texture and rich taste of a brownie with a classic sugar cookie cut-out technique. Combined, these tasty treats provide as much chocolaty happiness as is legally allowed throughout most of North America & the more conservative parts of Europe.
Dark Chocolate Cranberry Magic Bars
Are these – technically – a cookie? Maybe not. Are they delicious enough that we’re going to look the other way just this once? Abso-freaking-lutely!
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Just when you thought crinkle cookies couldn’t possibly get more decadent… here come Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies. And the bite out of that one cookie in the picture was NOT me. I swear.
Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
These wonderful Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies are so easy to make, delicious, and very freezer friendly… which is handy because you KNOW there are going to be a tonne of leftovers at my house. NOT.
Or, if you prefer, you can go with the vanilla option.
Either one is freezer friendly, which – again – is a moot point in my household.
Let it Snow Hot Chocolate Mug Sugar Cookies
Technically, these are pre-made cookies from an Etsy Seller, but the design was far, far too cute to not include in this list. An experienced baker would be able to figure out how to recreate this design. Others can just buy the cookies and pretend (I won’t tell, I swear).
Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookies
Now you can hold your own Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest at home and eat the losers. And the winners.
Frosted Cashew Cookies
Soft, chewy, cookies packed full of cashews and topped with a buttercream frosting. You can’t ask for much more than that!
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These do look absolutely delightful, don’t thy? I love the little bits of Candy Cane that add just that hint of Christmas.
Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies
The final entry in our collection of crinkle cookies has the classic Christmas flavor of Gingerbread.
Christmas Llama Cookies
Some may judge my decision to include these in my list. But, seriously, can you flame me. They’re freaking Christmas Llama cookies!!!!
Fa La La Llama… La La La LLama
Which is your favorite Christmas Cookie recipe? Let us know in the comments below!!
The grinch cookies were made by June Bug & Moo!
Thanks Megan! I have updated the text to give June Bug and Moo credit for that super-fun Christmas cookie design!!
Link to “Santa’s favorite cookie”?
I’m not sure why the “Get the Recipe” link was missing, but I’ve fixed that so the link is there now! Thanks for pointing that out.