26 Crowd Pleasing Christmas Cookies
Cookies are one of the most favorite items on Christmas, and we always want to come up with great ideas, but we are so busy in our lives that we hardly get time to research new recipes. There are a few people who have time to make cookies, but they don’t know how to do it? I have come up with an easy Christmas cookie recipe.
These cookie recipes are not only easy to make, but they taste delicious as well. A Christmas chocolate cookie is a must for me every Christmas, so I had to include that in the list, and I am sure there are many chocolate lovers like me. These cookies are crunchy, finger-licking, tasty, delicious, and above all, very easy to make.
I have tried to add all the most popular varieties of unique Christmas cookies so it is up to you which cookie you prefer.
I know you are eagerly waiting for the holiday cookies, so I will come straight to the point.
Christmas Cookie
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookie
I have already mentioned before that I have a special place in my heart for chocolate cookies, and here I am presenting you with one of the most delicious Mexican hot chocolate cookies.
Sometimes, just by looking at a dish you know it will definitely hit the bullseye, and I am sure when you look at the cookie, you will have similar thoughts.
This dark brown chocolate cookie is a combination of 12 ingredients, including brown sugar, unsalted butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, cocoa powder, pure vanilla extract and the outcome is so so yum.
Stained Glass Cookie
These colorful cookies perfectly blend with the Christmas occasion. It will definitely be loved by people of all ages, especially the kids.
Since the cookie looks so identical and colorful, it shows a very top-class presentation. For me, taste and presentation go hand in hand. I cannot compromise on any of these. So for me, it is clearly a winner.
With ingredients including eggs, hard candies, unsalted butter, all-purpose flour and vanilla extract, you can make such an incredible-looking cookie. Strongly recommended.
Butter Cookie
You don’t have to wait till Christmas to make these cookies, infact you can make these all year round. These are different from sugar cookie are the dough are softer. You need a piping bag and a piping tip.
The appropriate amount of butter is the hero of this recipe. The recipe requires 30 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time.
Preheat the oven to 375°F and bake for 12-15 minutes. The ingredients include salt, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, eggs and all-purpose flour.
The best thing is that you can keep this cookie for at least two weeks at room temperature in an airtight container. Again, the presentation is very important, so you will get a lot of brownie points just for the decoration.
Hot Chocolate Cookie Cup
These cookies are great for Christmas and for a cookie exchange. The best thing is, these are pretty easy to make.
You will need just a bit of practice to perfect the cup shape, especially the handles, but it is one of the most delicious and unique cookies.
You will definitely feel proud of yourself when guests will praise you. Preheat the ovent o 350°F and bake for 12 minutes.
In just around 40 minutes with a mix of white chocolate, mini candy cones, sugar cookies and pudding cups you can make this dessert.
Christmas Tree Cookie
A cookie-like Christmas tree at Christmas seems such an amazing idea. The tools required are parchment paper, a pastry bag, cookie sheets, and a cookie cutter.
The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 10 minutes.
With a combination of buttercream, flour, egg, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract, you can make these lovely cookies.
In less than half an hour, you will be ready with your Christmas tree that you will love to eat.
Candy Cane Shortbread Cookie
It is one of the most delicious-looking cookies. Trust me, your guests won’t be able to control themselves after looking at this cookie.
The recipe requires 18 minutes of prep time and 22 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In just 40 minutes with the ingredients, including vanilla, flour, butter, and colorful sprinkles, you are ready with the delightful cookie.
The colorful sprinkle adds so much to the beauty of the cookie. It is one of the best Christmas cookies.
Turtle Cookie
Turtle cookie is one of the most popular cookies at Christmas. In fact, guests request to make it every Christmas. The cream and brown combination gives a very unique color to the cookie.
It requires an hour of prep time and 18 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 14 minutes.
The ingredients include chocolate, cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, caramel and vanilla extract. You are ready with a fabulous cookie, which is a perfect Christmas treat.
Soft Chocolate Chip Cookie
How can I forget chocolate chip cookies? No matter what the occasion is chocolate chip cookies are a must.
These are easy to make and taste awesome. For best results, make sure you don’t overbake the cookies. Also make sure to use the appropriate amount of flour as it will make all the difference.
You need a stand mixer. Preheat the oven to 325°F and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let it chill for 10 minutes before you take them out.
These soft chocolate chip cookies will take less than half an hour and ingredients include all purpose flour, vanilla extract, unsalted butter and semi sweet chocolate chips.
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
I love cinnamon rolls and if it is made for Christmas, I get very excited. These are crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside.
It requires more than two and half hours to make, including 2hours of prep time and 10-12 minutes of cooking time.
With a combination of all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, baking powder, milk and cinnamon, you can make this delicious cookie. The kids will surely love this cookie.
To get the perfect shape make sure the dough is chilled, then you will be able to cut the log proportionally. You can either go for vanilla icing or maple icing.
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Raspberry Almond Shortbread Thumbnail Cookies
I like the texture of these cookies and they effortlessly melt in your mouth. I make it on other occasions too.
Though it takes some time to prepare the Raspberry cookie, the result is worth the wait. It is one of the most delicious Christmas cookies.
Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 15-16 minutes. With the mix of raspberry jam, almond extract, and flour you get one of the most popular cookies that will be enjoyed by people of all ages.
You can keep these in the fridge before you want to serve them. These freeze well too.
Chocolate Peanut Blossom
It is one of the cutest cookies. They taste awesome too. You require baking sheets, an electric stand mixer and parchment paper.
With Hershey’s Kisses at the top it looks fabulous. To make it you need to preheat the oven to 375°F and bake for 10 minutes.
The ingredients include sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, Hershey’s chocolate kisses, egg, unsweetened cocoa powder and butter you can make this fabulous cookie.
Keep these in a sealed container and it will be good for 4 days. It freezes well too.
Classic Butter Cookies
I make these cookies all year round as it works on all seasons. The best thing about these cookies are these are not too sweet so you can enjoy a bunch of cookies at a time.
It requires 15 minutes of prep time and 12 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
The ingredients include flour, vanilla extract, sanding sugar, egg yolk, salt, unsalted butter, and sugar. You can use granulated sugar too but I prefer sanding sugar to get the crunch to the cookies.
Chocolate Chip Cookie
It is one of the most loved chocolate chip cookies online. It’s chewy and tastes awesome. The equipment needed are baking sheet, a KitchenAid mixer, parchment paper, coookie scoop and spatula.
The recipe requires 10 minutes of prep time and 8 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Once done, let it rest for 5 minutes and then take it out of the wire rack.
The ingredients include pure vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, chocolate chips, baking powder and eggs.
To ensure the cookies don’t flatten, measure the amount of flour accurately, and the dough should be at the room temperature.
If you want to add pecans or walnuts, reduce the amount of chocolate chips and use these instead. Keep these cookies in an airtight container and it ill be good for 5 days. It freezes well for 2 months.
Grinch Cookies
Grinch cookies are one of the most popular Christmas cookies. These are quick and easy to make.
The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Let it rest for 5 minutes after cooking is done.
Pillsbury white cake mix is what I use, but you can use another white cake mix. For a gluten-free cookie, use a gluten-free version of the cake mix.
The ingredients include white cake mix, vanilla extract, peppermint extract, unsalted butter and cornstarch.
You can replace cornstarch with arrowroot powder or tapioca starch. Keep the cookies in an airtight container at the room temperature. It freezes well for 2 months.
Cannoli Cookies
These are one of the best Italian Christmas cookies. These are perfect as Christmas gifts and for cookie exchanges. The texture is somewhat like cake.
To make this cookie, the equipment needed are cookie sheets, a cookie scoop, cooling racks, zester, and parchment paper.
It requires 15 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. You can use salted or unsalted butter.
The ingredients include ricotta cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, all purpose flour and baking powder. You can replace vanilla extract with almond extract.
I love to serve these with coffee or hot chocolate. Keep these in a sealed container at the room temperature, it will be good for a week in the fridge and it freezes well for 3 months.
Eggnog Snickerdoodle Thumbprint Cookies
It is one of the most loved cookies on Christmas and for the cooking exchange. You can use salted or unsalted butter. To get the best textre use a combination of brown sugar and white sugar. To get tanginees, cream of tartar is a must.
It is important to ensure that the cookie is tender and baking soda gets the job done. To get the best result, use high-quality white chocolate Ghirardelli. You can use rum or rum extract.
It requires 45 minutes to make. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 7-8 minutes. The ingredients include unsalted butter, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, brown sugar and egg. For eggnog ganache filling you need a mix of nutmeg, eggnog, white chocolate and rum.
Keep these cookies in an airtight container, and it will be good for 5 days. It freezes well for 3 months.
Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is one of my favorite cookies; I just give it a Christmas look for the holidays. My friends and relatives are a big fan of this cookie. So I end up making these almost every month.
The tools required are a cooking sheet, parchment paper, mixing bowl, rubber spatula and cookie scooper.
It requires 5 minutes of prep time. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 12 minutes. Let it rest for 10 minutes and then take it out.
The ingredients include egg, light brown sugar, butter, all-purpose flour, mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, cinnamon, vanilla and white chocolate chips.
Gooey Butter Cookies
These chewy cookies are a sure shot winner. You need baking sheet and parchment paper. Make sure the dough is chilled before you make the cookie.
It requires 10 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F. The ingredients include yellow cake mix, full-fat cream cheese, sprinkles, sugar and vanilla extract.
You can use yellow cake mix of white cake mix. To get the best out of the recipe, use full fat brick cream cheese.
Keep these cookies in an airtight container in the fridge and it will be good for 3 days. It freezes well for 3 months.
Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookies
These cookies are perfect for Christmas. These are chewy and the texture is first-rate. For best results, make sure you measure the ingredients properly; otherwise, the cookies won’t be chewy.
The recipe requires 1 hour 30 minutes of prep time and 11 minutes of cook time. The ingredients for cream cheese filling include cream cheese, vanilla and granulated white sugar.
For gingerbird cookies, the ingredients include all-purpose flour, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, butter and cinnamon.
Keep these in a sealed container, and it will be good for a week. It freezes well for 2 weeks.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
These chewy cookies are perfect for holidays. I make it for potlucks and picnics too. You need a stand mixer or a hand mixer for this recipe.
It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. It requires an hour of chilling time. Preheat the oven to 375°F and bake for 8 minutes.
The ingredients include all purpose flour, peanut butter, egg, vanilla extract and Hershey Kisses.
Keep these in an airtight container at the room temperature and it will be good for a week.
Cranberry Orange Snowball Cookies
These snowballs are also called Mexican wedding cookies. Its sweet and tart flavor makes it a winner.
It requires 20 minutes of prep time, 15 minutes of cooking time and an hour of chilling time. Preheat the oven to 356°F and bake for 15 minutes.
To make the cookie dough, you can either use all-purpose flour or plain flour. The ingredients include butter, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, cranberries and sugar. It is best served with hot cocoa.
You can keep these snowballs in an airtight container at room temperature for a week and it freezes well for 2 months.
Chewy Maple Cinnamon Cookies
This is one of the most loved Christmas cookies so I make it every Christmas. The tools required are a food scale and baking sheets.
It requires 10 minutes of prep time and 24 minutes of cooking time. It requires half an hour of chilling time.
The ingredients include chewy cinnamon maple cookies, white chocolate melting wafers, Holly berry sprinkles.
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
These chewy cookies look adorable. For best results, use Dutch process cocoa powder. The taste is awesome too. The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include all-purpose flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, chocolate ganache and vanilla bean paste. For chocolate gananche you need a mix of semi sweet chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream.
Keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and it will be good for 3 days. It freezes well for up to 14 days.
Chewy Snickerdoodle
I like the sweet and tangy flavor of this recipe. You need a baking sheet and parchment paper. It is one of the most delicious Christmas cookies.
It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 8 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 400°F and bake for 8 minutes.
The ingredients include all purpose flour, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, butter and cinnamon.
You can keep the dough in the fridge for up to 2 days and in freezer for up to 3 months. You can keep the cookies at room temperature for up to a week but don’t keep them in the fridge. These cookies freeezes well for 3 months.
Hot Chocolate Cookies
The tools required to make the cookie are cookie scoops, wire cooling racks, a spatula and a silicone baking mat. The cookie is perfect for holidays and a cookie exchange.
It requires 10 minutes of prep time and 20 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 10 minutes.
The ingredients include butter, all-purpose flour, vanilla, chocolate chips and baking powder.
It is best served with peppermint hot chocolate. This is one of my favorite Christmas cookies.
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These are chewy and perfect Christmas treats. I love the texture of these cookies. The cookies are crispy on the edges and soft on the inside.
You need parchment paper and a baking dish. It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Dutch-processed cocoa powder is perfect for dark cookies.
The ingredients include all purpose flour, baking powder, peppermint extract, vanilla bean paste and semi-sweet chocolate chips. You can replace vanilla bean paste with vanilla extract.
Keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge, and it will be good for 3-4 days. It freezes well for 2 weeks.