These are the best Christmas Cookies of this holiday Season. Choose your pick and make the best holiday cookies for your friends and family.
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There is nothing that says Christmas as much as these adorable Christmas cookies of the season. Seriously guys! they are the BEST.
There is certainly nothing more amazing than the aroma of cookies being baked in the oven. Your home feels like a small bakery! And, guess what? Santa Loves this smell! 🙂
Those warm gingerbread spices, molasses, chocolate chips, candy canes, peppermint... Everything makes Christmas time the best time of the year.
Baking cookies is the easiest and most effective way to use up your time before the holidays. I know, there are tons of things that you gotta do for the holidays, but trust me, baking Christmas cookies is the most relaxing, comforting, and satisfying thing of all!
Best Christmas Cookies of the Season
Snowman Cookies Starbucks recipe
We love Starbucks Snowman Cookies. Time to make it at home. These easy instructions will help you making it a total breeze.
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Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Christmas Cookies
These shortbread cookies are dipped in chocolate and then you have christmas sprinklers sprinkled on top. Could it be more festive?
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Chocolate Covered Ritz Cracker Cookies
Ritz Cracker Cookies stuffed with your favorite peanut butter and then covered in dark chocolate. Surprises like peanut butter makes christmas cookies so much better. right?
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Easy Christmas Tree Cookies
These magical and festive Christmas tree shortbread cookies are just what you need to let the christmas miracle unfold.
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Christmas Shortbread Bell Cookies
Chewy, Buttery Shortbread Cookies with a hint of peppermint extract is delicious with a capital D.
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Savory Cheddar Rosemary Christmas Shortbread Cookies
Bored of sweets? Try this traditional Cheddar Rosemary Shortbread Christmas Cookies.
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Chocolate Covered Christmas Tree Cookies
I am in love with chocolate. And therefore, I couldn't resist myself from making these adorable chocolate covered christmas tree cookies.
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Cute Gingerbread Cookies
Christmas without Gingerbread man or Gingerbread woman is so not christmas.
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Candy Cane Crinkle Cookies
Candy canes are the heart of christmas. These chewy, buttery, peppermint candy cane cookies are gorgeous.
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Decadent Hot Chocolate Cookies
Decadent Hot Chocolate cookies with marshmallows in the center is just so tasty! Perfect for the Holidays.
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Eggless-Flourless Chocolate Fudge Cookies
For those of you who are looking for some eggless and flourless cookies these are for you. Don't worry! Eggless cookies tastes really good.
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Peppermint Bark Shortbread Cookies
Need a shortbread cookie recipe that gets ready in a matter of minutes? Try this!
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White Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies
When White Chocolate marries peppermint the result is something that leaves you speachless.
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Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies
Chewy Gingerbread cookies with crinkly top and warm spices is the world's best holiday cookie.
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Christmas Sugar Cookie Truffles
Combine Sugar Cookie Crumbs and cream cheese. Coat them in white chocolate. Sprinkle christmas sprinkles and you have the most adorable sugar cookie truffle.
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Santa Kiss Cookies
These freezer-friendly santa kiss cookies are stuffed with Hershey's kisses and white chocolate.
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Buttery Walnut Snowball Cookies
Snowball cookies are a trademark of the holidays. I just have to make them every year for myself and my kids.
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Peppermint Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars
I know they don't qualify technically in the list of cookies. But, they are so good and I really want you to try them.
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Brown Butter Pecan Cookies
Buttery Pecan Cookies are so festive and perfect for fall and Thanksgiving.
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Mexican Chili Chocolate Snickerdoodles
Craving something sweet and spicy? You can make Mexican Chili Chocolate Snickerdoodles.
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White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies by Just so Tasty
Talking about Christmas Cookies take a look at these White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies. I am sure they taste amazing. Fiona from Just so Tasty makes the best cookies and these are beyond delicious.
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Gingerbread Cookies by Gimme Some Oven
Well, we cannot even think of Christmas without Some Gingerbread Cookies! Can We? Well Certainly NOT. These cutest little gingerbread cookies are something that would make Santa fall in love with your home!
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Sprinkle Stocking Sugar Cookies by Sprinkle Bakes
Don't they look absolutely gorgeous? The Sprinklers on sugar cookies give these Christmas Cookies an adorable, colorful, and glitzy look. I am so gonna try this.
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Grinch Cookies by The Recipe Critic
One of the easiest Christmas cookie recipe but a No-Fail Recipe! These grinch cookies with Red and Green M&M's are surely gonna be a HUGE hit for your Christmas party!
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Grinch Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
These cute little Grinch Christmas tree cookies look so Christmassy! They are just perfect for the occasion and they are so creative!
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Christmas tree sugar cookies by Dessert for Two
Another cute Christmas tree sugar cookie that looks absolutely delish. This is the cutest Christmas tree that I have seen in my life. And it looks so perfectly set on the sugar cookie!
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Snowman Sugar Cookies by Sallys Baking Addiction
Talking about Christmas, How can we forget our best Friend - the Snowman! Well, here you go! One of the cutest Snowman Sugar Cookies for Christmas!!!
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Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies | source
Christmas is all about the Christmas tree. And If you got a Christmas tree-shaped cookie cutter then you can use it to make these Christmas tree sugar cookies and decorate it with royal icing.
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Peanut Butter Mini Snowman Cookies by Sweetopia
Bored of Sugar Cookies, try these Peanut Butter cookies which have the cutest snowman frosting over them. These cute cookies are almost too cute to be eaten 🙂
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Christmas Wreath Sugar Cookie
This is the easiest Sugar Cookie recipe. All you need is a wreath shaped cookie cutter and press the center out to make a hole. Decorate with white royal icing on top. And once it sets, decorate with green and red royal icing frosting.
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Santa Sugar Cookie
This Adorable Santa Sugar Cookie is just so cute. I love baking Sugar Cookies, especially at this time of the year and these are surely the best of all.
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Christmas tree cookies
My Christmas Cookie baking spree is surely incomplete without these Christmas tree Sugar Cookies. These are cut in Christmas tree shape and decorated with green royal icing frosting.
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Christmas Holly Tree Sugar Cookies
Oh wow! These are so delicious. Gingerbread cookies decorated with Royal Icing. All you need is cookie-cutter of leaf and the round shape and do the frosting with red and green colored royal icing.
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Grinch on a Christmas Tree Cookie
Whenever it's Christmas, I bake these Grinch-themed Sugar Cookies. These look adorable!
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Oreo Peppermint Crunch Cookies by Inside BruCrew Life
These Oreo and Peppermint Crunch Cookies are so delicous. The crunch of Oreos and the hint of Peppermint makes everything feel so festive 🙂
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White Chocolate Peppermint Covered Oreos by Karas Party Ideas
This is probably the cutest Peppermint Oreos of the season. These Oreos covered with White chocolate and topped with Peppermint candies are so adorable.
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies By Savory Nothings
Of course. Christmas without Chocolate Crinkle Cookie just doesn't feel like Christmas right!
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Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies by Cooking Classy
These adorable Thumbprint Cookies filled with Raspberry jam is so delicious.
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Whipped Shortbread Cookies by Just so tasty
I love Whipped Shortbread Cookies and these cutest Cookies made by Fiona at Just so tasty is just so good.
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Christmas Wafer Cookies by The Kitchen is my Playground
This is the cutest Christmas Treats of the season.
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Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies by Crazy for Crust
Buttery Snowball Cookies with Chocolate Chips is just the best. I love Snowball Cookies and these filled with chocolate chips are seriously, beyond delicious.
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Lemon Shortbread Cookies BY An Italian in my Kitchen
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Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies by Liv for Cake
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Peppermint Mocha Cookies by Sallys Baking Addiction
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Ginger Molasses Cookies by I Heart Naptime
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Triple Chocolate Peppermint Cookies by The Recipe Critic
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White Chocolate Thin Mints by The View from Great Island
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Sugar Cookie Bites by Two Sisters Crafting
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Peppermint Meringues by Love bakes Good Cakes
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Hot Chocolate Cookies by Love From the Oven
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Peppermint Meltaway Cookies By Cooking Classy
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Christmas Blossom Sugar Cookies by Princess Pinky Girl
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So, these were some of the best Christmas Cookies. I hope you liked these and shall make some of these for the holidays.
Make sure you also try:
- Best Christmas Appetizers
- Crockpot Christmas Candy
- Antipasto Skewer - Christmas Antipasto Wreath Food
- Christmas Crumb Cake
- Orange Spiced Eggnog Muffins - Easy Christmas Breakfast Muffins
Best Christmas Cookies of the season
These are the best Christmas Cookies of this holiday Season. Choose your pick and make the best holiday cookies for your friends and family.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
allow the cookies to rest: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 12 cookies
Author: Anjali
INGREDIENTS
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- unsalted butter softened
- sugar
- eggs
- pure vanilla extract
- almond extract
Royal Icing
- powdered sugar
- lemon juice
- egg whites
Christmas Cookie decoration
- M&Ms
- Hersheys Kisses
- crushed candy canes
Notes
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