Our Best and Easiest Christmas Cookie Recipes (2024)

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A collection of our favorite Christmas Cookie recipes to celebrate the season and share with friends. These are all easy recipes, no mixer required and everyone will love them!

The Christmas season is here! After a wonderful weekend celebrating Thanksgiving and some family birthdays, we're getting our tree today and have begun decorating the house. I'm ready now to start baking Christmas cookies and other holiday treats! These Christmas cookies are all easy, delicious and can be made without a mixer. They are perfect for sharing with friends and family. Happy holiday baking!

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Beautiful, easy and delicious, these buttery Christmas Wreath Shortbread Cookies are a one-bowl, no-mixer recipe with an easy, fun decorating technique.

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These one-bowl, no-mixer Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies are delicious and the pretty decorating technique is super simple!

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Don’t fancy yourself as a fancy cookie maker? Check out these Easy Decorated Christmas Cookies, they’re one-bowl, no-mixer and simply delish!

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If you love baking and sharing delicious cookies but don’t have a lot of time to fuss with fancy recipes, these Easy Molasses Ginger Cookies are for you!

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Candy Cane Shortbread Cookies - easy, whimsical and eye-catching, these incredibly delicious cookies have a buttery shortbread base and a sprinkle coating, topped with a Hershey's candy-cane kiss.

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With an easy decorating technique, these delicious, Christmas Shortbread Cookies look like they came from a fine bakeshop!

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Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookies -The easiest, most delicious, one-bowl chocolate chip cookie recipe; all dressed up in holiday attire!

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These Red Velvet Kiss Cookies just might be the most fun, delicious and festive cookies that you’ll ever have the pleasure of meeting!

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For the chocolate lovers in your life! These decadent Flourless Toffee Chocolate Cookiestaste like a moist,chewy, toffee-studded brownie with deliciously crisp edges. A crazy-delicious, super-easy, gluten-free, no-mixer recipe!

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Gingerbread Blondies- Ok, these aren't technically Christmas cookies, but you need them in your life! These chewy, indulgent gingerbread-spiced blondies are sure to become a holiday favorite!

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Of course, no cookie list would be complete with a chocolate chip cookie recipe, right? And if you're going to go through the trouble of baking cookies, go for the BEST.This easy, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe really does produce the BEST chocolate chip cookies we’ve ever tasted. They’re buttery and crinkly with crisp edges, a chewy interior and lots of delicious chocolate chips.

Thought for the day:

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

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  1. sonja randall says

    I always thought I wasn't a baker, until I found your website and recipes! Your descriptions of how to sift ingredients and how to measure brown sugar helped immensely. During pandemic times I mastered the chocolate chip cookie, YOUR "best chocolate chip cookie" is the one, and for that I am forever grateful. I took a shot at the chocolate chip candy cane cookies this morning. I noticed that you do not recommend refrigeration of the dough before baking. I have totally bought into the philosophy, and I'm wondering why not do so for this recipe? The cookies are fantastic, but would they be even BETTER if the dough was refrigerated? Thanks!

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    • Chris Scheuer says

      Aww, thanks so much for your kind and encouraging email, Sonja! I'm so happy that you've been successful with baking. It's wonderful thing to be able to share homemade gifts from the kitchen with others.
      Regarding the cookies, I honestly haven't tried refrigerating this dough before baking so I can't say if they'd be even better. It would be worth trying though. Thanks again and hope you have a very lovely holiday 💕

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  2. Brigitte says

    I love all your cookie ideas, the only problem is deciding which one to make first and how do I keep my husband from eating them all before Christmas. I have to find a good hiding place LOL. Thank you for sharing these lovely recipes
    Brigitte

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  3. Eddie says

    Thanks for the great cookie recipes and decorating tips! They all look fantastic and the perfect fit for after opening gifts or having dinner! I can hardly wait to make these with our nieces and nephews! No all I have to do is make sure we have place of hot coco,coffee and tea! Oh yes and of course milk!!🥛☕🍪☃️⛄❄🎅🤶🧑‍🎄👼🌲🎄🎁

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    • Chris Scheuer says

      You're welcome, Eddie! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment 💕

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  4. Gloria Hightower says

    How do you make the glaze? what ingredients ?

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    • Chris Scheuer says

      Hi Gloria, if you go to the individual recipes, each one has it's own instruction and ingredients for the glaze.

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  5. Suzanne M Smith says

    Loving your shortbread recipes! A family fave year round.
    Also your fun and simple decorating ideas are so creative.
    Can't wait to try the swirled colors and dipped icing with my younger nieces and nephews.
    Thanks!!!

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    • Chris Scheuer says

      Thanks Suzanne! I'm so happy you and your family have enjoyed the cookies. Have fun with the swirling!

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  6. Tricia B says

    Each and every cookie looks terrific. Those Christmas shortbread cookies are adorable! Wish I could have a sampling of them all. Happy baking Chris!

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  7. Chris Scheuer says

    Thank, Jennifer, pretty, delicious and easy combined are definitely a WIN!

    Reply

  8. Chris Scheuer says

    Thanks, Liz!

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  9. Liz says

    I want to make....well, make that EAT....them all! But I will have to work a couple of these winners into my holiday baking this year! I knew I could count on your for some fabulous Christmas cookies! Brava!

    Reply

  10. Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers says

    I'll take a dozen of each 🙂 So pretty and love that they are easy and delicious, too. Win, win, win!

    Reply

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Our Best and Easiest Christmas Cookie Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is the least popular Christmas cookie? ›

On the naughty list of cookies, Americans gave the lowest win records to anise cookies, which only won 29% of its matchups.

What are the top 5 cookies in America? ›

Top 10 Cookie Flavors
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What is Santa Claus's favorite cookie? ›

Chocolate Chip cookies

You can never go wrong with these classic, delicious cookies. Santa himself lists these as his favorites, and he prefers them soft and gooey with lots of chocolate chips. If you decide to leave these out for him, make sure there's a glass of cold milk nearby!

What is the number one holiday cookie? ›

Peanut Butter Blossoms are America's favorite Christmas cookie, based both on total number of pageviews from the U.S. population as a whole, and number of states that ranked it as their top cookie (which is six, by the way).

What is the number one cookie in the world? ›

Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.

What is the most Googled Christmas cookie? ›

If you're curious, Italian Christmas cookies are fairly similar to sugar cookies in appearance and taste. This sweet treat was the most searched Christmas cookie in a number of states, including Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania.

What is the 1 cookie in the US? ›

America's favorite cookie and the one dubbed “the American cookie” is the Chocolate chip cookie.

What is the most popular cookie in December? ›

What are the most popular Christmas cookies? Our survey found frosted sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies to be the most popular Christmas cookies in the country. They were the fan favorites in 39 states.

What is the most loved cookie? ›

Chocolate chip cookies

What is the most popular type of cookie? It might just be this one.

What is the best selling cookie in North America? ›

First introduced in the U.S. in 1912, Oreo has become the world's top selling cookie and is enjoyed in more than 100 countries.

What is Santa's wife's name? ›

The Santa Claus that we know lives in the North Pole. According to some North American sources, his original name was Kris Kringle before he changed his name to Santa Claus. Kris Kringle was a toymaker who married Jessica. Other names found for Mrs Claus are Mary Christmas, Gertrude, and Carol.

What is Santa's phone number? ›

Santa Claus' phone number

Father Christmas can be reached at 605-313-4000, his official hotline. Those wishing to call Santa can also visit FreeConferenceCall.com/Santa-Hotline to call the Santa Hotline through the official website.

What country invented cookies? ›

Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. They spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. By the 14th century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors.

What are the most Googled Christmas cookies? ›

Italian Christmas Cookies grow as top cookie

Zoom in: Italian Christmas Cookies were the top cookie in 13 states, more than double the six states from 2022, Google Trends curator Katie Seaton told Axios. Seaton said the Italian cookies dominated the East Coast both this year and last year.

What is the tradition of cookies at Christmas? ›

The practice of putting out cookies for Santa began in the 1930s during the Great Depression, when parents were trying to instill a sense of thankfulness in their children. Leaving goodies, perhaps in a sweet cookie jar, continues to be a way of sharing the holiday bounty.

Why are cookies popular on Christmas? ›

"Christmas in many cultures was a time of visiting. It was cold, so you weren't out farming, and you had time to visit. Cookies were made in large amounts and with great care as something to share. And giving gifts didn't mean going out and buying something.

What is the cookie in White Christmas? ›

In "White Christmas," tech was used in a harrowing manner, firstly forging a system of digital enslavement. It came with Jon Hamm's Matt who worked with a device called the Cookie. This egg stored copies of people's minds, which Matt would then torture by giving them a "human form" inside a digital construct.

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