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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!
Beautiful, easy and delicious, these buttery Christmas Wreath Shortbread Cookies are a one-bowl, no-mixer recipe with an easy, fun decorating technique.
These one-bowl, no-mixer Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies are delicious and the pretty decorating technique is super simple!
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!
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!
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.
With an easy decorating technique, these delicious, Christmas Shortbread Cookies look like they came from a fine bakeshop!
Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookies -The easiest, most delicious, one-bowl chocolate chip cookie recipe; all dressed up in holiday attire!
These Red Velvet Kiss Cookies just might be the most fun, delicious and festive cookies that you’ll ever have the pleasure of meeting!
For the chocolate lovers in your life! These decadent Flourless Toffee Chocolate Cookies taste like a moist, chewy, toffee-studded brownie with deliciously crisp edges. A crazy-delicious, super-easy, gluten-free, no-mixer recipe!
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!
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
What we're listening to for inspiration:
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!
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 💕
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
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!!🥛☕🍪☃️⛄❄🎅🤶🧑🎄👼🌲🎄🎁
Chris Scheuer says
You're welcome, Eddie! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment 💕
Gloria Hightower says
How do you make the glaze? what ingredients ?
Chris Scheuer says
Hi Gloria, if you go to the individual recipes, each one has it's own instruction and ingredients for the glaze.
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!!!
Chris Scheuer says
Thanks Suzanne! I'm so happy you and your family have enjoyed the cookies. Have fun with the swirling!
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!
Chris Scheuer says
Thank, Jennifer, pretty, delicious and easy combined are definitely a WIN!
Chris Scheuer says
Thanks, Liz!
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!
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!