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Our favorite festive and fun cookie recipes for the holidays! Perfect for gifting or to enjoy with friends and family.
Now that we've enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, I'm ready for all things Christmas! Are you with me? If you're looking for some new ideas for your holiday baking, this post is for you! All of these recipes are festive and fun and perfect for the holiday season.
These cookies can be made with just one bowl and no mixer, making things super simple. Each post has tons of tips and tricks ensuring your cookies turn out beautiful AND delicious! These cookies make wonderful gifts for neighbors and friends but are also great to just enjoy with your family. Happy 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.
These one-bowl, no-mixer, gluten-free French Almond Cookies (aka Almond Cloud Cookies) are light as a feather, with a crisp meringue exterior and chewy, moist almond-y interior!
These buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Sugar Plum Fairy Shortbread Bites are super easy to make with no rolling or cutting out and make a delicious, quite magical gift with the free printable labels!
With a crisp, crinkly, crackly exterior and a chewy, intensely butterscotch interior, these one-bowl, easy-to-put-together cookies always bring rave reviews. And the free printable labels make these delicious Butterscotch Cookies perfect for gifting!
Thought for the day:
 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea
in the days of Herod the King, behold,
there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
for we have seen his star in the east,
and are come to worship him.
Matthew 2:1-2
What we're listening to for inspiration:
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Oh my gosh, just made your shortbread cookies again, and again I was so impressed that I have tossed out all other shortbread/cookie
recipes! This one is PERFECT! A nice cross between a sugar cookie and a shortbread. They mix together fast and perfectly, roll out,
don't spread and taste DELICIOUS! It was the hit of our new annual cookie decorating day! Thank you again!
Merry Christmas!
Mic
Thanks so much, Mic! I'm so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Chris - I love your recipes and always look forward to reading your blog with so many helpful tips. I will be choosing one of these wonderful easy cookie recipes to make with my 5 y.o. grandson when I go to visit him in a couple weeks. What I really wanted to say today, is how much I appreciate the inspiration at the end of your blog. It centers my day and I am finding music I didn't know about. Thank you for sharing these faith messages.
I love that Leslie! I always pray about which music and Scriptures to share so your comment is an answer to prayer đź’•
It also makes me happy that you have enjoyed our recipes and will be making one of our recipes with your grandson. What a great gift to pass on to the next generation!
Hey Chris!
I made your delicious stuffing recipe for thanksgiving and it was a hit! I did add sausage to it, and I didn’t have the fresh herbs to add in, but it was truly amazing! I will make again!
Thanks and Hope you are doing well!
Stacey Edwards
Awesome! Thanks for letting us know, Stacey!
I am so glad to have found your site! I am loving your recipes!
Thank you
I'm so glad, Judy!