50 Christmas Cookie Recipes

Everyone is always chatting about cheese boards for entertaining, but I’m over here like… what about COOKIE boards? They’d be much more popular. 😉

Anyway!! Will you just look at all these cookies? Today I have a list for you to (1) build the ultimate cookie platter for your holiday entertaining (2) find Christmas cookie recipes to bake and (3) find Christmas cookie recipes to EAT.

You’ve got your baking cut out for you for the next few weeks!

Classic Christmas Cookies

1) Linzer Cookies

2) Peanut Butter Blossoms

3) Rugelach

4) Snowballs

5) Gingerbread Men

6) Soft Molasses Cookies

7) Crisp Molasses Cookies

8) Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

9) Decorated Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

10) Snickerdoodles (no dough chilling)

11) Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Super Festive Christmas Cookies

12) Snowmen Sugar Cookies

13) Cream Cheese Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies

14) Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

15) Red Velvet Whoopie Pies (no dough chilling)

16) Cinnamon Roll Cookies

17) Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies

18) Christmas Cookie Sparkles (short dough chilling)

19) Candy Cane Kiss Cookies

No Chill/Quick Christmas Cookies

20) Mini M&M Cookies

21) Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Monster Cookies

22) Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

23) Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches (like Nutter Butters!)

24) Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies (use festive sprinkles!)

Allergy-Friendly Christmas Cookies

25) No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Snowballs (nut free + GF, but make sure oats are certified GF)

26) Maple Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

27) Coconut Macaroons (nut free + GF)

28) Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies (make sure oats are certified GF)

29) Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (make sure oats are certified GF)

Chocolate Lovers Christmas Cookies

30) Dark Chocolate Cranberry Almond Cookies

31) Striped Fudge Cookie Sandwiches

32) Peppermint Mocha Cookies

33) Dark Chocolate Orange Biscotti (no dough chilling)

34) Chocolate Dipped Almond Biscotti (no dough chilling)

35) Chocolate Turtle Cookies

36) Homemade Thin Mint Cookies

White Chocolate Lovers Christmas Cookies

37) White Chocolate Chai Snickerdoodles

38) White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Cookies

39) White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti (no dough chilling)

40) Maple Cinnamon Stars (dipped in white chocolate!)

41) Holiday Style Magic 5 Cookies!

42) Peppermint White Chocolate Cookies

43) Biscoff White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies (no dough chilling)

Shortbread / Slice & Bake

44) Brown Sugar Shortbread

45) Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

46) Cherry Almond Shortbread Cookies

47) Salted Chocolate Pistachio Shortbread (no dough chilling)

48) Dark Chocolate Orange Slice & Bake Cookies

49) Toasted Hazelnut Slice & Bake Cookies with Milk Chocolate

50) Funfetti Slice & Bake Cookies

And this ends the 5th annual cookie palooza!

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