50 Amazing Christmas Cookie Recipes – Perfect For Your Christmas Cookie Exchange
Christmas Cookies
Whether it be cookies for Santa or an amazing collection for the holiday cookie exchange. There is something to be said about enjoying homemade holiday cookies. Discover 50 amazing Christmas cookie recipes perfect for the beginner baker, the family baking evening or the homemaker at heart.
Holiday Cookie Exchange
I think there is something great about a Christmas cookie exchange. At a holiday cookie exchange you bring a large batch (a predetermined number of dozen cookies) of one type of cookie you make. This is then exchanged with other members for their baked cookies. After the cookie exchange party you end up with several different types of cookies for your family to enjoy over the holiday. Cookie exchanges are a great place to visit with friends, enjoy some holiday cheer and get new cookie recipes and sweet treats.
Christmas Cookie Ideas
Hands down my favorite cookie and call me old fashioned is a thumbprint cookie with raspberry jam. My grandma made them for years and I loved that she always had a tin full of cookies when we went to visit. Your favorite Christmas cookie may be snowballs, sugar cookies, shortbread, gingerbread or another holiday favorite.
Baking Christmas Cookies
A great family holiday activity is getting everyone together one weekend afternoon or holiday evening and baking a batch of Christmas cookies. Granted some cookies may never make their way to the cookie tin. Fresh cookies anyone?
Christmas Cookie Ingredients
The ingredients in your holiday cookies will vary from recipes to recipe but here is a list of basic holiday cookie ingredients:
- Flour
- Butter
- Sugar
- Milk
- Icing Sugar
- Eggs
Christmas Cookie Recipes
Now it’s time to bake and create. Whether you are only baking one type of cookie for this years cookie exchange or whether you are creating an entire assortment of holiday cookies you are sure to find some great recipes below.
Easy Christmas Cookies
Ginger Molasses Cookies – The Busy Baker
M&M Dream Bars – Mom On Time Out
Peppermint Crunch Cookies – Inside BruCrew Life
Toffee Shortbread Cookies – Little Sweet Baker
Gingerbread Cookie Bars – Easy Budget Recipes
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies – Chelsweets
Graham Cracker Toffee Bars – Tastes Better From Scratch
Almond Joy Cookies – Snug & Cozy Life
Traditional Christmas Cookies
Danish Butter Cookies – Veronika’s Kitchen
3 Ingredient Shortbread Cookies – An Italian In My Kitchen
Snowball Cookies – Kitchen Fun With My Three Sons
Russian Tea Cakes – The Seasoned Mom
Italian Christmas Cookies – A Farmgirl Gabs
German Poppy Seed Marzipan Cookies – Cinnamon & Corriander
Pfeffernusse Spice Cookies – Simply Recipes
Linzer Cookies – Lord Byron’s Kitchen
Fun Christmas Cookies
Black & White Cookies – Ready, Set, Eat
Hot Chocolate Cookies – Big Bear’s Wife
Salted Brownie Cookies – Beyond The Butter
Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies – Small Town Woman
Frosted Eggnog Cookies – Taste of Lizzy T
Classic Pizzelle – Unsophisticook
Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms – House of Nash Eats
Gingerbread Crinkles – Self Proclaimed Foodie
Peppermint Ganache Bars – Redpath Sugar
Assorted Christmas Cookies
Chocolate Mint Nanaimo Bars – Hershey
Pecan Shortbread Cookies – Crazy For Crust
Turtle Cookies – The Kitchen Is My Playground
Fresh Cranberry White Chocolate – OMG Chocolate Desserts
Double Chocolate Biscotti – Salads 4 Lunch
Thumbprint Cookies – Princess Pinky Girl
Maple Snickerdoodles – A Latte Food
Cannoli Cookies– Snappy Gourmet
Christmas Cookies To Make With The Kids
Gingerbread Cookies – Life, Love & Sugar
Sugar Cookies – The Seasoned Mom
Hot Chocolate Cookies – Love From The Oven
Grinch Cookies – The Soccer Mom
Iced Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies – Amy’s Healthy Baking
Orange Meltaway Cookies – Great Grub, Delicious Treats
Fruit Galettes – The View From Great Island
Double Chocolate Shortbread – Back For Seconds
Caramel Macchiato Cookies – Tammilee Tips
Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
Almond Flour Shortbread – Mile High Mitts
Gluten Free Cinnamon Shortbread – The Loopy Whisk
Peppermint Brownie Cookies – Peanut Butter Plus Chocolate
Dairy Free Cranberry Almond Biscotti – Cathy’s Gluten Free
Gluten Free Vanilla Crescent Cookies – The Loopy Whisk
Ginger Molasses Cookies – Iowa Girl Eats
Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies – Delightful Adventures
Gluten Free Sugar Cookies – Lazy Spoon Farms
Lemon Crinkle Cookies – Foodfanatic
Christmas Cookies For Santa
Cookies and milk or maybe a hot chocolate? No matter what type of cookies you leave for Santa I’m sure he will enjoy the treat. Our children love to leave Santa sugar cookies and we have to make sure to leave carrots for the reindeer. Everyone has their holiday traditions even the kids.
Gifting Christmas Cookies
Homemade Christmas cookies are a great gift to box up this year and tie with a pretty bow. A simple assortment of two or three types of cookies is perfect.
Making Extra Money Selling Christmas Cookies
If you are looking to make some extra money around the holidays and you love to bake selling Christmas cookies might just be the perfect solution. We have a lady locally that does this. She sells assorted cookie boxes or single varieties. She sells out fast so you know the market is there.
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